96 W. T. Blanford—A second Note on Gilgit Mammalia. — [No. 2, 
Feet thickly covered with brown hair beneath, so that the toe pads are 
almost concealed. Hind foot and tarsus nearly 6 inches long. 
The following are comparative measurements in inches of the skull 
with that of a 9 V. montana from Simla. 
Gilgit fox. V. montana. 
Length from base of foramen magnum to end 
Or premaxianies, <.sse,s.ssecece sae Soaisaoapad 4°85 492 
Breadth across zygomatic arches,.............+.06 . (2:92 2°83 
Ditto of brain-pan where widest, .............4. 1:97 1:76 
Height of ditto from lowest part of auditory 
Lab it ieee Seri Meds Seat ae staal asad 205 18 
Breadth of cranium behind postorbital processes, 0-9 0:78 
Breadth across postorbital processes, ............ 1°25 1:23 
Length of suture between nasals, ......... sie ba) 1°75. 
Ditto of bony palate from opening of “apie 
nares to end of premaxillaries, ............... 2°68 2°75 
Length of mandible from angle to symphysis,... 3°94 4: 
Height ditto from angle to coronoid process, 1:41 1:45 
In form there is much resemblance between the skull of the Gilgit fox 
and that of a species of which the Museum possesses numerous specimens 
brought from Afghanistan, but said by the man from whom they were 
purchased to be from Bokhara. 
The other fox is a very pale-coloured animal closely resembling the 
type of the Afghan V. griffithi* in colour, except that the back is rather 
more rufous and there is a want of the black tips to the hair on the back 
of the neck. These differences may be due toage. The skull is smaller 
and the muzzle distorted. The face, front of the fore legs, outside of the 
hind legs, and back are rusty red, the latter dusky from the admixture of 
black tipped hairs. ars sooty black. Under-fur grey with a pinkish tinge. 
I believe this animal is a variety of V. griffithi, the small fox of Af- 
ghanistan. The larger fox I am unable to determine satisfactorily. It is 
allied to V. montana, and V. flavescens, and should be compared with V. 
melanotus,} or at least with the animal usually thus designated by Russian 
naturalists. t 
3 and 4. Oricetus (Cricetulus) pheus§ and ©. (Cricetulus) fulvus.|| 
* Blyth, J. A. S. B., 1854, XXIII, p. 730, and 1845, XIV, p. 344. 
+ Canis melanotus, Pall., Zoog. Ros. As., Vol. i, p. 44, identified by Gray with 
Canis karagan, Erxleben. 
{ £.9., Severtzoff. Turkestanskie Jevotnie, p. 61;—Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., July 
1876, Ser. 4, XVIII, p. 48. 
§ Pallas, Glires, pp. 74, 261, Pl. XVa. 
|| W. Blanf., J. A. 8. B., 1875, XLIV, Pt. 2, p. 108; Scientific Results, 2nd Yar- 
kand Mission, Mammalia, p. 45, Pls, 1X, X 4, 
