350 The American Naturalist. [April, 
tint on its chest, and belonging to a variety named by Hodgson, F., 
nigripectus. Wolves are common, and Cuons with long reddish brown 
hair, probably C. duchunensis ; Foxes, Skunks and Martens (Putorius 
davidianus and Martes flavigula) ; large bears, one black with a yellow 
pectoral spot, the other, brown, shading to bright yellow, identical 
with the one described by Fr. Cuvier under the name, Ursus collaris. 
Arctonyx obscurus A. M.-Edw. and Ailurus fulgens. Ailuropus melan- 
oleucus is unknown in this region. 
The Glires are represented by Pteromys alborufus, squirrels 
(Sciurus erythrogaster and Se. fernyi), Tamias maclellandi, Arctomys 
robustus, different species of Mus, a Siphneus distinct from those 
already known (S. tibetanus), Lepus hypsibius, the feet of which are 
colored red by contact with the ferrugineous soil, two species of Lag- 
omys (L. koslowi and L. melanostomus Büchner). 
The ruminant species are numerous. Wild Yaks, Ovis nahoura, 
and a species with compressed horns, believed to be new; Pantholops 
hodgsonti, a large Nemorhedus with a body like N. bubalinus of India, 
but having a long mane of white hair, and related to the species Nem- 
orrhedus argyrobhetus, described by Père Hendes; two varieties of 
musk, Moschus, one gray-black in color, the other lighter, inclin- 
ing toward yellow; Elaphodus cephalophus, the same species as that 
found in the valley of Moupin, but not quite so red; a roebuck simi- 
lar to the one in the mountains Thian-Chan, but not so robust ( Capreo- 
lus pygargus); a deer belonging to the group Rusa, but differing from 
the Sambur of India and Cochin China by its bushy tail which is 
longer and blacker, by larger ears, its muzzle bordered with black and 
its feet which are yellowish-white at their extremities. 
It is astonishing that in such a short time the explorers could have 
collected such a large number of species. It is evident that fresh 
research in the same field will bring to light other mammals. Mgr- 
Biet, Bishop of Diana, and apostolic missionary of Thibet, has kindly 
given orders to have hunters sent in search of the animals along the 
upper Yang-tse-Kiang; but with these at hand, we see the resemblance 
between the animals of this part of Thibet and those of Indo-China, 
and we also note, at the same time, certain peculiar characters whi 
are not found elsewhere. (Prof. A. Milne-Edwards in Proceeds. ey 
Internatl. de Zool, Deuxième Session à Moscow, 1892. Moscow, 1898.) 
P a 
Zoological News.—A racunipa.—In two papers,’ Mr. we “i 
Carpenter enumerates five species of Pycnogonids brought bae! 
5Sci. Proceed. Roy. Dublin Socy., VII, 1892: VIII, 1893. 
