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DESCRIPTION OF THE 



and Third Sub-divisions ; and he has my full permission to place the 

 Budnsii therein, provided he will pardon me for having relieved the toil of 

 collecting and recording a multitude of facts by some little indulgence in 

 the way of speculation upon them, 



Dimensions of the animal. 





Ft. 



In. 



Nape to rump, . . . . 



2 



^ 











Ditto of the tail (end of hair,) . 



. 1 



4^ 





1 



81 





1 



% 









8^ 



Ft. In. 



Length of fore-leg, to line of belly, 1 0$ 



Ditto of hind ditto ditto ditto, . . 13 



Leng th of the ears, 4| 



Snout to fore angle of eye,. ... 31 



Thence to the occiput, ........ 5 



Weight (thin) 30 lbs. 



Dimensions of the skull. 



Ft. 



Extreme length, 



Extreme breadth (between thel ^ 



zygomatic processes,) J 



Extreme height, ............ 



Greatest breadth between the "i ^ 



temporal bones, J 



Symphysis of intermaxillary -\ 

 bones to posterior points of >0 



nasal ditto, ' 



Thence to the coronal suture, 

 Thence to the posterior extre- -\ 

 mity of the skull, or end of >0 

 crista occipitalis, J 



In. 



IXQ. 

 •if) 



OlO 



3-«- 



'^l G 



9 4 



Ft. In. 



Length of lower jaws from the-\ 



condyle to the symphysis of >0 5i% 

 the jaws in front, ^ 



The same from the former to the -\ 



posterior edge of the last mo- > S-f-g 

 lar tooth, ' 



Length of upper jaw, from sym- \ 



physis of intermaxillary bones f ^ ^ ^ ^ 

 to posterior edge of last mo- ( ^ ^ 

 lar tooth, J 



Symphysis of intermaxillaries to 1 ^ ^ , ^ 

 foremost edge of orbits, , . . . / 



Thence to end of crista occipitalis, 4}§ 



N. B. These latter measurements (of the skull) are rectilinear, taken 

 with calipers — and not drawn along the curves. 



Nepal Residency, Jul^ 1, 1832. 



