MAMMALIA. 
Alany details ^ i -i _ . 
diviriaj p. „ e horizontal and vertical distribution are given, the whole area being 
is us i° Ur ^icts, 1 an( l also into five vertical zones, 
the names eSS .^° C0 I ) y ou ^ ^he list given by Severtzoff, because it is certain that many of 
^renre^Tr a ^ ( ' ra C° n - Thus Dobson has shown 2 that the seven bats, in all proba- 
divided 
It 
represent If* jvuuoviii “CIO onu »v xi u^J-c ii ovyvuu fjai\jo 9 111 ciai jjx w kicu- 
doubtful The ^ ° U1 ' s P ec ^ es > an( l that several of the specific identifications are extremely 
mammals ] 1 noraenc lature of the birds, which are much more easily determined than 
* ■ aS een f° un d to require alteration in many cases. 
P <he Arman ] T) H . mamma ^ a observed in. China north of the Tang-tsi-kiang is furnished by 
p. 91. Th e ,Ul d ' n the Nouvelles Archives du Museum” for 1871, Yol. YII, Bulletin, 
hy between * s considerably to the eastward of Turkestan, but there is a great similar- 
Mons Ami. 16 ailn8e °i the two regions. The identifications in 
n s . Ami , L, w 
uew are fi ^W-Edwards, one of the best living authorities 
^histoire rmm^ii an d A. Milne-Edwards in their “Recherches pour servir a 
Perc David’s list are by 
The species believed to be 
are the CO w. e C aes ^lammifkres.’’ Apparently but few of the species of Northern China 
V ZT as tho * «t Eastern Turkestan. 
^ere observed f eS an< * nort ^ °f Yarkand and Kashghar . — The following mammals 
°r collected on the ranges west of Yarkand, including the Pamir plateau — 
Fdis uneiu. 
^ r *us, sp. 
Canis lupus. 
A nt m 
Whilst 
Mus 
IW aureus. 
er ythronotus. 
Cricetus ( Cricetulm ) phmus. 
C. ( Cricetulm ) fulvus. 
Lepus pamiremis. 
Ovis poll. 
Capra sibirica. 
ranges north of Kashghar the following were observed : — 
*t° liezkmus . 
Uvis hireUni. 
Shj!: c l lor as Of Cer 
ran, 
Capra sibirica. 
Sus scrofa, var. nigripes. 
vus ewstephanus are said also to have been brought from the Thian 
i, and this * vvssiep nanus 
dndrawino^ 11 ^ * S P r °P a ^dy the Gervus maral of Severtzoff and Prejevalski. 
S '° n to Yarkand ^ P rescn *' n °des, I have received much aid from two officers of the Mis- 
P°iuts left obscure 0 ^^ ^ ro ^ er an( l Captain Biddulph, — who assisted me by clearing up 
aiai *Uals observ n "^ r ‘ ®l°hczka’s diary, and who furnished me with notes on some of the 
r°tli specim ens Ct r ^ dPeni. I am also indebted to Mr. It. B. Shaw and to Dr. Scully for 
s Ws with t and - * n Wmatiou. Dr. Giinther did me the favour of comparing some ot 
a >s< 'Uce, Was • in the Indian Museum. Erom Mr. Wood-Mason, who, in Dr. Anderson’s 
anc ^ also f rom ^ ar § e of the Indian Museum, I have received assistance of every kind, 
n< Pa, has giv ej * 1 * ^ raser ’ Cm Osteologist ; and Dr. Anderson himself, since his return to 
■? 1(1 Wily afforded 16 GVei ^ Wility for comparing and examining specimens. Without the 
'"'perfect even t] m< ' ^ le officers of the Museum, the present notes would be much more 
the very ^ le ' r are< Above all, I have to thank Colonel H. H. Godwin- Austen 
Wand — a l 0ll , Ga double l )e has taken in supervising the preparation of the plates in 
0 ayed by a nurul^^ ^ e ^ ous labour. The drawing and colouring of the plates has been 
er °1 accidents, and, but for Colonel Godwin- Austen’s assistance, the delay 
' 8 > see ‘ XT,j S j > ? 
Ibis’ ( l . c.) on j portion of Mr. Severtzoff’s work relating to birds has been translated by Mr. H. E. 
Jr esser 
For 
details. 
mtbe 
, ibis’ a , ’ e- a '- me portion of Mr. Se 
u ' ^*- a g. Nat. U ™ an y a dditional notes are added. 
a §’ Nat. Hisr “ ,an y a dd> 
lst -> Aug. 1878. 
Ser. 4, Vol. xviii, p. 130. 
