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differences. The l • 
Sorter. Som e 0 th m *°° .^® ers muc h in colour, being far greyer, and the tail is considerably 
lv ing animal in ^ s P e ^ rtlens bave since been obtained in Calcutta, and I have seen a 
lne > and 4, that I j ca ptivity at Darjiling. Singularly enough, out of 6 specimens known to 
ln ent. gtill as a/l^ ° h ersona hy examined, not one was wild, — all had been kept in confine- 
We U marked and di A ^ C ^ araC ^ erS ’ ^h ere °an 110 9, ues ti°ii that the species is 
^iilenaetres, 2 and it h ran ^ ^ & VC1 A muc h smaller animal, the skull measuring only 43 
tile body. 1 la ' S a s ^ or t tail like A. liimalayanus, not more than a quarter the length 
Hie skull of A 
nearly than any f , ^ Ureus> though very much smaller, approaches that of A. caudatus more 
< v,!r > is nearly 16 °^ ier Himalayan marmots. The zygomatic arch in the latter, how- 
* ' 1<! aasal bones ^ rf an< ^ conyex helow, whilst that in A. aureus is nearly straight, and 
shaped tn th e t W Q le ) !’ oa< ^ er behind in A. caudatus. The pterygoids are very differently 
s Pecies. The following are the dimensions of an adult skull of A. aureus : — 
Ereadftt°“ 0CCi - ital plaDe t0 
anterior end of nasals 
Dr t i , K - r ° SS w *dest part of zygomatic arches 
I , ’. Je lln< t P°storhital processes 
length of nasal hones, 
breadth „( Jo . ^ ; • 
Do. 
do. behind 
T -—v/. U 
length of molars 
-Length of u • n xr ~~ d " -T 
Height of dl ei J ? V fl ' om . M 1 o le to Bymphys 
Length of w^ 111 UPP6r J ’ aW taken to "' ether 
of 1 
J ^ n ~ ao ' at eoronoid process 
i t0 »> thT P-f!!" 1 Captain T »tter that A 
n,ooo 
Metre. 
•094 
•057 
•017 
•038 
•0165 
•0105 
•020 
•066 
•035 
Inches. 
3-7 
2-25 
0- 65 
1- 5 
0- 64 
■ 0-42 
0-82 
2 - 6 
1- 4 
! ' " 1 Dto Part i i v , iiULCe r mat A. aureus was seen abundantly on the return journey 
. o ’ 0 °0 to 13 qoo f,° y ai 'kand in May about the Kaskasu and Torat passes, at an elevation of 
01110 out of that \ V outward journey towards the end of March, none had yet 
Tim • . r holes. 
I^ c i es > and the y w iih A. caudatus by Severtzoff can, 
i Gn ‘yellow w ar, ei j ew characters given agree withal, aureus 
% of tlm! lthfille black, Ion 
th. 
I think, scarcely be that 
^j-vcii vviuji ja., mu Gins* ^.TIig cHiiiTL9/l is said to have 
nos , - —ger hair, the head was darker acd blackish.” Length from 
i p 6 0 Hie root of the tail 14 inches 2 lines, tail 8 inches 5 lines. This is 
*>'». I\°2 a di8s frtation on th . .• 
l8 75, ggj, 'J 1 ' I have there 'T* 168 noimnot inhabiting the Himalaya, Tibet, and adjoining regions, see J. A. S. B., 1875, vol. 
Ef. Sd ater ’ Vo1 • xv i. p. 283 th , S ° Wn . 1 ‘^ 111 independently of A. aureus, and of A. dichrous (Anderson, Ann, Mag. Nat. Hist., October, 
1 ' v °uld „!j as 8 * nc ® Pointed fii * , “ S 1 10C * 6S inhabit the Himalayas or Tibet, viz., A. caudatus, A. liimalayanus, and A. hemachalanus. 
11 '' s Woujjj^ ,V reta 'n A. hem ° l ) >° UU ' tPat two laR i names are, in fact, identical, and that consequently one must be changed. 
and alter A. liimalayanus, as was proposed by Hodgson himself, to A iibetensis ; hut I fear 
b'hsh Mi . name •E tibetan S ] ° uomenc ioture, as A. liimalayanus was the name first given, and moreover it would lead to confu- 
llo< lgson „ ' UlT1 ^menelatuvc \ las been adopted in the British Museum for A. hemachalanus. On the other hand, to follow the 
anuH , and l'ti ^ 1)6 udieulnus, for A. liimalayanus is the Tibetan species, and is the original tibetensis of 
'* n k it should b > 'n , LT " dc ‘ r i llese circumstances, I see no other resource than to propose a new name for A. liemacha- 
Called after its discoverer. 
l ?7 U * J ' A - S ' R-. 1843, xii, p. 410. 
“ 4 . jJj ' A • S. B.. i u ,„ -y, Cat. Mam. P.IrW -NTr,™! 
The synonymy would then stand thus : 
A. HODGSONl. 
Mam. Birds Nepal, p. 24(1816); 2nd edition, p. 12, (1863), nee A. tibetensis, Hodgs. 
Cat. Mam. Mus. As. Soc., p. 108 (1863), nee Schveher. 
on, Mai 
p. 312. 
Awards. Reeh . 1 M^ ,rdon ;^' lra - Ind " P- 183 (1867). W. Blanf., J. A. S. B„ 1875, xliv, Pt. 2, p. 122. 
