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its breadth 
Hie openi no , 0 f ^ ln ^ lc Haills taken from the Panjah skins, and so is the foramen magnum, 
'eing l es§ ^ e posterior nares in the English skull, too, is much narrower, the breadth 
the molar coi^s 1° an terior molar, whilst in the Panjah skull the breadth exceeds that 
s mall erj o era ^ ’ an( l in the European species the hinder upper molar is much 
S vUlls the thhd n c I* 1 J0Ufc a f ° Urt h of the size of the second molar, whereas in the Panjah 
j 11f >lar is comparat' 0 ^ ^ the size of the second. In the lower jaw also the posterior 
lan in the unno U °? Sma ^ er lh the skull of the English mouse, but the difference is less 
No sj )f ,,.j , mo ars - 
j? r Co mpari Son +] S °*' er ythronotus, obtained by me in Northern Persia, are available 
10 Vese mhlanee of' tl C eS ^ ne ^ t° r the Indian Museum having apparently been mislaid, hut 
10 two are proh 1 • 6 ^ a ^^ an shins and skulls to the figure and description is so close, that 
^ks the tail is lc ^ en tt c al. The only difference I can detect is that in typical Mm erythro- 
^ lereas in t) le ^ , f same length as the head and body together, as it is in M. sylvaticus ; 
^ alone 1 8 ins fh ^ m ° USe tail appears to he a little shorter, in the proportion of 7 to S. 
^ erythrf) U; hcient for specific distinction. It is; however, by no means improbable 
'teamens f roin >l ° * s Baere ly a local race of M. sylvaticus, and with a good series of 
y U(t ticus, vn .. .. Vn . W<)US t° c alities, the two might be found to pass into each other. The Mm 
”‘ v Oj v»rw xuiguu wu j_uu.xj.v4. v\s jjuioo xxxi/u 
Hie folloAvin<f ■ W ’ ®' at ^ e 1 is probably allied to the present form. 
Loner a] (>n i ^ ^ a description of the Kashghar and Panjah long- tailed field-mouse : 
]) vi u “lcLL coir i ui tut; jx.tiMiguctr ctu.iL 
s ° °' v >the two c l 1 ail "i >r0wn above, becoming rufous in some specimens on the sides, white 
1 ° ^ la t the upper r lUS s ^ lar ply' divided and the line of division running back from the nostrils, 
!)•' l ^*te. The J' arif i part of the cheeks are white. Tail brown above and white below; 
l>ut ^ ^ i ea st threcTf U PP er parts is long and soft (0'4 inch long on the middle of the 
,n. ^hXed with ° Ul ^ s °t the length blackish grey, the tips mostly yellowish brown, 
L nam erous slightly longer hairs which are black ; these black-tipped hairs 
( lis; 
thi 
’ a Ppear 0 n t | 1(1 . ' sngntiy 
•sho^ 1 head, flnj 08 ' ^ eat ^ a ^ ove the same colour as the back. Whiskers rather longer 
(; Hl * la ' ls ’ Which ar U ?^ 61 ' ^lack, lower white ; ears oval, thinly clad inside and out with 
hd , ^ 'Hth whit ai |' e . 10Wn ’ exc ept on the posterior margin, where they are whitish. Eeet 
1 ' s with whi ti ci i m . lr a ' JOVe : the thumb has a small claw. Tail covered below and on the 
'>^r\ lo ^ th 
^ n skip s the 1 U w r hite in some specimens. 
ntK ai ’e noted bv^ii m easure about 4 iuches, tail 3|. 
J L>r. Stoliczk; 
than in M. pachycercus, the hairs on the upper surface beihg 
ite in some specimens. 
measure about 4 inches, tail 3|. The followir 
a on the label of one of the Panjah specimens : — 
measure- 
L nf t t , h of hea <t and body 
^ ltto of tail 
bitto of bead 
bitto f r ° m SU0Ut to e L e 
Length J m f 0ut to ear 
bitto ^ fl ’° m front Pase 
Width 
Length 
of 
ditto 
ear 
measured from behind 
Ir 
of fore-foot 
" *">»» Se‘° f : ' 
} of fppf fl i * 
eshy white, reddish at the base. 
Inches. 
4 
3-5 
1 • 1 5 
0 - 5 
1- 
0-65 
0-58 
0-5 
0-4 
0-9 
Eeisen, i, p. 103, PL V, fig. 3, 4. 
