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SECOND YA11KAND MISSION. 
The following are the dimensions of a perfect skull, taken from one of the 
Pan j ah : — 
Length from occiput to end of nasal bones 
Metre. 
. ‘1)265 
Inches 
1-1)8 
Breadth across hinder part of zygomatic arches 
. ‘013 
0-53 
Least breadth of frontal region between orbits . 
. -004 
0-16 
Length of nasal bones ..... 
. -010 
0-4 
Do. of anterior palatine foramina 
. *005 
0-19 
Do. of row of upper molars 
. -004 
0-15 
Do. of lower jaw from angle to symphysis 
. -0125 
0-52 
Height of ditto ditto 
. -007 
0-29 
skins fi’ 0 ' 1 ' 1 
38. Gercilltjs cryptorhinus. PI. X; PI. Xh, fig. 5. 
W. Blanf., j. A. S. B., 1875, xliv, Pt. 2, p. 108. 
G. supra rufescenti-arenaceus, sublus albas, colons dorsalis ventralisque li/mite ^ 
notato, rostro in lobum semicircularem, intus pills brevibus sparsis indutum, nares °bl e d 
tern, desinente ; cauda corporis capitisque lonc/Undinem excedenle, cum dorso super ne J ^ 
- v-w ■ - J i 
concolore, sed magis rufescente nisi apicem versus, ubi nigrescit, subtus pallid tore , 
Honnullis ad apicern caudce longioribus nigrescenti-fnscis, auriculis mediocribus, ovalibus, e 
entice dense pilosis, mystacibus confertis, capitem longitndine parum excedentibus, sU P re ^\ 
nigriSi cceteris albis ; vellere longmsculo, molli, nitido, basin versus ad tergum sclnst* 0 , 
palmis submdis, pills sparsis indutis, plantis confertissime pilosis ; dente molario td 
simplici, incisoribus unisulcatis . Long, exempli majoris nuper occisi a rostro ad ^ j; 
caudce 55, caudce 6' 25, auris 
nuper 
0'75, pedis posterioris a calccmeo 1:4 poll. 
Long, exe 
minoris 4 m 5, caudce 5 poll. 
1, 2, 3, 4 5, Kargkalik ; 6, Yarkand ; 7, Maralbashi ; 8, 9, 10, Yangihissar ; all skins ; 11, in spirit, no l atf 1 
Colour above sandy rufescent, some specimens rather more rufous than others, ^ 0 . 
white, the two colours sharply divided on the sides ; cheeks pale ; supercilia whitish ; feet 
tail above rather more rufous than the hack, paler and occasionally whitish below, b eC ° t t pc 
dark-brown or blackish above near the end, and with the slight tuft of longer hairs » Q { 
end of the same dark colour. Fur soft and glossy, about half an inch long in the mu ‘ ^ 
the back, all the basal portion, being at least three quarters of the length, dark as A ^ 
terminal portion pale yellow-brown to pale rufous, with numerous longei hairs, v 1 -j, 
tips mixed. On the under surface the hairs are white throughout. On the tail the ^ pt 
rather short, coarse, and close together ; there are a very few longer black tips mixe 
scarcely enough to produce an effect in the general colour. uefi 0 ’ 
The ears are oval and of moderate length, densely clad with brown hairs on the » t pe 
portion of the outer surface, and with a fringe of longer hairs on the anterior mar.,1 , 
posterior portion of the external surface is nearly naked, except near the margin , il i- 
anterior portion of the inner surface completely destitute of hair ; but the innei su r 
more hairy near the hinder margin. The whiskers are very numerous, the longest s 
exceeding the head, the uppermost behind being black; all the rest white; all are ^j, 
at the base with long hairs which cover the side of the nose. Soles of the fore- he ^ 
scattered white hairs, but nearly naked ; those of the hind-feet densely covered ' vl 
