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vv ing are the dimensions of the skull in the Kium specimen 
Greate^ ^ tom oe eiput to front of incisors 
' a est bieadtli of skull across posterior portion of zygomatic 
idth between orbits 
;; en " th of nasal bones 
breadth of do. 
Do - do 
From taso l* j , 
Len 1 ln Mer upper incisor to foremost molar . 
i of the row of upper molars taken together at base 
B -I . °f Palate behind anterior palatine openings . 
Lencrtl 1 ^ ia ^ e f ,e f ween 3rd pair of molars 
Hei»l t 0 f ^ 0Wer 3 aw from angle to symphysis 
behind 
in front 
It- 
The 
Metre. 
0-92 
•044 
•026 
•037 
■017 
•014 
•027 
•018 
■007 
•012 
•062 
•040 
Inches. 
3-63 
1-73 
1-02 
1- 46 
0-68 
0- 55 
1- 06 
0-63 
0-27 
0- 5 
2- 46 
1- 59 
Bsetun) , ^ v h • r,1 ) Gri lri ^ le collection of the Asiatic Society of Bengal (now in the Indian 
Same s peci es i] WaS identified by Mr. Blyth with L. pallipes, belongs evidently to the 
{’Rented by rj - Skins col lected by Dr. Stoliczka in Ladak. This specimen was, I believe, 
mt die name f Ptain Sm - vt li, who collected in the Western Himalaya and in Western Tibet, 
I was at fi . f t] ! e donor is omitted in Mr. Blyth’s catalogue. 
| Ucier this n rSt dls P osed to identify this hare with L. pallipes, Hodgson, and I included it 
' S. p d lou gh with a mark of doubt, in the list of Dr. Stoliczka’s collections, 
an delli 9 of jj .1 P* t()9. After this list was published, however, I received from Mr. 
le true x. vin specimens of a hare which I have no hesitation in identifying with 
l )ec ies. j consef ^ and t found them to differ, both in the skins and skull, from the present 
j The dill' et . ( ?' < ^ Uent ^ described the 'Western Tibetan form as L. hypsibius. 1 
J’Bger on the f. e ^ C . es ^ e ^ reen the two species are that the fur in L. hypsibius is denser and 
^Bsiderably 8 aiS !’ and ^ ess woolly on the back ; the size is larger, hut the ears in proportion 
die ear^' and't ’ and rather differently coloured. The dark hand on the anterior portion 
l l" ll r surface is > i •' ;vdd lish posterior surface, are more developed in L. pallipes, and the 
j. I( s knll of x "/ ^ ei ' d'kc general colouration of L. hypsibius is much more rufous. In 
0l(, head l ess ’ WPMbiw the teeth are larger, the palatal opening narrower behind, the 
h ! J ' ^ypsihi CaVe ’ and the posterior portion of the nasals differently shaped. 
alway s a TP ears to he found throughout a considerable tract in Western Tibet, 
1 <da u hav es .* ° <:onsi 'derahle elevations, but the relative distribution of this and the other 
fp is a b 7 ^rfectly known. 
t| ° Ia .Young ST) ai . ' P oss ibility that this may be the L. oiostolus 2 of Hodgson, described 
(j ( _ J die same, fop DneUS ’ and stated by its describer to be found in Ladak 3 ; hut I think it is 
J" ri Ption. iph ^ 0lln § specimens of Lepus pallipes agree much better with Mr. Hodgson s 
' 1 dio 8e of aars of X. oiostolus are said by Waterhouse 4 to he similarly coloured 
1 etanus. This is not the case in L. hypsibius . 
1 Tli 
)ivi “g. 6 DarQe in this case • 
J j ^ e ’ as m that of 
!'!;)■ s. h.JS’ p - 1186 - 
Rode nti a , p 1842, p - 288 - 
sublimis, is given 
on account of the high elevation at which the species is found 
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