MAMMALIA. 
63 
^ cxatnfninj* g 
These specii^gj^g 1116 S ^ ec ^ meris °f hares procured from the portion of Tibet north of Sikkim. 
of the lower parts^ 06 W<iP w ^h The original description of L. pallipes, except that the colour 
"nable to detect § 1S W ^ e ’ n °T descent hoary (the latter is probably a mistake), and that I am 
1 1:1 "'son. the mi 1 Triannulation of the outer piles in the fur except in a few black-tipped 
black tips I tlie Packl T he term “ears largely tipped with black,” too, does not apply ; 
"fences, and the' o- S * 1011 ^ sa y> are rather narrow. But these are possibly individual dif- 
P r ecisely ) as ^^ nera ^ colouration, a peculiar yellowish tint, well shown in the figure, coincides 
head 4a ” mil ^ S distribution of colour. The dimensions correspond, except that 
Measured. ’ Think, be too much, but it is not possible to tell how the head was 
Slze of the animal ° V6r ^ * ucpes l° n S would be gigantic and quite out of proportion to the 
obtained by^ l 51 ' 0111 Eastern Tibet look at first very distinct from the Western skin 
ex aminati 0n thf 1 ° T cz ka, the latter being much more rufous and less yellow. But on close 
°i the back i * tp 11 ^ ^ le P a l ei “ colour of the under-fur, which is silky-wliite on the middle 
are the only distinctions, the distribution of colour and 
|°tn Eastern T'l 6 SarQe ’ an d the skulls are very much alike ; indeed, two skulls extracted 
j la t of tbe WesV*' an s P ec imens differ nearly as much from each other as either does from 
h (, sitat c to on S <n , n hhbc'tan animal. Despite the difference in external appearance, therefore, 
This Weste- S1 ^ ^ lese Two forms distinct. 
Sa ys is the preva^ m ° Fe llPous T°rm may, of course, be Mr. Hodgson’s L. oiostolus, which he 
a °t sufficiently* 1 ^ s P ecies in Ladak, but the type of that species was a very young animal 
' ' ls theref 0re L, mature for identification. Unfortunately, the name was the first given, and 
1 The four ^ POrtant to recognize the species if possible. 
Ascribed bv i ‘ ■ 
[f a hot-spri 
:; rs ,‘»the P p: 
tt *? 1 . 
tibetemug. 
Sc ‘ r ibed bv brought by Dr. Henderson from the first Yarkand Expedition, and 
* -Ur. !. il ^ „ - . , ^ * I i 11 o 
G °gra 
0 the rs 
are Pal 
■j- , ' *.1 | « «#\ lp. . • - ~ N> |J W VUU.UU.U IAX W 
le true Xj f ■/ 1 ' an a dults, and the fur more woolly. I do not think any of them belongs 
|3y ~ JL/1 ♦ JiCllUCUSUll 11UUJL IU6 AliOU laiACHUU. J JAjJfULWUU, ctxxvx 
u ^tanus, are • Ut f erson i n the Proceedings of the Zoological Society under the name of 
J®* hot.spri no ^ Ult( , ! ^ mma t ui 'c, being scarcely half-grown. One is labelled Karakash, another 
;iw, < rS t° the 111'^ '. x ^ PlS t’ which is very young, probably belongs to L. hypsibim, the 
They 
aiy prese f J is very yoimg, probably belongs to L. hypsibim, the 
° ^ Co j r ^^ I ' i s pecies ; but the specimens are much too young for identification. 
These yo ‘ etanus - 
s Se ht by Mr^ xr areS ’ however, differ considerably in colour from an Eastern Tibetan speci- 
Sgesting the a ancl6 hb which is more grey, and has, I think, still more woolly hair, thus 
Ppropi lateness of Mr. Hodgson’s name oiostolus. 
42. Lepus tibetanus 
Travels 
tlar 
PI. IV, fi 
'anus W ' '°“ v ’ in Kashmir , &c., ii., p. 268. 
Ann. a »a * terhouse > P. Z. S., 1841, p. 7.— Nat. Hist. Mam., Rodentia, ii, p. 58.— Gunther, 
a g. Is at. Hist., 1875,'Ser. 4, xvi, p. 228. 
1, 2 
.g 2. 
1 should hav ' 2 ’ Nutra val,ey ’ Laxidk - 
p r j|i d the hares obt Una hle to identify this species but for Dr. Gunther’s having ( 
^ Use "m, whU d ^ ^"ptain Biddulph in the Nubra valley with the type ii 
r a t], * )< ( ^ hy Wat e .] "' 1S ’ P su Ppose, that originally brought by Yigne from near Skardo, 
r ^ SUl ‘"ill,... • "USe. Dr. ( I I 11 f 1 , ill. / ,n f +lin+ eE/a o .i wi i v»-» I'w, v, 1 Knhro, M ] t 111 
g com- 
in the 
j- suppose, that ongmally brought by Vigne trom near & Karoo, and 
£ , . Sra aller i n UUUSe ' Er. Gunther points out that the specimens from Nubra, although 
a hpes and T IZ ° ! a § ree with the type very well, and may be distinguished from both 
~ Lj ' Oiostoh,, tt . n , , 
’ «t,iee with the type very well, and may be distmgui 
0l °stol ug 0 f Hodgson by having straight, not curled, hairs. 
