MAMMALIA. 
67 
Brpfnu Lohiiul palatine opening . 
r„.,, ° P a ' a ^e between 3rd pair of molars 
6 g th of palatine opening . 
Hei ght o°/ l0Wei £r ° m aDgle t0 s y m Physis 
Metre. 
Inches. 
•005 
0-2 
•Oil 
0-42 
•0185 
0-72 
•054 
2-13 
•036 
1-42 
Weight of S . . • — 
Xhig . do - -036 1-42 
ears - It appears T^ 050 ^ 168 L ' tolai ’ Tabas.but is much smaller with proportionately longer 
Ver y possibly be tl ° i'° the common species of the Kdshghar and Yarkand plains, and may 
e are noticed by Prejevalski near Lake Lob. 
44. Lepus pamirensis. PI. V, fig. 1 ; PI. Va, fig. 1. 
’ • -A. S. B., 1875, xliv, Pt. 2, p. 110. — Gunther, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 4, xvi, p. 229. 
* u Perne nigrd m Gnar ™ s ve ^ fusco-imbellinm, infra albas, nropygio albescenti-cinereo ; cauda 
v ellere denso, molli lCU ^ anm m arginibus superioribm extus nigris ; pectore pallide rufo; 
firn >inati$ interm/ -/■ P r<siet ' ventrali, cmereo ; pilis longioribm ad dorsum nigro- 
Hn tka o ) ejusdem '/ ?■' ^ Anu J- a rostro ad basin caudce circiter 18, caudce 4, auriculas a basi 
a l ^ u ^° 2‘75, cranii longitudo 3 5, tarsi 5 poll. 
l ’ 2 ’ Lake Sirikul, Pamir. 
General colo 
j^yish white - tail san( Iy-brown, almost isabelline on the back and sides; rump 
, . > terminal now - ^ a ° ' a ^ ove ’ I ace and anterior portion of the ears the same colour as the 
p. . l£e - Pur B no c ^° n o£ cars black outside the edge ; breast light rufous ; lower parts, as usual, 
^ lG termer slat ^ S ° ££ ’ C0T1S ^ S ^ J1 S at the base of fine woolly fibres mixed with coarser 
are Wn ’-^ e ^ps beino-^ £or a b° u t half an inch, then pale-rufous passing into duskv- 
bla hoar the b SaiK ^ throughout the fur coarser and longer piles are scattered ; these 
P ' C v at the ends. T| M ' t1le back, showing conspicuously amongst the grey under-fur, and 
tliM ° n ^ le middle f b 0ltiori of the fur is darker on the rump, sides, and shoulders, 
the K Ck ’ but only t ti l ° back- There are no hlack or dusky tips to the fur in general on 
l 0n )ac b 1 to pi sca ttered longer hairs. Length of ordinary hairs on the middle of 
ll aiiv Tke na pe, sid. C l0Uger P iles i to f inch more. On the rump, as usual, the hair is 
8am S being slaty. 5 o. re es °/ tke neek ancl breast are pale rufous, or rufescent isabelline, the 
b ;iS(; <l as the back, i ^ 1mse - Face and sides of head pale sandy-brown, nearly the 
eye ’ le n brown, ti * ° n ^ er black piles scattered throughout the fur ; hairs slaty at the 
ante r - ^ in cludes^ ’ a Very clistinct white line from tlie u PP er bp to beliind the 
on-* ° u ter snrf ace * ° UU an< ^ u PP er P ai ‘t of throat pure white. Ears sandy brown on the 
fop a Sur tece creamy ’ ^? ai 4he same colour as the face, anterior margin white, posterior 
Whitens ( Iistanc e W ^ ecomin g rufous near the base ; outer margin at the apex and 
bind-1 , eX<5e Pt the band ° WU ^ in<ier mar 8’ il1 black or blackish. 1 Hair on inside buffy- 
tbrougf S ° Utsi( le with' r ^ ai ' tllc Posterior margin, which is brown. Eore-legs in front and 
shot o’ y Ut £ beir lenn-t^i brownish tinge ; pads much darker. Hairs of the tail white 
11 y bay 1st. pj.^' J0 ° w an( I on the sides, black throughout above. Both animals were 
1 This 
Probably 
not appear to have lost them winter coats. 
■wits with the season ; it is more distinct in one specimen than in the other. 
