MAMMALIA. 
71 
is quoted with, as 
s ^ u ^ s of Hares ? ri ' Vm ’ var 'iabilis altaica, Everm. (sic.) ; and again, in Gray’s notes on 
ls is doubtless L ■ Ul ^ le British Museum, a Lepm altaicm, Brandt 1 is mentioned. 
|_ ,l u find no description ob Bitzinger*. Neither writer gives any reference, and I 
j l Hentifies the sne ° ^ ° s P ec * es b 7 either Brandt or Gray. Waterhouse in his mamma- 
■*«**•, Hosm a C | 11U ' n thus nam ed, which is said to he from the Altai mountains, with 
h ° lec f i °u J and the loc u S ? ecimen in tIlG British Museum was from M. Brant’s (? Brandt’s) 
° Use 8 identificatinn a 1 { ls therefore possibly correct, but I cannot but think that Water- 
10U uee ds confirmation. 
^ Family — LAGOM YTDM 
G Untht!r ^ AG05IYS —SIS. pi. VI, fig. y . Pi. VII / fig. 2 ; PL Vila, fig. 1. 
a | ^ at - Hist., Ser. 4, xvi, p. 231.-W. Blanf. J.A.S.B., 1875, xliv, Pt. 2, p. 110. 
r ^Hodgson’ ° 1CZka ’ 1865 > xxxi v, Pt. 2, p. 108.— Anderson, P.Z.S., 1871, p. 562, 
lhra > Karin Q r Pi , , 
^ . 1 Ue kwv 'h Ladak. 
PlttnT^ rotm datis lde Cenmus ’ seu rufescenti-fulvus, dorso in (estate magis rufescente , 
l 0n \ e °> a piciali ’ m ! JUscu ^ s > extus ferrugineis, velleris dorsalis dimidio basali nigrescenti- 
nigri s a g l>num ru f es oente, tunc demum albescenti-isabellino , pilis nonnullis 
a u ^° ente > vibrissis sun °J SWn ™ li ermixtis, ventre pedibusqne pallide fulvis, capite antice 
( ' u la> tarsi 1‘5 poii° r ^ US n ^ r ^ s > wiferioribus albis. Long, iota circa 9, cranii 2' 25, 
1. skin. Ckagra n 
the two last 1 1 °r Ban ® on §’ Ikke • 3, 4, skins, 5, skeleton, Rimdi, 17,000 feet ; 6, skin, Kiziljilga, (both 
o Gogra nortl 68 are on Ble Bigh plateau north of Ladak) ; 7,8, skins without labels, probably from 
,° me years „ ’ ’ lmdL 
eS** m Uch befter^tl 1 J escribin S the Lagomys from Upper Sikkim, 5 1 pointed out that 
it 
s P e cies setter witB i\/r tt ~ uu,» 
fifitixi , eri ’ed t 0 the 1 tt ^ Hodgsons description of L. curzonice than did the Ladak 
ti° n w 1 ^Useum, and Dr ^ ^ r ' ® b °Bczka, Mr. Hodgson’s types were presented to the 
j, as ^ct, an fi ^ r ‘ ~ anther has recently examined them, and finding that my sugges- 
j.' 0 ^ ^l°lic2ka’g fi a • . Badak species is different, he has named the latter L. ladacensis. 
Ul s P e cimens ,,-r ® Cri PBon is excellent and is here copied. He states that it is founded 
on 
> ' ^^liezka’c Bie Ladak species is different, he has named the latter L. ladacensis 
^^^^rtionlsexc 
br own G |T' al hue of ’ the which exact measurements are given : — 
^ u ‘ lo\v er , " ^Ifitish, with f 61 Hiff, fulvous, with very slight rufous tint and tipped with dark 
fuO P Jl> more than f ai j^ uce ut dusky blue. The larger hairs of the fur measure about |th of an inch ; 
1 < Ur iily ’ a,1 d the tin ,]. i, 8 . ^ 1C ' r Bngth, of a dark, slatj'-blue colour, with silky lustre ; the next portion 
U^uished from r ° Wa or Uaek. The fur is full and very soft, as Hodgson remarks, and can be 
„ A »n. k a of A. rufescens, Gray. Chiefly in old specimens, there are, on the sides 
, bb. K a, Hist i 8fi , „ 
Bod eutTJ Akad - W iss . w; „ ’ 5. er '. 3 - «. P- 223. 
i8 ^r;:f vi >vn 
P , 6r %u r e i8/ - 
Cl., 1867, Ivi, 1 Abt. p. 165. 
the "PpH 504 ^ter v fi ^. reSentiD g this 
ttn sati 
ils faet 0 
r r Ve stur 6) on pj 5 yj IS s P e °ies and L. auritus, a mistake has been made. It was proposed to figure L. ladacensis 
" aur itus. pj ^ 0 ‘ l° w er figure in PI. VI is L. ladacensis in winter dress, but is somewhat too dark ; 
d 'AS.B ' 0Wer figure sboum’ ^ ' s ladacensis in summer dress. The colouration of both figures in Plate VI 
’ ^2. *i; _ _ e much more buff, the upper figure browner and less yellow. 
■ xli. 
P- 35. 
