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SECOND YARICAND MISSION. 
of the upper portion of the body, a few long hairs intermingled, which measure up to one and a quarter m ch 
these are almost or entirely of a black colour. i i the r egt 
On the lower part of the body the hairs are, for two-thirds of their length, dark slaty-blue, am 
pale. * , h 
The head measures nearly always one-fourth* of the total length of the animal. The hairs on it ar ^ ^ 
shorter, and tinged with a dark rufous tint above ; on the sides of the snout they are pale grey ; in f ront ° is 
eyes and below,' "pale white ; while on the sides of the head itself there is a slight rufous tint marked, w ^ 
a little stronger all round the neck, and extends somewhat further back on the upper body. The hairs roiin ^ ^ 
neck are rather longer, but only half their length of the slaty colour, the rest being pale rufous ; but a 
them are tipped with black. . g 9 re 
The end of the snout and of the upper and lower lips are dark blackish. The hairs of the moustac^ ^ 
very long, some of them measuring three inches ; the upper ones are chiefly black ; the lower white 
black, half white. The ears are comparatively rather large, oval, terminating with a very obtuse pom* J g0 
arc well covered with hair, thickest on the outside : the hairs on the inner surface being pale yellow, ' ^ 
the outer much longer and softer, and distinctly rufous. The feet and soles are, in accordance with the g ^ 
hue, of a pale fulvous colour-, only still lighter, and slightly, and only partially, tinged with a rusty > 
toes are black, claws long and dark-brown. 
The young animal does not differ in colour very much from the old one. It is usually much pa ’ ^ 
'the difference between the hue on the upper and lower portions of the body is far less distinctly marked^ ^ 
slaty hue of the inner fur is also more translucent, and the rufous tint on the head and the hinder pa* -t 
ears not so strong. , , ir e *> s 
The measurements, in inches, of three specimens from Rupshu, the eastern province of LadaK, * 
follows : — 
Total length of the animal 
Length of the skull ....... 
Proportion of the length of the skull to the total length 
"W id th of the skull 
Porportion of width to length of the skull . 
Length from the snout to the eye 
Length from the eye to the ear 
Length of the ear . 
"Width of the ear ....... 
Proportion of the width to length of the ear 
Length of fore-foot and nails ..... 
Length of the hind-foot and nails .... 
(a) Young specimen from above the Gyagar lake in Rupshu. 
(/,) An old, full-grown specimen from near Kozak on the Chomoriri lake in Rupshu. $ 
(c) Judging from the teeth, this seems to be a very old specimen, from the east side of the L aDa 
west of Hanle. _ ^ s otf e 
This latter specimen has the fur considerably worn off and injured. I found in the skin of this ^ 
other specimens, which I shot in the Ruga valley, a great number of larvae of an (Estrus , which 
injury and a sort of roughness of the fur . 2 As the tips of the hair get worn off, the hue becomes i 
places dark spotted, which is caused by the slaty colour of the interior portions. ^ tl' 1 * ' 
It will be seen from the given measurements that the skull of the young animal is, in proportion 
entire body, a little longer and broader than that of the adult, and the ears are also somewhat larger ( ■ 
These proportions may be often observed in mammalia of different ages. ^ r( ,c H- 
Zagomys cwrzonim is one of the largest known species of the genus. Our largest specimen ,ncaS wr a t£ 1 '' 
inches, which is only one line less than the greatest measurement of Zagomys alpinus, Pallas. (Vi^ e 
(a). 
(b). 
Co). 
7-50 
9-00 
9-50 
1-90 
2-25 
2-37 
0-26 
025 
025 
0-87 
1-25 
1-25 
0-46 
0-55 
052 
0-75 
1-OC 
100 
093 
1-12 
1-12 
0'62 
1-06 
1-00 
0'56 
0-87 
081 
0-90 
0-82 
0-81 
0'87 
1-12 
112 
1-25 
1-50 
1-43 
tSSl 
1 One-fifth in the original, but this is evidently, lirom the measurements, a slip or misprint. 
2 Anderson, P. Z. S., 1871, p. 563, says the worn condition and roughness of the fur is noticed 
exposed to become rubbed, as on the lumbar region, nimp and sides, and he rejects Stoliczka’s 
borne in mind that Stoliczka made his observations on fresh animals 
on those parts whk b* 
explanation. B u t S 
