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house, 
}' ou nger.i I observed ^°^ ent ’ a > P- 16). Mr. Hodgson's specimens were much smaller, and probably 
" 1(; hes ] one , e se veial which were not longer than seven inches, but most of them were about nine 
o r j}] U;ese ^ 'Iwzab called L. curzonia, Phise-karin, which means, as I was informed, tailless PAise. 
,2"^ JJ ^e-karSZ!'l Phaiomys leucurus , 3 which lives here associated with the lagomys and Arctom/ys. 
" am(! Ahra ; i t , ** 1 was tol( l is Tibetan, and the Ladak name for I. curzonice is Salra. TT 1 “ — il 
no,lnce d; moth e ;r WeVer,Welll " a that the letter 
Ihe fi ls > D °t so. 
^ valley at P T°-T here 1 met with L. curzonm was a little above the junction of the Chomoriri with the 
tL y g ot aVm ‘ 15, 
tru S) P| , 
„ ^ curzonice ran ^ rctom ^ s ^obac, Sehreber. 
1^>672 i'ee^ wh^ur, 5 j u>wover > somewhat higher. I noticed it on the top of the Lanak pass at an elevation 
Hodgson gives the 
before many words is, in some parts of Tibet, pro- 
500 feet above the level of the sea. It does not live usually at a lower 
"** D v-nomoriri — ; 35 ‘ n the lower parts of the Puga valley (14,500 feet), it is always scarce. 
, "»rns i Blytb ) and 4 a ve> w here there is comparatively plenty of vegetation, it is associated with Phaiomys 
l0 weri ns 
g in August T ^ ^ W ° m ^ nu ^ e pl ;ur l s existed — Stracheya tibetica, Pth., and Capsella thomsoni, Hf. — both 
I’ 1 eics of Procarduf'n^ * ^° UU ^ a ssociated with Corvus tibetanus , Hodgs., Gyps fufous, Gmel., and a new 
, sei ' v ed anim„i v» . 5 ,llJ iong birds ; an Argynnis among butterflies, and some common flies, forming the highest 
“ves 
ail ittial lif e in +1 .... 
I believe it 686 31 lls. In fact, it is difficult to assign a limit to the height up to which L. CMTzomce 
Ver y near it. -g e ^ an ” es as high as any trace of vegetation exists, which would be here about 19,000 feet, 
or 
a nee all 
, . over tho „ !' GeU the two given limits of the Para valley and 19,000 feet, it is seen in great abund- 
^nowl^ ‘ ~~ , - 
K ' r to the ,,.,.4 ' U ? ot '" er Pngorays here, — at least, none so common. Its geographical range must extend 
Of 1884 and souths A , ■ , 1 . 1- /--X,. 
l^ovrledo.,, n portion of Ladak. It is certainly the species of Adams and Cunningham, as there 
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°1 : Iiahoul tli m aVe ,Klt °bserved it south of the Baralatse range, either in Spiti or in the south-eastern 
°f Sikkifa ?i t south-east, as Mr. Hodgson obtained his specimens from the district of Chumbi (north 
r _i . '* A have rir.4- -1 *1 .1 r> n -r» i , -j 1 •_ CL__*x* *_ i.1 XT. x_... 
the Chandi 
Knln 
It 
In Spiffs Aanm l ail< ^ ra va ^°y > although Phaiomys 
h 
rom 
leucurus does occur in both provinces, and even in 
feet, but usually about 13,000 feet. 
(above Lari^° a^i ? . CW, ' SI0W *' X represented by -the smaller L. roylei, Ogilvy, which there lives between 
^ ^h,0(JU feet, but, nanalta nbnnt. 1 $1,000 -Fopt. 
Froi 
fij 
erene 
ohf • ~ ^tween tb 
flinetl, except 6 suin:mer and winter coat of this species. All the specimens now 
I U) : the two wit] 1 1 , 1vv ' 0 su PPosed to he from Gogra, have evidently acquired their winter 
°b their should are undergoing the change ; they have the long pale-coloured winter 
• v the first Yark^ ai / Sfai ^ le ^ ne series of specimens in the Indian Museum brought hack 
hhireuce hot,,, ant ^ x P e( tition with those now obtained, it is clear that there is a considerable 
between _ ’ . . „ . 
r l :uri< ‘d by |j !0 , aers ail d rumps, but have not acquired it elsewhere. Of the specimens 
J' 11 Procured n,r!" <r ® x P ec tition, all but one were killed in summer, v 
October agrees with the other skins collected 
whilst a single speci- 
in the same month and in 
a v-wviired 
8e Ptemv V 
li tinier Q ()ut °^ fn ' U'g are the distinctions: — 
s -^th of the ha P Ur Sorter and very soft, the pale tips not more than a quarter the 
K <1|,[l hly wom os* ! ? enera ^ tinge often rufous on the face and back; hair frequently con- 
( , () ] Winter ° n ^he back, so that the dark basal portion shews. 
(1() J ° Ur r bfescent | lon ger and less soft, the pale tips nearly half the length ; general 
a except o'' 1 ' ^ & s Hg h % greyish tinge ; dark basal portion of the fur entirely 
Pads^ Was!l 0n the I-' 16 aliclomen 5 outside of ears alone distinctly rufous, though there is 
S the toes a '' lC0 ' *^t this season the hans on the soles are much longer, and the 
' Ie SOme times completely concealed. 
J - a' S R ^ Wever, e s ec - 
1 r " ■ p_ gQy * a 6y states that his specimens were ascertained to be adult by an examination of the teeth, 
Oi icurug gr.1, -l 
re e U in the original. Doubtless Phaiomys leucurus, Blyth, is meant, the specific name being a 
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