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1872.] W. T. Blanford — Zoology of Sikkim. 
find it in the pine forests of Northern Sikkim together with other forms of 
the Western Himalayas. 
The following are the measurements of a fine adult female, taken on 
the body : — 
Feet Inches. 
Length of head and body measured in a straight line, 
Ditto ditto, from nose to insertion of tail measured along the curve of 
the back, 
Ditto of tail, 
Ditto of fore leg, 
Ditto of radius 
Ditto of hand, 
Ditto of hind leg, 
Ditto of tibia, 
Ditto of foot from heel, 
Girth of neck, 
Ditto of chest behind shoulders 
Ditto of head, 
2 
2 
3 
1 
0 
0 
1 
0 
0 
1 
2 
1 
4 
6 . 
0 
7 
81 
51 
8 
81 
8 
0 
0 
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CHEIROPTERA. 
Vespeetelio Blanfoedi, Dobson, Proc. As. Soc. Bengal, 1871, p. 214. 
Two specimens of a bat which I obtained at Lachung (8,000 ft.) are, 
Mr. Dobson informs me, identical with a species he had received from the 
North-west Himalayas, from both Simla and Dalhousie, and which he de- 
scribed under the above name. 
A rather larger hat was noticed at the same place, but no specimens 
were obtained. 
CARNIVORA. 
Uesus Tibetaktjs ? P. Cuv. I presume this was the species common in 
the upper Tista valley. I did not see any, although their tracks on the hill 
sides with marks of scratchings for roots and insects abounded. I noticed 
no tracks above about 12,000 feet. Bears are said by the people to be very 
destructive to the grain crops. I could not learn whether Zkrsus isahellinus 
is found in Sikkim or not. 
Aimtbtts fvlgea'S, P. Cuv., A. ochraceus, Hodgs. We heard of the 
occurrence of this animal in the pine woods around Lachung, but neither 
of us saw it. Hooker was more fortunate (Him. Jour. Vol. II, p. 108). 
It is not common. 
Oasis (Vulpes) MONTANA'S, Pears., (v. Y.flavescens, Hodgs.). Elwes 
picked up a perfectly fresh brush of a fox close to the Kangra Lama pass. 
It had a fine white tip. It is difficult to tell what animal could have killed 
the fox ; for we saw no large birds of prey except Lamunergeyers which I am 
disposed, with Mr. Hume and others, to consider carrion-feeders ; and the 
only large carnivorous mammal likely to occur at this elevation is the ounce. 
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