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W. T. Man ford — Zoology of Silckim. 
grey near the skin and for the greater part, fully two-thirds of their length ; 
some have much thicker terminations of pale brown tipped with black on the 
back. The longest hairs on the back are about three-fourths of an inch in 
length. The sides are the same colour as the back, the breast is brown ; 
muzzle, chin and belly whitish or isabelline, the latter being browner in the 
middle than towards the sides, but more conspicuously so in some specimens 
than in others. Hair on the belly about one-tliird of an inch in length. The 
feet are pale isabelline above, pinkish brown beneath ; ears oval, thinly haired 
outside, except near the margin, where they are covered with very short close 
rich brown hair, the edge itself being whitish. 
Mr. Hodgson, in his description of Lagomys Curzonice, says the fur is 
of two sorts, woolly and hairy. I believe the fur is the same in all species 
of Lagomys, and it is only so far of two sorts that some hairs have thick- 
ened tips.* Under the microscope all the hairs are the same towards the 
base, and appear to be cylindrical and colourless, with opaque granules at 
short and nearly regular intervals. A small portion only of the hairs are 
larger and have thickened tips which are not circular, but triangular, or 
quadrangular, apparently with three or four rounded longitudinal grooves. 
All the under fur is beautifully soft, but the terminations are harsher. 
The following are the dimensions of two apparently adult specimens, 
taken from the bodies just after death. I unfortunately have not noted the 
sexes, but there is very little if any difference between them in measure- 
ments : — 
Inches. Inches. 
Length from nose to rump, 6'5 6 5 
Nose to between ears, 1'5 0 
Ear to nose, - 0 1'5 
Eye to nose, 0 07 
Length of ear (measured behind the ear,) 0'7 08 
Breadth of do 0 06 
Hind foot from heel with claws, l'l 1'2 
Tibia, 0 1-4 
Fore foot and olaws, 0 7 0 7 
Radius, 0 10 
Longest whiskers, 1'7 0 
In a young specimen 4 - 5 in. long, the hind foot from the heel measured 
09, the fore foot 05, the ear 05. The intestines in a specimen nearly 9 
inches long measured 50 inches, and the coecum 8 inches. f 
* I find this is noticed by Ogilby in the description of Lagomys Roylei, Boyle’s 
IUust. Bot., &c., p. Ixix. 
+ This appears so much that I thought there must be a mistake in my note, but 
on measuring the intestines of a young specimen about 4 inches long in spirit, I 
find they are 38 inches long, and all membranes contract greatly in spirit. 
