MAMMALIA. 
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The upper parts in the Gilgit skin are brown, the long hairs being pale towards the 
tips; the woolly under-fur is white at the base, rich brown towards the ends. The naked 
patch on the muzzle, between the nostrils, is produced into an obtuse point in the middle 
below; above it is higher in the middle and over each nostril, and has a concave margin be¬ 
tween. Length of head and body 34, tail 17*8: these measurements being those of a dried 
skin are of course of small value. 
Prejevalski notices the occurrence of an otter, which he calls Lutrci vulgaris , on all lakes 
containing fish in abundance in the neighbourhood of Lob-nor. 
Family— UUS II) JE. 
24. Ursus, sp. 
Although the circumstance is not mentioned in Dr. Stoliczka’s diary, I am informed by 
both Captain Biddulph and Captain Trotter that traces of bears were seen on the Pamir. 
The species here occurring may very possibly be the pale-coloured form described by Severt- 
zoff as inhabiting the Thian Shan, and named by him 77. leuconyx} It is doubtful whether 
this form is identical with the Himalayan TJ. isabellinus , or whether it is a pale 77. arctos, 
as 77. isabellinus itself is thought to be by some naturalists. Between the Himalayan area and 
the Pamir there is a broad tract in the Indus valley in which no bears are known to occur. 
According to Prejevalski 2 there are two different kinds of bears on the Thian Shan, the 
one dark brown, with white claws, supposed to be 77. leuconyx, the other a much paler 
animal, found only on high, treeless plateaux, and identified by Prejevalski with 77. isabellinus . 
Apparently no comparison of these forms, by means of skulls, has been made, and the colour¬ 
ation may vary with the locality. 
Order BODENTIA. 
Family —S Cl UR IDJE. 
25. Pteiiomys inornatus. 
Geolfr., Jacquemont, Voyage dans lTnde, iv, Zoologie, Mammiferes, p. 62; Atlas, ii, PL IV. 
1, Sonamarg, Kashmir. 
The original figure of this species differs much in colouration from all specimens that I 
have seen, being much too pale, and showing nothing of the grizzled back. 
26. Arctomys aureus. Pis. XI, XI«. 
W. Blanf. J. A. S. B., 1875, xliv, Pt. 2, pp. 106, 123. 
/ A. caudatus, Severtzoff, Turk. Jev., pp. 61, 81; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., July, 1876, Ser. 4, Vol. 
xviii, p. 50, nec Jacquemont. 
A. aureo-fulvus, dorso nigro lavato, eapite antice fulvescenti-cano, maculo fusco ad 
rostri extremitatem signato, ventre interdum leviter ferruginescente , cauda tertiam partem 
1 Turk. Jev. p. 80; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., July 1876, Ser. 4, Vol. xviii, p. 48. 
Pet. Mitth. Erg. hft., No. 53, p, 3: From Kulja, &c., p. 38. 
