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SECOND YARKAND MISSION. 
The following are the dimensions of a perfect skull, taken from one of the skins from 
Pan jali:— 
Length from occiput to end of nasal bones 
Metre. 
'0265 
Inches. 
1-08 
breadth across hinder part of zygomatic arches 
•013 
O'53 
Least breadth of frontal region between orbits . 
•004 
0-16 
Length of nasal bones ..... 
•010 
0-4 
Do. of anterior palatine foramina 
•005 
0T9 
Do. of row of upper molars 
•004 
0-15 
Do. of lower jaw from angle to symphysis 
•0125 
0-52 
Height of ditto ditto 
•007 
0-29 
38. Geubilltjs cuyptorhintts. 
PI. X; PI. Xb, fig. 5. 
W. Blanf., J. A. S. B., 1875, s 
liv, Pt. 2, p. 108. 
G. supra rufescenti-arenciceus, subtus alb us , colons dorsalis ventralisque limite bene 
notato , rostro in lobum semicircularem, intus pills brevibus sparsis indutum , nares obtegen- 
tern, desinente ; cauda corporis capitisque longitudinem excedente, cum dorso snperne fere 
concolore, sed magis rufescente nisi apicem versus , ubi nigrescit , subtus pallidiore, pills 
nonnullis ad apicem caudce longioribus nigrescenti-fuscis , cmriculis mediocribus, ovalibus, extus 
antice dense pilosis, mystacibus confertis, capitem longitudine parum excedentibus, supremis 
nigris, cceteris albis ; vellere longiusculo, molli, nitido , basin versus ad tergum schistaceo ; 
palmis subnudis, pills sparsis indutis, plantis confertissime pilosis; dente molario ultimo 
simplici, incisoribus unisulcatis. Long. exempli may oris nuper occisi a rostro ad basin 
caudce 5’5, caudce 6‘25, auris 0'75, pedis posterioris a ccdcaneo I'd poll. Long, exempli 
minoris 4'5, caudce 5 poll. 
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, Karghalik ; 6, Yarkand; 7, Maralbashi; 8, 9, 10, Yangihissar ; all skins ; 11, in spirit, no label. 
Colour above sandy rnfescent, some specimens rather more rufous than others, below 
white, the two colours sharply divided on the sides ; cheeks pale ; supercilia whitish ; feet white; 
tail above rather more rufous than the back, paler and occasionally whitish below, becoming 
dark-brown or blackish above near the end, and with the slight tuft of longer hairs at the 
end of the same dark colour. Eur soft and glossy, about half an inch long in the middle of 
the hack, all the basal portion, being at least three quarters of the length, dark ashy, the 
terminal portion pale yellow-brown to pale rufous, with numerous longer hairs with black 
tips mixed. On the under surface the hairs are white throughout. On the tail the hair is 
rather short, coarse, and close together; there are a very few longer black tips mixed, but 
scarcely enough to produce an effect in the general colour. 
The ears are oval and of moderate length, densely clad with brown hairs on the anterior 
portion of the outer surface, and with a fringe of longer hairs on the anterior margin; the 
posterior portion of the external surface is nearly naked, except near the margin; and the 
anterior portion of the inner surface completely destitute of hair; but the inner surface is 
more hairy near the hinder margin. The whiskers are very numerous, the longest slightly 
exceeding the head, the uppermost behind being black; all the rest white; all are mixed 
at the base with long hairs which cover the side of the nose. Soles of the fore-feet with 
scattered white hairs, but nearly naked; those of the hind-feet densely covered with hair 
