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Show 1870.] MR. R. SWINHOE ON THE MAMMALS OF HAINAN. 235 noticing. A skull of L. ruficaudatus, Geof., from India, in the Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons, has similar upper incisors. Fig. 1. Skull oi Lepus hainanus, from bebind. 2. Ditto, from before. 3. Ditto, upper view. 4. Ditto, side view. The nearest ally-of our species appears to be L. peguensis, Blyth (J. A. S. xxiv. 471, and J. A. S. xxi. 359), "from the east side of the range of mountains dividing Arakan from the valley of the Irrawaddy," which, however, is a larger animal, has "the paws black underneath," "a large blackish terminal patch to the ear," and "towards the tail above a strong tinge of ash-colour." Blyth adds, |
