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Show 1881.] DR. J. SCULLY ON THE MAMMALS OF GILGIT. 201 The outer incisor is distinctly shorter than the inner, and does not touch the canine. The first upper premolar is smaller than the second ; but there is not quite such a disproportion in size between these teeth as obtains in //. suillus. In other respects the dentition is the same as in the last-mentioned species. Length,]head and body l"-8, tail l"-4, head 0"-73, ear 0"*55, tragus 0"-32, forearm l"-4, third finger 2"-55, fifth finger 2"'07, thumb 0"-45, tibia 0"-67, calcaneum 0"-57, foot and claws 0"-37. The animal described above is, I think, distinct from all the species of Harpiocephalus described in Dr. Dobson's Catalogue of Chiroptera ; and I propose for it the name of H. tubinaris. It is perhaps more nearly allied to H. suillus than to any other known species, but differs in having the upper third of the ear-conch less emarginate, in possessing a spur on the inner margin of the ear, and in the fur being very differently coloured. In the last two characters it resembles //. leucogaster. This Bat does not seem to be common in the district. I only secured one specimen, which had entered m y room in Gilgit at night on the 20th August. CARNIVORA. 10. FELIS UNCIA, Schreb. Eelis uncia, Schreber, Siiugeth. i. p. 386 (1778, ex Buff.). The Ounce is fairly common in the Gilgit district, in Hunza and Nagar, and in Yassin. It is usually found high up in the hills, about the grounds frequented by the Himalayan Ibex and Markhor ; and it preys on these animals. It does not seem to be very shy ; and I have known it to attack and kill ponies at pasture not very far from human habitations. In winter it occasionally descends as low as an elevation of 6000 feet for a raid on sheep and goats, which it slaughters wantonly. I procured several fine specimens of the Ounce about Gilgit. 11. FELIS LYNX, Linn. Felis lynx, Linnaeus, Syst. Nat. i. p. 62. The Lynx is found in the same localities as the Ounce, hut always at a lower elevation and in rather greater numbers. It does not frequent such open ground as the Ounce, and of course only preys on the smaller wild mammals. It frequently haunts the outskirts of villages at an elevation of about 5000 feet, and is a dreadful foe to goats and sheep. A pair of these animals killed six sheep in one night near Gilgit. M y specimens agree with the European form of Lynx, and not with the paler F. isabellina of Blyth. 12. CANIS LUPUS, Linn. Canis lupus, Linnaeus, Syst. Nat. i. p. 58. Wolves are found in the valley of the Gilgit river from Gakuch to the Indus, and in all the smaller lateral valleys between those two points. They usually go about in pairs or in small packs, |