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Show 1881.] DR. J. SCULLY ON THE MAMMALS OF GILGIT. 207 The teeth are very like those of A. roylei; but there are some differences, of which the most obvious is that iu A. blanfordi the anterior internal angle of the first upper molar is in advance of the anterior external angle ; whereas the reverse is the case in A. roylei. The cemental prisms of the hinder upper molar are also differently separated in the two species. Arvicola blanfordi differs widely from A. roylei in colours and proportions; in general coloration it approaches A. stracheyi (Thomas), but is well distinguished from that species by the pattern of its teeth and by its proportions. A. blanfordi may be readily known from all species of Arvicola hitherto found in British India by its long tail. The following particulars were noted of a freshly killed male:- Head and body 4-55 inches, tail 205, hairs at end of tail 0-2, fore foot 0-4, hind foot 075, length of ear 07, breadth of ear 0'68. Lips, hands, and feet flesh-colour, the nose a little darker; irides blackish brown. This Vole is very common in summer in the Nultar valley, near Gilgit, at elevations of from 9000 to 10,000 feet; it is also found, I believe, at similar elevations in the lower part of the Astor valley. I obtained all m y specimens of A. blanfordi on the outskirts of forests where cattle were grazing, and about shepherds' huts. 27. LAGOMYS MACROTIS, Gunther. Lagomys macrotis, Giinther, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 1875, p. 231. This species is fairly common in the Gilgit district at elevations of from 10,000 to 13,000 feet, frequenting open stony ground near the snow-line. Wherever found it occurs in numbers ; but it appears to be very local in its distribution. A specimen obtained on the hills above Gilgit only differs from the type of L. macrotis in being greyer above, and having a well-marked rufous band across the throat. In the 'Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal,' ii. 1877, p. 326, Mr. Blanford describes a specimen of Lagomys obtained by Major Biddulph in the Gilgit district, and refers it doubtfully to L. auritus. 28. LEPUS TIBETANUS, Waterhouse. Lepus tibetanus, Waterhouse, P. Z. S. 1841, p. 7. This Hare is common in suitable localities in the Astor valley, the whole of the Gilgit district, and in parts of Hunza, Nagar, and Yassin. It occurs on open stony ground in the valleys and on the hill-sides, and commonly about tamarisk-growths along the banks of streams; its vertical range in the Gilgit district seems to be from 5000 to about 11,000 feet. The young are born about the end of March, and are often met with near the snow-line at that season. The Gilgit Hare, of which I have collected a large series, agrees well with Mr. Waterhouse's original description of L. tibetanus, and, |