HABITAT.—Pegu, Burmah.
DESCRIPTION.—Very like L. ruficaudatus, but with the tail black above; the colour of the upper parts is separated more distinctly from the pure white of the under parts.
SIZE.—Head and body, about 20 inches.
[NO. 410. LEPUS HYPSIBIUS.]
The Mountain Hare.
HABITAT.—Northern Ladakh.
DESCRIPTION.—Colour rufous brown, more or less mixed with black on the back, dusky ashy on the rump; lower parts white with a slight rufescent tinge, fur long, woolly, rather curly, and thick; head brown, whitish round the eyes; whiskers partly black, partly white; outside surface of ears brown in front, whitish behind, the brown hairs having short black tips; the extreme tip of ears black; tail white; throughout limbs chiefly white, a brownish band running down the anterior portion of the fore-legs.
SIZE.—Of skin about 24 inches. (See Blanford's 'Second Yarkand Mission,' p. 60; also plate iii.)
[NO. 411. LEPUS PALLIPES.]
The Pale-footed Hare.
NATIVE NAMES.—Togh, Toshkhen, Yarkandi, i.e. Mountain Hare.
HABITAT.—Yarkand; Thibet.