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not named by Brants in his " Muizen", p. 185. Hodgson's urbanus must 

 therefore be revived for the common ochraceous-bellied house-mice, as the 

 next oldest available name. 



" Nos. 78, 33 and 49. Caught in bungalow, No. 28 with cheese. 



" Nos. 78 and 79. Caught in nullah behind bungalow." — P. G. 



(21) Leggada booduga, Gray. 

 The Indian Field-mouse. 

 (Synonymy in No. 1.) 

 Poona, d 5 ; ? 1 ; ? 2. 

 Khandalla, $ 2 ; ? 1. 



" Common. 



"Nos. 10, 11 and 25. Caught with chapatti bait in and near millet 

 held. 



" No. 29. Caught in bank with cheese."— P. G. 



(22) Legadilla platythrix, Benn. 



The Dekhan Leggad. 



(Synonymy in No. 1.) 



Poona, d 2 ;? I. 



Khandalla, J 2 ; ? 3 ; ? 1. 



" No. 64. Caught with chapatti bait. 

 " No. 102. Parasites under skin of head. 

 " No. 110. Pregnant. Six small embryos." — P. G. 



Capt. Gosse further records that the strong smell of "mouse" per- 

 ceptible in No. 113 was absent in No. 23. 



(23) Rattus rattus rueescens. Gray. 

 The Indian House-rat, 

 (Synonymy in No. 1.) 

 : Poona, d 4 ; $ 1 ; ? 1. 



Mr. Hinton in his recently published monograph of the Rattus rattus 

 group (J. B. N. H. S., XXVI, p. 59, 1918) has restricted the sub-specific 

 name rufescens to the shorter-tailed variety of the rufous backed, rusty 

 bellied rats commensal with man. 



"Common in houses. 



" Nos. 2 and 3. From plague-infected house. 



" No. 9. Caught with dead bird for bait in skinning room. 



" Nos. 35, 36 and 39. Trapped in bank of dry nullah away from houses. 

 The first was caught with cheese and chapatti. It shows no staining by 

 purple cactus juice." — P. G. 



(24) Rattus rattus alexandrinus, Geoff. 



The Egyptian House-rat. 



1812. Mus alexandrinus, Geoffroy, Descr. d'Egypt. II, p. 733. Atlas 



pi. v., fig. !■. 

 1891. Mus rattus, Blanford. Mammalia, No. 272. 



Poona, d 3; $ 1. 

 In his above mentioned study of the Rattus rattus group, Mr. Hinton 

 accepts Geoffroy's alexandrinus for the grey-bellied gray or brown house- 



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