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(38) Mus BOODUGA, Gray. 

 The Southern Field Mouse. 



Synonymy in No. 1. 



(5 29, $55, Hasimara ; d 33, $ 40, Bharnabari. 

 {See also Keports Nos. 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 18, 19, 



20, 21, 22 and 25.) 



(39) Rattus kufescens, Gray. 



The Common Indian Rat. 



Variety with white underparts : — 

 J 66, 2 60, Hasimara. 



(^(?e also Reports Nos. 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16,17, 18, 19, 20, 



22, 23, iM, 25 and 26.) 



(40) GuNOMYs BENGALENSis, Gt. and Hardw. 



The Bengal Mole-Rat. 



Synonymy in No. 19. 

 (517, $ 21, Hasimara. 



{See also Reports Nos. 20, 23 and 26.) 



(41) Bandicota elliotana. And. 



The Bengal Bandicoot. 

 Synonymy in No. 19. 

 (5 3, $2, Hasimara. 



{See also Reports Nos. 19 and 27.) 



(42) Golunda ellioti. Gray. 



^>■ . "." The Indian Bush Rat. 



'" ■ Synonymy in No. 1. 



(5 8, 5 6, Hasimara. 

 {See also Reports Nos. 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 11, 15, 19 and 22.) 



(43) Acanthion hodgsoni, Gray. 



The Crestless Himalayan Porcupine. 



1847, Acanthion hodgsonii, Gray, P. Z. S., p. 101. 

 1847. Hystrix alophus, Hodgson, J. A. S. B., xvi., p. 771. 

 1891. Hystrix hodgsoni, Blanford, Mammalia, No. 316. 

 (5 1, Hasimara. 



The specimen is a head — skin and skull of a quite young animal, there is 

 however no sign whatever of a crest, showing that it is^not leucurus. 1 can 

 find no authentic record of any specimen of bengalensis having been taken 

 since Blyth described the species, and I have not access to the type. For 

 the present it will be safest to call this specimen hodgsoni. Hodgson him- 

 self called the animal alophus but his description was not published till 

 August, while Gray's appeared in June. A good series of these small crest- 

 less porcupines is a great desideratum, for though Blyth writes of it as 

 the " common Bengal Porcupine " the National Collection contains only 

 two or three specimens of hodgsoni contributed by Hodgson himself, and 

 none of anything resembling bengalensis. 



