J/.I.V.I/.l/./.l. tl!) 



^I JidUF.iisir, And. 



Uniformly f^rizzlcd lilarkish-'brown ahnvo, paler on tho siilcs. Fcnt, tail tip, and 

 bolly pale yellow ; tho pale and dark colouration distinctly defined. Feet .stron<^. 

 Claws short and strong. I'ads well developed. Ears ovate. The last molar consists 

 of a broad anterior fold and a .small one belund it. 



Head and l)ody (female) 9-00; tail lU-L!(i=19 2G inches. 



Hotha at -1500 feet. 



M. Sl.vdeni, And. 



Reddish-brown, many of the hairs with broad yellow tips. Cheeks sffyi*^!'- 

 rnfous. Throat and chest white. Belly ami under parts yellowish-whife. Feet and 

 pads well developed. Ears largo and rounded. Claws somewhat long and sharj). 



Head and body (female) 6-30 ; tail 7-20 = l;5-50 inches. 



Burma and the Kakhyen Hills at 3.500 feet. 



This species is closely allied to J/, nitidus, Hodg., but has a less elongated skull, 

 shorter nasals, and a more abrupt frontal contraction. 



M. BUBBicos.v, And. 



Above dark rusty brown, paler on the head and shoulders. Sides tinged with 

 grey. All the under parts silvery white verging to grey, with a faint yellowish hue. 

 Ears small and pointed. Hind feet long and narrow. Claws sharj). The .skull is 

 distinguished from that of ^[. Shideni by its elongated nasals, which reach back to 

 behind tho posterior border of the supraorbital foramen, while in M. Sladeni the nasals 

 barely project behind its anterior border. 



Head and body (male) 5'70; tail 5'15 = I0"85 inches. 



Inhabits houses at Ponsee and Hotha. 



M. YuNMNENSis, And. 



Above dark rich brown, with intermixed pale hairs with broad brown tips. All 

 the under parts yellowish, marked with rufous. Ears largo and rounded. Claws 

 compressed, curved, strong and sharji. 



Head and body (female) o-45 ; tail 6-15 = 1 1-GO inches. 



Inhabits Ponsee and Hotha. 



This is the common house rat of the country. Its skull resembles tliat of 

 M. Sladeni, but has a shorter muzzle. 



M. CONCOLOB, Blyth. 



Common small thatch rat. 



Colour rusty brown above, paler below. 



Inhabits Pegu and Tenasserira. 



" This species conducts fi'om the long-tailed arboreal rats to the ordinary house 

 mice " (Blyth). 



M. BABius, Blyth. 



Colour above rufous chestnut, below white. 



Resembles M. oleraceus of India, " but the eye fully twice as large, and black 

 whiskers " (Blyth). 



A female from Schway-gyeen measured — head and body 3 ; tail 4^ inches. 



M. Peouensis, Blyth. 



Colour pale fulvcsccnt olive-brown above, slightly yellowish-white below. Fur 

 full and dense. Tail well clad. A field mouse. 



Head and body Z^ ; tail 3 J ; total 7 inidies. 



" A particularly well distinguished species, of which there is an unmistakable 

 specimen nuirked fiom the I'hilippines, in the Derby Museum, Liverpool" (Blj'th). 



jr. uRiiAxt's, Hodg. (Ann. Mag. N. H. 1815, p. 'J09). 



J/, duhius, Hodg. 



J/, miincii/iin, apud Elliot and Kelaart. 



M. Manei, Gray (undcscribed). 

 The common house mouse of India. 



