420 BURMA, ITS PEOPLE AXD PRODL'CTIOXS. 



Colour above embrowned, ruddy luteons, l)elo\v lutcoiis, more or le?s rnfcsoetit. 

 Ilead and body 2J ; tail 2 J; total oV iucbes. llescml)les tlio Englisb mouse (J/, iina- 

 cidus), but bas smaller cars, larj^or eyes, narrower paws and tbo tail one-fourtb longer, 

 measuring 3 incbes in If. muncidm and 4 in M. urhanus. Has been received from. 

 Port Blair, where doubtless introduced. 



M. NITIDDLUS, Blyth. 



Colour as in M. decumanus, with the under parts subdued white, tolerably well 

 defined, llodential tusks conspicuously larger than iu M. muscidm or JI. urbanm. 

 Head and body 3"25 ; tail 3'25 ; total G'oO inches. 



Type from Schway-gyeen. 



M. KAKnvENSis, And. 



Fur long, dense, and soft, reddish-brown above, with a speckled appearance duo 

 to the stronger hairs having brown tips. Under parts silvery greyish white. Eais 

 brown. Tail brown, paler below. Ear large and rounded. Claws compressed, 

 curved, and shai-p. 



Head and body (female) 2-90 ; tail 3-3C=6-26 inches. 



Ponsce, in the fields. 



This species differs from M. iirlunus by its relatively shorter t;iil and larger ears. 

 The nasals too arc more elongate, and carried farther back than iu M. iirbamis or 

 M. Jwmurus. 



M. TICUL0RU.M, And. 



Fur short, soft and dense, dull dark-brown, tending to blackish on the back, and 

 pa.ssing into pale dusky brownish below. Ears and tail brown. Toes with shining 

 greyish yellow hairs. Ears somewhat large, rounded. Claws compressed, moderately 

 long and sharp. 



Head and body (female) 2-90; tail 3- 14 = 6-04 inches. 



Inhabits Ponsee and houses of the Kakhyens. 



M. OLEEACEns, Bennett. 



Rich rufous or chestnut red, paling to brown on the ears and muzzle. The 

 cheeks and under parts white, with a yellowish tinge. Eye rather large. Ear rather 

 largo and rounded. Claws short. 



Head and body (female) 2-41 ; tail 3-65 = 6-06 inches. 



From Nipal to Burma. 



Anderson describes his specimens as having no "true claw," but only a "flattened 

 nail," on the first and fifth digits, the ungual cushions on which arc) moreover tull 

 and rounded and not compressed as on "clawed digits." Three well-distinguished 

 species of mice from the Khasi Hills have also been described : J/, cunicidaris, Blyth ; 

 J/, erytkrotis, Blyth, and M. ghjroides, Blyth (J.A.S.B. xxiv. p. 721). 



According to Mason, "There is a water rat throughout the country which 

 burrows in the banks of streams, and takes to the water, when pursued." 



Hapalomts, Blyth. 



Limbs short, toes remarkably corrugated beneath, the lialls of the ungual 

 phalanges greatly developed, and protruding beyond the minute claws of the fore feet, 

 and equally with the more developed claws of the hind feet. Tail ve'-y long, the 

 terminal fourth being remarkably flattened, and furnislied with hair nion; developed 

 than perhaps in any other truly marine form. Dentition as in Mas, but rodential 

 tusks broader and flatter. 



H. L0N0icAUDATn,s, Blyth. 



Fur long and soft, above brown, white below. The hair of the upper parts is 

 for its basal two-thirds slaty, then glistening brown, with black tip. Whiskers long, 

 fine and black. A tuft of fine black hair anterior to the cars. 



Head and body (male) 5-75 ; tail 7-2.") = 13-00 inches. 



Inhabits the valley of the Sittoung (Schwagheen). 



