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A CELEBIAN MOUSE RENAMED. 



of a Mus from Celebes vvitli one from the continent 

 of Australia seems to Mr. Alston so unlikely. All natu- 

 ralists are acquainted witli tlm fact that some Mice- 

 species have a nearly unliniiteil area of distribution, so for 

 instance 3/us raftus , dcruma'nus , nwsculus , etc. are to be 

 found in nearly all the parts of the world , having gene- 

 rally been transported by vessels. Moreover I have seen 

 a specimen of the very beautiful Echiothrix leucura Gray, 

 captured in North Celebes , whereas the type specimen 

 described by Gray ^) inhabits Australia. I have also before 

 me a Mouse from Wonoembai (Arou-Islauds), brought home 

 by Mr. v. Rosenberg and agreeing in all parts with the 

 Australian Mus teri'ae-reginae Alston , only a little smaller 

 in all dimensions. 



P. S. Mr. van Musschenbroek writes me "I propose you to 

 name this species after my friend Dr. Odoardo Beccari, 

 the highly gifted naturalist who , after many other scien- 

 tifical travels, made our Indian Archipelago the field of 

 his explorations and penetrating to the most unknown and 

 remote parts of these beautiful regions , obtained such great 

 results for both their Fauna and Flora." 



1) P. Z. S. f/. 1867. p. 599. If at least Gray's description and locality 

 are exact, for I have not seen the type specimen in the British Museum. 



N^otem irom the Leyden Museum, Vol. II. 



