68 MAMMALIA. 



s\ Ale, skull ^ Ling Ling, Bt. Sikkim T. Johnston, 

 juv. 



t''-v^. 2 Skins Landour, nr. Mussoorrie L. C. Stewart, A.S.B. 



m^-x^ 2 Ale. ^ ? Darjeeling W. G, Masson. 



2 skull. 



Var. E. — andamanensis. 



, a-b. 2 Skin, skull Andamans Capt. Hodge (i860), A.S.B 

 [Types of Mus andamanensis, BIyth.] 



c. Ale, head only Andamans B. Smith (1863). 



d-e. 2 Ale, $ Andamans G. E. Dobson. 



2 skulls. 



f-h. 3 Ale, ^ ^ $ Barren Island, Bay of F. R. Mallet, 

 I skull. Bengal. 



j-k. 2 Ale, $ ? South Brother, Anda- T. Cadell. 

 I skull. mans. 



Mus rubricosa. 



Mus rubricosa, Anderson Anat. Zool. Res., p. 306 (1878). 



Distribution. — Kakhyen hills of Upper Burma. 

 This species is closely allied to M. rattus nitidus; it seems to 

 be distinguished only by its very dark ventral surface; whether this 

 is a constant character or not, can only be proved by further speci- 

 mens. 



a. Ale skull $ Hotha, Yunnan J. Anderson. 



[Type of M. rubricosa, Anderson.] 



Mus concolor. 



Mus concolor, Blyth J. A. S. B., xxviii, p. 295 (1859) ; id. y. A. S. B., xxxii, 



pp. 73> 344; '^* ^^^' ^ • 37^< P" "^I ^^' J- ^- ^' '^•1 ^''^j Burma List, 

 p, 40 ; Anderson Jour. Linn. Soc, xxi, p. 341. 



Distribution. — Burma, Upper and Lower, extending southwards 

 to Mergui and the Malay peninsula. 



A very closely allied species Mus ephippium of Jentink (Notes 

 Leyd. Mus., ii, p. 15) has been recorded from Sumatra and Kina 

 Balu in Borneo. 



