42 



Records of the Indian Museum. 



[Vol. Ill, 



other places show this peculiarit}', especially if they are thoroughly 

 washed in alcohol. The Darjiling race is quite different from the 

 Kashmiri and Naini races, in which not only the lower surface of 

 the body but also that of the tail is pure white. The measurements 

 of the ten specimens are as follows : — 



The measurements are of freshly killed rats with unbroken tails. 

 Three of these rats are immature. The measurements show that 

 the average length of the race is about 180 mm. and that the length 

 of the tail is somewhat less than that of the head and body. 



Djl. 2— 



Eleven typical specimens of Gunomys bengalensis were caught 

 in the houses of the bazaar at Darjiling, Ghoom and Sonada. They 

 are thickly furred and bristly, but diifer from the Simla group 3 

 in size. An average specimen measures 197, 142, 33, 21. They 

 seem to be common house rats in Darjiling ; they were caught during 

 the rainy season. 



Nepal. 



Thanks are due to Lt.-Col. J. Manners-Smith who, despite 

 more than one unsuccessful attempt, eventually succeeded in 

 sending two consignments of live rats to the Indian Museum, as 

 well as a number of specimens in alcohol. 



We have received in all nine house rats, eight mole-rats and a 

 bandicoot. 



Npl. I, the rattus group — 



The rats of this group which we have received from Katmandu 

 belong to a distinct race, distinguished by the large size of its 



