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Records of the Indian Museum. 



[Vol. Ill, 



are given here for comparison. It may be mentioned that both 

 sets of measurements were taken by the same hand. 



The skull measurements of these are as follows 



Comparing these figures with those given for the Madras bandicoot, 

 we see that the latter are somewhat larger, have longer tails and 

 longer nasal bones. The fur of the Madras rat is harsh, bristly 

 and scanty. That of the Calcutta rat is also bristly but longer, 

 softer and much more abundant. There is little doubt that in- 

 dividuals of both races could be found, which in one or more of the 

 distinguishing characters would be intermediate between the two. 

 The races, however, are none the less separate. 



Purneah {Behar). 



Mr. C. A. Paiva, of the Indian Museum, has made an interesting 

 collection of field rats in this district ; twent^^-two of them are 

 Gunoinys bengalensis, three are Bandicota nemorivaga. 



Those Gunomys which were measured in the fresh state have 

 the following proportions : — 



