NESOKIA. DES: 
No. 322. NESOKIA HARDWICKII. 
Hardwick's Field-Rat (Jerdon's No. 173). 
Hapitat.—North-western India. ; 
DeEscriIpTIoN.—General colour sandy brown on the upper parts, 
_paler on the sides, dusky grey, with a tinge of yellowish-rufous on the 
under-parts ; muzzle, feet, and tail flesh-coloured ; ears of the same, but 
rather darker; head short and bluff; muzzle broad and deep; eye 
moderately large ; ears moderate, rounded, clad with minute hairs ; fur 
soft and moderately long, of three kinds, viz. short under-fur, ordinary 
hairs, and mixed with them, especially on the back and rump, numerous 
long black hairs which project a good way beyond the fur. 
Size.—Head and body, nearly 8 inches ; tail, about 44 inches. 
It is probable that this species is identical with Mus Grifithi, though 
the dimensions given by Horsfield (‘ Cat. Mam. Mus. E. I. Comp.’) and 
the description do not quite agree. He gives the size of head and 
body at 64 inches; tail, 3 inches, and says that the teeth are nearly 
white. 
No. 323. NESOKIA HUTTONI. 
Flutton’s Field-Rat. 
Hasitat.—Northern India, Afghanistan and Persia. 
DerscriPTion.—Colour above from ferruginous brown to sandy 
brown, lower parts isabelline, but frequently appear dark in conse- 
quence of the fur being thin or worn ; the basal portion dark slaty grey 
both above and below the animal; hairs on the back soft and of 
moderate length, a very few black hairs being scattered amongst the 
brown ones ; tail naked, and ears almost naked, the latter having only 
a few extremely short hairs, thinly scattered, and the feet are covered 
above very sparsely with short whitish hairs (see Blanford’s ‘ Persia,’ 
vol. ii, for description and plate). Nose and feet flesh-coloured ; 
ears and tail darker and brownish ; mamme eight, as usual in the genus. 
According to Dr. A. Barclay (quoted by Dr. Anderson) the holes of 
this rat do not run deep, but ramify horizontally just below the surface 
of the ground. It throws out a mound of earth at the exit of the hole. 
No. 324. NESOKIA SCULLYI. 
Scully's Field-Rat. 
NativE NamMe.—J¥ugfi, Turki. 
Hasitat.—Kashgaria at Sanju, south-east of Yarkand. 
Descriprion.—Light rufescent brown above, dirty white beneath ; 
fur fine and silky, blackish-grey at the base, and for two-thirds, the last 
third of the®longer hairs being fawn colour; face earthy brown ; 
