Mus. 339 
extremely vague. He says: “A house mouse apparently, with tail 
equal to head and body, and uniformly furnished with minute sete to 
the end; ears large and ample; colour nearly that of AZ. decumanus, 
with the under-parts subdued white, tolerably well defined.” 
He remarks further on that the front teeth are conspicuously larger 
than those of AZ, musculus and M. urbanus. 
S1ze.—Head and body, 3¢ inches ; tail, the same. 
No. 368. Mus BEAVENI. 
Beaven’s Mouse, 
Hapitat.—Maubhum, and, according to Blyth’s Catalogue, Burmah, 
valley of the Salween. 
DeEscrIPTION.—* Above rusty brown, medially black; lips and the 
whole under side pale ochraceous ; feet white, all the hair being slate 
coloured at the base; tail above brown, below with white hairs; upper 
whiskers black, lower white. Rather smaller and more delicately 
built than our common harvest mouse.”—Pvof. Peters, ‘P. Z, S.’ 1866, 
P- 559- 
No. 369. Mus CUNICULARIS. 
The Little RablbitMouse, 
Hapitat.—Cherrapunji, Assam. 
Description.—‘ A small field (?) mouse, remarkable for its ample 
ears and tail shorter than head and body; colour of a wild rabbit above, 
below white ; and the feet with brownish hairs above, but with white 
hairs upon the toes; tail conspicuously ringed; the sete minute and. 
inconspicuous.” —L/yth, 
Si1ze.—Head and body, 2% inches; tail, 2} inches; ears posteriorly 
half an inch, 
No. 370. Mus ERYTHROTIS. 
The Cherrapunji Red-cared Mouse. 
Hapirat.—Cherrapoonji, Assam, 
DescripTion.—A small mouse with very deep soft fur, very long 
and silky, of a rich dark brown colour, grizzled and brightly tinged with 
rufous or rufo-ferruginous towards the tail, and upon the ears con- 
spicuously. In such spirit specimens as I have seen the colour was 
darker than in life, but the soft silkiness of the fur could be seen to 
advantage as it floated in the clear liquid; the lower parts are whitish, 
tinged with fawn} feet with brown hairs above; ears small and hirsute, 
and the tail is also hairy. 
S1zE,—Head and "body, 214 inches; tail, 23 inches. 
