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with irregular concentric lines ; both metatarsal pads elongate, 

 the hindmost greatly so and much curved. Mammae 8 : 2 pairs 

 pectoral, 2 inguinal. Vibriss^ numerous, fine, longer than the head. 



Colour brown above, dull white below. Dorsal fur slaty for the 

 basal two thirds, then glistening brown with black tips and a few 

 long hairs of very fine texture interspersed. "Whiskers black, and 

 there is a tuft of fine blackish hair anterior to the ears (Blyth). 



Dimensions of a female in spirit : head and body 5 inches, tail 8, 

 ear from crown 0-25, hind foot 1-1 ; length of skull 1-4, 

 breadth 0-8. 



Distribution. Discovered by Major Berdmore at Schwe G-yeng, 

 on the Sittoung Eiver, Burma, in 1859. There is also in the 

 Indian Museum, Calcutta, a specimen from Tavoy. 



The terminal fourth of the tail is distinctly compressed laterally 

 in the type specimen. Further specimens are required to show 

 whether this is an individual character. 



Genus VANDELEURIA, Gray (1842). 



First and fifth toes on all feet partially opposable and furnished 

 with a flat nail, not a claw. Claws on the remaining digits small. 

 Hind foot long, plantar pads large ; proximal metatarsal pad very 

 elongate, quite as near to the heel as to the base of the middle toe. 

 Tail very long, but without lengthened hair. Skull short, anterior 

 palatine foramina moderate, anterior border of zygoma-root vertical, 

 not emarginate above. Molars broad, transverse bands of enamel 

 deeply folded. Lower molars as in Mus. Incisors narrow. 



One species only is known. 



270. Vandelenria oleracea. The long-tailed Tree-Mouse. 



Mus oleraceus, Bennett, P. Z. S. 1832, p. 121 ; Elliot, Mad. Jour. L. S. 



x, p. 214 ; Blyth, J. A. S. B. xxxii, p. 344 ; id. Cat. p. 120 ; Jerdon, 



Mam. p. 202. 

 Vandeleuria oleracea, Gray, A. M. N. H. x, p. 265 (1842) ; W. Sclater, 



P. Z. S. 1890, p. 532, pis. xliv, fig. 4, xlv, fig. 10 ; Thomas, P. Z. S. 



Mus (Vandeleuria) dumeticola and Mus povensis, Hodgson, A. M. 



N. H. xv, pp. 268, 269 (1845). 

 Mus badius, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xxviii, p. 295 (1859) ; id. Cat. p. 120 ; 



id. Mam. Birds Burma, p. 41. 

 Mus nilagiricus, Jerdon, Mam. p. 203. 

 Mus (Vandeleuria) oleraceus, Anderson. An. Zool. Res. pp. 309, 313; 



Thomas, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 556. 

 Marad ilei, Can. ; Meina Yelka, Tel. of Yanadis. 



Fur soft. Tail much longer than the head and body. Ears 

 thinly clad with hair, large, rounded. Mainmse 8 : 2 pairs pectoral, 

 2 inguinal. 



Colour above light chestnut-red, varying from bright to dull, 

 below white. Basal f or more of dorsal hairs dark grey, termin- 



