416 MUBIDjE. 



286. Mus arianus. The Persian long-tailed Field-Mouse. 



us erythronotus, L 

 id. Eastern Persia 



Mus eiythronotus, Blanford, A. M. N. H. (4) xvi, p. 311 (1875) ; 

 >', ii, p. 54, pi. v, fig. 3 ; id. Yark. Miss.. Mam. 



, <r. ' r . ^ A*- m i 



id. Eastern Persia, n, p. O4, pi. v, ng, a; la. xarn. miss 

 p. 54; id. J. A. S. B. xlviii, pt. 2, p. 97 ; nee Temminck. 

 Mus arianus, Stanford, A. M. N. H. (5) vii, p. 162 (1881) ; Scully, 

 P. Z. S. 1881, p. 205; Thomas, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 548; Buchner, 

 Wiss. Res. Przewakki Eeis., Saugth. p. 90 ; W. Sclater, P. Z. S. 

 1890, p. 528. 



Fur soft, spineless. Tail about equal to the head and body, 

 sometimes a little shorter or longer, thinly clad with hair, which 

 becomes longer towards the extremity. Ear when laid forward 

 reaching the eye, thinly clad. Proximal metatarsal pad small, 

 not elongate. Mammae 6 : 2 pairs inguinal, 1 pectoral. Skull 

 elongate. Third upper molar about half as large as the second. 

 Anterior palatine foramina not extending back as far as the molars. 



Colour rufous-broAAu above, white or pale yellowish grey below, 

 the two colours sharply divided, back darker than sides. Under- 

 fur dark grey throughout the body, terminal fourth of the hairs on 

 the back chestnut, mixed with longer black tips. Upper lips white. 

 Tail-hair black or mixed black and white above to the end, white 

 on the sides and below. 



Dimensions of a male : head and body 4 (in spirit 3-5), tail 4-2, 

 ear 07, hind foot 0-85 ; length of skull'l'l. 



Distribution. This species has a wide range in Central Asia, 

 being found in Persia, Eastern Turkestan, and the Central Tian- 

 shan. It has only occurred within Indian limits in Gilgit, where 

 it is common from 5000 to 10,000 feet elevation. 



Habits. Found in cultivated fields and on grassy downs near 

 forests. This mouse enters houses in winter. It has doubtless 

 the same habits as its near European ally Mus sylvaticus. 



This mouse represents in Central Asia the European M. sylvatiais 

 and the Chinese M. chevneri. All the three are closely allied. 



287. Mus buduga. The common Indian Field-Mouse. 



Leggada booduga, Gray, Charlesworth's Mao. Nat. Hist, i, p. 686 



(1837). 

 Mus lepidus, Elliot, Mad. Jour. L. S. x, p. 216 (1839) ; Blyth, Cat. 



p. 121. 

 Mus terricolor, Blyth, J. A. S.B. xx, p. 172 (1851), xxxii, p. 349; 



id. Cat. p. 119 ; Jerdon, Mam. p. 206. 

 Mus fulvidiventris and albidiventris, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xxi, p. 351, 



xxxii, p. 349. 



Mus cervicolor, Kelaart, Prod. p. 64, nee Hodgson. 

 Leggada lepida, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xxxii, p. 350 ; Jerdon, Mam. 



p. 209. 

 Mus beavanii, Peters, P. Z. S. 1866, p. 559 ; Blyth, Mam. Birds 



Burma, p. 40. 

 Mus (Leggada) buduga, Thomas, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 553; W. Sclater, 



P. Z. S. 1890, p. 531. 



SMntad-phurka, Shintad-bhurka,W&d&n ; Chitla Yelka, Tel. of Yanadis. 

 Fur short and close, often but not always spiny. Tail slender, 



