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and had more the appearance of a small rat than a mouse ; but my 

 specimens were lost before I had taken a more detailed description. 



189. Mus darjeelingensis. 

 HODGSON, apud HORSFIELD, Cat. 168. 



THE DARJEELING MOUSE. 



Descr. Above dusky-brown with a slight chestnut reflection, under- 

 neath pale yellowish- white. Proportions of body, tail, and extremities, 

 comparatively slender ; ears long. 



Length of one, head and body 3 inches ; tail 2^. From Darjeeling. 



A white-bellied house-mouse is found frequently in the plains at various 

 stations. I have also seen it on the Neelgherries. Its colours are dark 

 mouse-brown above, white beneath. It differs structurally from M. 

 urbanus in its shorter tail, longer ears, and more slender feet. It is also 

 usually smaller. I have found it common at Jaulna in the Deccan, at 

 Nagpore, and other places. Length of one, head and body 2^ inches ; 

 tail 2 T % ; ear %ths ; fore-foot /^ths > hind-foot T 6 oths. It bears some 

 resemblance to the descriptions of M. darjeelingensis, having the same 

 proportional length of tail, slender feet, and longer ears. 



The next mice have the colour of field-mice. 



190. Mus Tytleri. 

 BLYTH, J. A. S. XXVIII. 296. 



THE LONG-HAIRED MOUSE. 



Descr. Fur unusually long and full, of a pale sandy mouse-colour 

 above; isabelline below, and pale on the well-clad limbs, and also on the 

 tail laterally, and underneath. Whiskers exceedingly fine in texture and 

 of a whitish colour. 



Length 2f inches ; tail the same. From Dehra Doon. Apparently 

 very nearly allied to the next, but kept distinct by Blyth in his Memoir. 

 It should be compared with M. homourus. 



191. Mus bactrianus. 



BLYTH, J. A. S. XV. 140. M. gerbillinus and M. T/wobaldi, BLYTH, 

 Cat. p. 119. 



