206 MURING. 



THE SANDY MOUSE. 



Descr. Upper parts light isabelline, or sandy-brown, the extreme 

 tips of the hairs dusky, and the basal two-thirds deep ashy; entire 

 under parts and feet white ; tail thinly clad with minute setae. Fur 

 dense and long. 



Length of one, head and body 2f inches ; tail 2| ; hind-foot f ths ; ear- 

 conch barely | : of another, head and body 2 1 ; tail 2| ; ears | ; tarsi -i^ths. 



This mouse has been sent from Pind Dadun Khan, in the Punjab, 

 and from Kashmir, and it is stated to be the common house-mouse of 

 Kandahar. 



Blyth has in this group Mus nitidulus fromBurmah ; and M. cunicularis 

 and M. erythrotis, from the Khasia hills. 



Next field-mice. Tail shorter than head and body ; fur not spinous. 



192. Mus cervicolor. 



HODGSON. BLYTH, Cat. p. 119. M. albidiventris, BLYTH. 

 THE FAWN FIELD-MOUSE. 



Descr. Above dull fawn or yellowish-gray ; below sordid white ; 

 lining of ears and extremities pale ; tail short ; ears large, hairy. 



Length of one, head and body 3 J inches ; tail 2f ; head 1 j ears 

 T \ths : another, 3J ; tail 2|. 



Blyth described his M. albidiventris as light mouse-colour above, paling 

 to grayish -white on the lower parts. 



This field-mouse has been found in lower Bengal, in Nepal, and in 

 south Malabar, although this last locality is given with doubt by Blyth. 



It appears to me that Hodgson's M. strophiatus is nearly allied, if not 

 the same. He describes it as " bright fawn above, pure white below, a 

 cross or gorget on the breast. Length 3 ; tail 2 T 7 g-. A field mouse, 

 closely allied to M. cervicolor, but seemingly distinct." 



There is a nearly allied species in Ceylon, Mus fulvidiventris, Blyth 

 (M. cervicolor apud Kelaart). 



193. Mus terricolor. 

 BLYTH, J. A. S. XX. 172. Cat. p. 119. 



THE EARTHY FIELD-MOUSE. 

 Descr. Above variable according to the soi], light fawn-brown, more or 



