142 CATALOGUE. 



and those of the lower jaw are parallel. The upper parts of the body 

 are a dark iron-gray, consisting of black and tawny hairs, of which the 

 former are the longest and most numerous. The lower parts and legs 

 are white ; the naked parts of the nose and toes are a pale flesh-colour. 

 The hinder feet extend to the hock joint. 



" A full-grown male measured, from the nose to the tail, seven inches ; 

 tail, seven inches and a half. A female measured eight inches and a 

 half, with nine inches of tail." Dr. F. (Buchanan) Hamilton's MS. 



162. MUS SET I FEE, Horsfield, Zool Research, with a figure. 

 Muller, Over de Zoogd. v. d. Ind. Archip. p. 36. Cantor, 

 Catal. of Malayan Mamm. p. 46. Gray, Cat. Mamm. Br. 

 Mus. 108. 



HAB. Java, Horsfield. Java and Sumatra, Dr. Sal Midler. 

 Penang, Cantor. 



A. Horsfield's Collection from Java. 

 Allied to Mus bandicota, but clearly distinct as a species. 



163. M US FLA VESCENS, Elliot, Madras Journ. Lit. Sci. 

 p. 214. 



HAB. Madras, Elliot. 



A. Presented by Walter Elliot, Esq. 



B. Presented by the Asiatic Society of Bengal. 



164. MUS BRUNNEUS, Hodgson? Ann. and Mag. of Nat. 

 Hist. XV. p. 266. 



" Above, rusty brown ; below, rusty, more or less albescent ; extre- 

 mities pale, nearly fleshy white. Tail, barely longer than the head and 

 body ; snout to vent, 9J inches ; tail, 2J ; head, 2J ; ear, 1." (Ann. 

 Nat. Hist, as above cited.) 



The dimensions here given, as well as the description, agree with 

 our specimen; excepting the length of the tail, which is somewhat 

 shorter than the body. This species is nearly allied to M. decumanus. 



Common house-rat of Nepal. 

 HAB. Nepal, Hodgson. 



A. Presented by B. H. Hodgson, Esq. 



