1885.] MR. J. A. MURRAY ON A NEW SPECIES OF MUS. 809 



5. Description of a new Species of Mas from Sincl. By 

 James A. Murray, Curator Kurrachee Municipal 

 Museum. (Communicated by Mr. W. T. Blanford.) 



[Eeceived August 26, 1885.] 



(Plate LI.) 



MUS GLEADOWI, Sp. nOV. 



General colour above fulvous-brown, the hairs being dusky for 

 about three fourths their lengtli, then yellowish or fulvescent, and 

 tipped with dark brown. No pure black hairs on the back. Entire 

 under surface, sides of the belly, feet, chin, and throat, all round the 

 snout, and the sides of the face white, except a dark brown streak 

 under the eye. A rufescent circle round the eye. Tail ringed, 

 slightly longer than the head and body, and covered with short hairs, 

 dark brown dorsally, and white on the sides and below. Ears dusky 

 all round the edge fur about one half of their length, and covered 



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Kind foot of Mas gleadowi, enlarged 1^. 



inside and out with short white hairs ; laid forward they reach the 

 front edge of the eye. Lower series of whiskers entirely white ; 

 upper series black at the base, and tipped more or less broadly with 

 white. 



Length. — Head and body of a pregnant female 3'25 inches, tail 

 337 ; of an adult male, head and body 3*2o inches, tail 31. 



Mammae three pairs, two inguinal, one pectoral. Foot-pads five 

 on each fore foot, four on each hind foot. 



This species lives in burrows. at the foot of salt-wort bushes in the 

 Clifton Plain, Kurrachee. It is quite uocturnal, leaving its burroas 

 about 7 P.M., and running all over the plain. 



Note by W. T. Blanford. — The description above printed has 

 been sent to me by Mr. Murray, together with two adults, one of 

 each sex, and one young individual of Mas gleadowi in spirit. In 

 both of the adults I find that the tail is now slightly shorter than 

 the head and body ; and I observe that although in the male the 

 coloration of the head is as described above, in the female tlie 

 sides of the head, including a narrow band above each eye, are pale 

 fulvous, and there is no distinct dark brown streak below the eye. 

 The following are the dimensions in spirit, measured as are those of 



