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in Krung Kao Province, approximate Lat. 14"* 55', where I saw them 

 on more than one occasion in the year 1906. Since then some of this 

 jungle has been brought under cultivation, possibly all of it. I was 

 told that, in the dry season of the year 1906, a " lamang " stag, 

 impelled by thirst, actually ran down in the day time into the water in 

 a railway borrow pit close to Ban Mi station and market, on the 

 railway above Lopburi, and was mobbed by the local people and killed 

 by knives and sticks. I see no reason why " lamang " should not be 

 found on the west of the Menam Chao Praya in this latitude, as I 

 believe there is countiy on that side suitable for their existence. 



A. J. IRWIN. 



Banglcok, 

 15th My, 1914. 



No. IV.— NOTE ON TWO RARE MAMMALS, BERDMORE'S 



RAT (HAPALOMYS LONGICAUDATUS ) AND 



TEA'S MUNTJAC ( GERVULUS FE2E ). 



Hapalo7nys longicaudatus. Berdmore's Rat. In January when 

 clearing bamboo jungle to form a camp, a specimen of this rat was 

 paralyzed by a blow on the back, and drowned in spirit in order to 

 preserve all vermin. Dr. Rankin took it home, and Mr, Oldfield 

 Thomas has identified the rat as II. longicaudatus, previously only 

 known by specimens from Burma and Tavoy. This rat may be 

 known by the flat nail on the hallux, which appears to be partly 

 opposable, and by the teeth which, to quote Blanford, " diflfer all from 

 other Muridae in having the tubercles of the anterior lower molar 

 triserially arranged." 



Tlie dimensions of the living specimen were : Length 6.4 in. 

 Tail 8.4 in. Hind foot 1 in. Ear from orifice 55 in. Vibrissae black, 

 1.5 in. long. 



The fur was dense and soft, of a warm brown colour, lighter on 

 nose and cheeks and with blackish hairs intermixed on forehead and 

 back. Tail, thinly haired with white at the tip. All lower surfaces 

 white from chin to vent. Feet, dirty pink. Found in uninhabited 

 bamboo and teak jungle on the Quao, Noi river, N. Lat. 14° 22'. 



