228 = Mr. J. Scully on some Mammals from Kandahar. 
millim 
Greatest breadth of brain-case ............+00. 24 
enoth Of en na. eee Ee S40 eee 65 
Breadthyet 2S piisewtls. sabe per eee ee 55 
Length of mandible from condyle to symphysis.. 52 
Height to coronoid process (straight) .......... 15 
hemo Ghyo fg siren iy deletes tari tegen tates eke 65 
m. 1 
Length of — oo... eee eee eee e eee, Sani 2:3 
Mus bactrianus, Blyth. 
Of this species (the common house-mouse of Kandahar) 
there are three fine specimens in the collection, preserved in 
alcohol; they were captured in a house in the city of Kan- 
dahar in February. ‘The following are the measurements in 
inches :-— 
3. x 
millim, millim. millim. 
iEleadtandubodymermmca: errr tect SAL ef Biol ark 
AMEN Lea inns eet ENA RteReO tC 4 3d eid) eae 
Nose to ear-orifice ............ 083 08 0:8 
Length of ear from orifice ...... 05 049 0:53 
IBreadthiohearierrs ese ere ee 045 045 0:46 
Forearm and hand ............ 0:93 0:9 0:9 
Hind foot (without claws) ...... 0°75). 107A OG 
Gerbillus Swinhoet, sp. nov. 
The following is a description of a male Gerbillus captured 
in April at Gatai, a place on the edge of the desert, about 
halfway between Kandahar and the Khojak Pass, at an ele- 
vation of about 4000 feet above sea-level :— 
Head and body 3:4 inches, head 1:3, tail 3-1, hairs at end 
of tail 0°4, nose to ear-orifice 0°95, length of ear 0°44, breadth 
of ear 0°38, forearm and hand 1:1, hind foot without claws 
0:93, longest whiskers 1°75. 
The colour of the fur above is rich brownish rufous, creamy 
white below, the colours sharply separated along the sides ; 
the hairs of the upper parts have the basal three fourths 
slaty grey. On the middle of the back some long black hairs 
are intermixed; and these increase in number towards the 
insertion of the tail. The hairs of the lower surface and limbs 
are uniform creamy white throughout their length. A broad 
band from the nose, on each side of the muzzle, over the eye 
to the ear, pale isabelline. Hars small and oval, inside naked, 
except towards the margins, where they are scantily lined 
with fine greyish hairs; externally sparsely covered with 
isabelline hairs, which become long and close on the basal 
parts of the outer and inner margins; along the margin at 
