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nasals 38; posterior breadth of nasals 19; apparent width of 

 nasals anteriorl}^ 12; palatal foramen 23 ; diastema 28; upper 

 molar series 16. 



ffa/j.— Khandesh (Type from Edalabad.) Alt. 1,000 ft. 



Type. — Adult female, B.M. No. 11, 8, 7, 1. Original number 

 99. Collected by Mr. Crump, 22nd April 1911, and presented 

 to the National Collection by the Bombay Natural History 

 Society. 



The material available for comparison with ruficaudatus is very 

 meagre. In the original description of the type from ' Bengal' Is. 

 GeofFroy describes the nape as ' roux'. All Hodgson's Nepal and 

 Sikkim specimens have a buff nape, and Jerdon describes the nape 

 of the hare of Bengal as " pale sandy rufescent;" that of nigricollis 

 is black, so that this character alone suffices to distinguish simcoxi 

 from other hares of the Indian Plains. It is encouraging to find 

 this quite distinct new species in the first collection of the Society's 

 "Mammal Survey," and I have much pleasure in naming it after 

 Mr. A. H. A. Simcox, I.C.S., Collector of Khandesh, who took so 

 much interest in the work of our Collector in his District. 



Leggada dunni, sp. n. 



The Northern Field-Mouse. 



A Leggada smaller than hoodjiuja and markedly difiering from that 

 species by its paler drab colouration. 



General colour above drab, individual hairs slate-grey for basal 

 two-thirds of length, remaining one-third buff"; below white, in 

 some specimens the belly is pure white, but in the majority includ- 

 ing the type, the hairs have short grey bases. Face like back. 

 Tail above like back, paler below. Hands and feet white. 



Skull short and broad, as compared with that of hooduga, the 

 anterior cusp or ridge on the front of first molar, characteristic of 

 Leggada, plainly marked. 



Dimensions of type : — head and body 58 ; tail 60 ; hind foot 12 ; 

 ear 11. Skull : greatest length 18-5 (20) ; basilar length 15 (16) ; 

 greatest breadth 9*5 (10) ; nasals 7 (7-6) ; interorbital breadth 3 

 (3-4) ; braincase breadth 8*6 (8*5) ; diastema 5*3 (6) ; palatal 

 foramina 4 (5) ; molars 3 (3). 



