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1915. Sciurus palmarum favonicus, Thomas & Wroughton, Journ. B. N. 

 H.S., Vol. XXIV, p. 39. 

 S. Ceylon J 9, $ 10. 

 These specimens obtained at Kottawa, Udugama and Eanna in the north 

 of the S. Province were provisionally listed as palmarum by Miss Ryley in 

 Report 13. On receipt of Major Mayor's further collections it became 

 evident that these represented a distinct geographical race inhabiting the 

 outliers of the main central mountain mass. 



(42) Tateka cxjvieki, Waterh. 

 The South Indian Gerbil. 



1838. Gerbillus cuvien, Waterhouse. P. Z. S., p. 56. 



1891. Gerbillus indicus, Blanford, Mammalia No. 264 (partim). 



J 7, $ 7, Maha Oya ; d 4, $ 7, Mankeni; $ 2, Colombo; d 1, Kala 

 Oya ; S. Ceylon, J 16, $26, in al. 1. 



It will be noted that all these specimens, including those from S. Ceylon, 

 are from the low coast country. Miss Ryley overlooked the name cuvieri 

 or perhaps did not care to use it until material from S. India was available. 

 These specimens have tails nearly two inches longer than typical indica and 

 that is the most marked character of cuvieri. Whether as Blanford states, 

 intermediates exists is as yet doubtful, but should they be found we may 

 have to treat cuvieri as a mere geographical race, but for the present it is 

 more convenient to treat it as a separate species. The type of cuvieri was 

 from Arcot. 



In dealing with the Genus Tatera some years ago (A.M.N.H., XVII, p. 474, 

 1906), I established a new species ceylonica on a specimen presented to the 

 British Museum by Kelaart, characterised by its shorter hind feet and 

 markedly shorter tail. Presumably this is the highland form, of which there 

 is no representative in the present collection. 



(43) Mus MANBi, Kel. 



The Ceylon Souse Mouse. 



1851. Mus manei, Kelaart, Prod. Faun. Zeyl., p. 64. 



1891. Mus musculus, Blanford, Mammalia No. 282 (partim). 



61, 21, Maha Oya ; ? 5 in al. 3, Kandy ; d 7, $ 13, in al. 4, 



Cheddikulam : $ 1 Colombo ; d^ 11, $ 9, in al. 2 Urugalla; 



in al 2 Peradeniya ; <5 2, 5 1, in al. 1 Ambawela ; 5 2, 



in al. 1, Tammannewa ; J 2 Anuradapura ; c? 3, $ 1, 



Trincomalee ; (5" 2, $ 1, in al. 1, Nugagalla Estate. South 



Ceylon c?8, $6 in al. 5. 



As explained in Report No. 3 Gray gave the name without a description 



to one of Elliot's specimens and it was only in 1852 that Kelaart gave the 



description from a Ceylon specimen. These specimens are therefore topo- 



types of M. manei. 



(44) Mus BOODTJGA, Gray. 



The Southern Field Mouse. 



( Synonymy in No. 1. ) 



(5 3, $ 5, in al. 6, Maha Oya ; J 7, $ 19, in al. 8 Mankeni ; in 

 al 1 Mannar ; J 2, Valaichenai ; c? 3, $ 2, in al 3 Ched- 

 dikulam ; J 7, $ 4, Urugalla ; in al. 4, Kala Oya ; S. 

 Ceylon (5' 6, $10, in al. 7. 



( See all Reports except Nos. 3, 14, 17.) 



These do not seem to differ from the adjoining mainland form. 



