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c? 1, 5 1, Daltonganj ; c? 3, 5 1, Barkargaon ; $ 2, Jagodih ; c? 1 , 

 Lohra ; § 1, Gajhundi ; ^ Q, 5 2, Nimiaghat ; § 1, 

 Pareshnath ; J 13, $ 18, Luia ; d 2, $ 2, in al. 6, Koira ; 

 61, $5, Salbani. 



{See also Reports Nos. 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16 and 18.) 



" Everywhere common about cultivation and are frequently met with in 

 forests."— C.A.C. 



( 47 ) Leggadilla gurkha, Thos. 



The Kumaon Sjnny Mouse. 



(Synonymy in No. 15.) 



2 1, Singar, Gay a ; (5 4, $ 3, Pareshnath. 

 " Very rare ; more abundant in Pareshnath, where all my specimens were 

 taken from quite a small area, which was stony and less covered with 

 vegetation than its surroundings. " — C.A.C. 



( 48 ) Epimys blanfobdi, Thos. 



The White-tailed Rat. 



( Synonymy in No. 2.) 



cJ 4, Jagodih; (5 3, $1, Lohra; 22, Gajhundi; do, $12, 

 Pareshnath. 



( See also Reports Nos. 6, 7, 9 and 11.) 



" Rarely found any distance from hiUs, where it lives among the rocks, 

 probably scooping out a smaU hollow for a nest. I have only very occasion- 

 ally observed any distinct burrows. " — C. A. C. 



(49) GuNOMYS BENGALBNSis, Gr. and Hardw. 



The Benffal Mole-Rat. 



1833. Arvicola bengalensis, Gray & Hardwicke, III, Ind. Zool., II, pi. 21. 



1854. Mus daccaensis, Tytler, A. M. N. H., XIV., p. 173. 



1878. Mus (Nesokia) blijthianus, Anderson, J. A. S. B., XL VII, p. 227. 



1878. Mus (Nesokia) barclayanus, Anderson, 1. c, p. 229. 



1891. Nesocia bengalensis, Blanford, Mammalia No. 295. 



cJ 6, § 13, Daltonganj ; J 1, Singar, Gaya ; 



(5 23, $18, Nimiaghat; (51, Sangajata ; (5 6. $3, Luia; 



6Q, $10, Salbani. 

 " A common rat in Bihar and Orissa." — C.A.C. 



(50) Bandicota ellioxana. And. 

 The Bengal Bandicoot. 



1878. Mus {Nesokia) elliotanus, Anderson, J. A. S. B., XLVI, p. 231. 



1891. Nesocia bandicota, Blanford, Mammalia, No. 296 (partim). 



$ 2, Gajhundi; 6 1, Barhi (Collected by Maj. O. A. Smith). 



A smaller bandicoot than either gigantea or malabarica, about the size of 

 nemoricaga, like which it lacks the mantle of long hairs found in the larger 

 species. It is however black while nemorivaga is brown. 



(51) MiLLAKDIA MELTADA, Gray. 



The Soft-furred Field-Rat. 

 ( Synonymy in No. 1.) 

 $ I Pareshnath. 



( See also Reports Nos. 3, 4, 5, 7, 10, 11 and 13.) 



