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Tail coarsely ringed, darker above and paler below ; sparsely 

 clothed with short hairs. Pads of hindfoot 0. Mammee 

 3—2=10. 



Skull about the same size as in h.'pliilli^isi. The parietals flatter 

 and interorbital region broader than in that species ; frontal ridges 

 well marked and continuing backwards round the parietals. 



Dimensions of the Type (measured in the flesh) : — Head and body, 

 89 ; tail, 64 ; hindfoot, 15 ; ear, 12. 



8Jcull : — Condylo-incisive length, 21 (21-5) ; basilar length, 18 

 (18); zygomatic breadth, 11-5 (11); nasals, 9 (9); diastema, 6, 

 (6*5) ; upper molar series, 4 (3"7). 



(Note : — The figures in brackets refer to skull measurements 

 taken on the tyi^e of L. 'philliijsi). 



Habitat : — Vijayanagar, Bellary District. 



Ty236 : — Adult male. B. M. No. 12- 10- 16- 1. Original number 

 1651. Collected by Mr. G. 0. Shortridge, 12th August 1912, 

 and presented to the National Collection by the Bombay Natural 

 History Society. 



The series of eight specimens obtained hy Mr. Shortridge is 

 remarkably constant in colour and size. 



The specific name is based on the Urdu word " surkha " mean- 

 ing " grey " — as applied to an animal. 



G — A NEW SPECIES OF LEG GAD A FKOM KaNARA. 



In working out the above our attention has been called to two 

 spirit specimens of a mouse which were sent to us some time ago, 

 by the Society, for determination. Unfortunately there is no 

 history to these specimens except that they were taken at Karwar, 

 in the Kanara District, and they have been so long in alcohol that 

 the colour has been bleached out of them . They represent, however, 

 a very distinct new species which we propose to call L. haliadur. 



LeGGADA BAHADUR, Sp. U. 



A Lec/gada belonging to the group with 10 mamm«, but very 

 markedly larger in size than either ]jhillipsi or surkha. 



Size large as compared with the other species in this section of 

 Leggada, about as in L. •platythrix. Coat composed almost entirely 

 of coarse, stifi" spines, as in 'phillipsi and surhha. General colour 

 above probably some shade of grey (the specimens, owing to long- 

 immersion in alcohol, have turned a reddish colour), the individual 

 spines pale at the base with dark tips ; below pure white. 



Skull the same size as in 'platythrix, which it resembles in shape 

 in all essential characters. 



Dimensions of the Type (measured on a spirit specimen) : — Head 

 -and body, 85; tail, about 65-70 (broken); hindfoot, 17-5; 

 era, 13. 



