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S 1348. 9 1350. Sonawanee, Balaghat. 



S 1398, 1403. 2 1393, 1504, 1409. Chinchpali, Chanda. 



d" 1461. $ 1471, 1552. Chanda. 

 There is nothing in this series to cause us to make any change in the 

 view taken in earlier Reports. We adhere, therefore, to the plan of classify- 

 ing all the specimens as Epimys rufescens, indicating those with white 

 underparts as a variety. On the whole, however, we think that same 

 evidence is now coming forward to prove that there are intermediates. 



Epimys blanfobdi, Thos. 



The White-tailed Rat. 



(Synonymy in No. 2.) 



d 768. 9 769, 772. Khapa, Hoshangabad. 



(S 920. Bori, Hoshangabad. 



S 978, 982, 989, 990. $ 976, 977, 981, 986. Rorighat, 



Hoshangabad. 

 <S 999, 1000, 1003, 1006, 1010, 1011, 1016, 1018, 1019, 1024, 



1025. 9 1001, 1007, 1008, 1012, 1017. Pachmarhi, 



Hoshangabad. 



[See also Reports Nos. 3 and 6.) 



" One specimen was obtained in the sandy bed of a dried up stream 

 (at Khapa), but, subsequently, all individuals of this species were found 

 among rocks on hillsides. In this environment no burrows were found 

 and the rats appeared to live under rocks, around which were found quanti- 

 ties of nuts of the ' Harda ' {Terminalia chebula). The shell is pierced at one 

 end and the kernel extracted." — C. A. C. 



Note. — The nuts referred to have been identified by Col. K. R. Kirtikar, 

 I. M.S. In the Bombay Forests it is the allied 'Bheda ' {T. belerica) which 

 is habitually attacked by Forest rodents. 



Mxjs EOODUGA, Gray. 



The Southern Field Mouse. 



(Synonymy in No. 1.) 



5 793, 794, 795. $ 770, 790, 805 in al., 791. Khapa, 



Hoshangabad. 



6 813, 828, 829, 836, 851. $ 812, 814, 837, 849 in al., 843 .. . 



Sakot Hoshangabad. 

 S 888. $ 889, 895, 896. Dhain, Hoshangabad. 



5 917, 923, 924, 931, 933, 937, 940, 942. $ 912, 913, 921, 934, 



941, 944. Bori, Hoshangabad. 



6 966. $ 955, 967 in al., 956. Rorighat, Hoshangabad. 

 cJ 1020. 2 1027. Pachmarhi, Hoshangabad. 



S 1173, 1192, 1235. $ 1183. Mundra, Saugor. 



5 1326, 1327, 1330, 1335. $ 1331, 1332. Ouda, Balaghat. 

 c? 1412, 1419 in al., 1405. Chinchpali, Chanda. 



6 1344, 1351. 5 1343, 1356, 1357. Sonawani, Balaghat. 

 S 1449, 1455, 1528. $ 1501, 1579 in al., 1542. Chanda. 



{See also Reports 1, 2, 4, 5 and 6.) 



Leggada platythix, Benn. 

 The Dekhan Spiny Mouse. 

 (Synonymy in No. 1.) 

 9 890. Dhain, Hoshangabad. 



