64 JOURNAL, BOMBAY NATURAL HIST. SOCIETY, Vol. XXIL 



FUNAMBULUS PALMARUM, L. 



The Palm Squirrel. 



(Synonymy in No. 2.) 



S 1358, 1360, 1361, 1362, 1363, 1396, 1397, 1504, 1601. 

 $ 1359, 1398, 1603, 1663. Vijayanagar, Bellary. 



[See also Reports Nos, 2, 4, 5 and 7.) 



Vernacular names : — Vudutha (Telegu) ; Vukchi (Kanarese.) 



" Very plentiful. Much more numerovis among the ruined Temples and 

 rocky hills than in trees. This species, as well as Tatera indica, almost 

 invariably have their mouths and feet stained by the fruit of the Prickly- 

 Pear, on which apparently they feed very largely." — G. 0. S. 



Tatera indica, Hardw. 



The Indian Gerbil. 



(Synonymy in No. 1.; 



S 1384, 1385, 1387, 1404, 1405, 1441, 1443, 1444. 

 $ 1383, 1386, 1406, 1442. Vijayanagar, Bellary. 



{See also Reports Nos. 1, 2, 4, 5, 6 and 7.) 

 Vernacular names: — Yaluk (Telegu for all field-rats); Buddilchi 

 ( Kanarese ). 



" When kept alive, even when first caught, these Gerbils wiU never 

 attempt to bite, unless actually handled, while they will live on quite 

 friendly terms with squirrels and other small mammals." — G. C. S. 



MUS MANEI, Kel. 

 The common Indian Souse Mouse. 

 (Synonymy in No. 5, and in No. 1 under M. musculus.) 

 S 1676. Vijayanagar, Bellary. 



{See also Reports Nos. 1, 3, 5 and 6.) 



Mus BOODUGA, Gray. 

 The Southern Field Mouse. 

 ( Synonymy in No. 1 under Lecjgada booduga.) 

 S. 1586, 1618, 1519, 1520, 1559, 1560, 1602, 1622, 1623, 1630 



1631. 

 $ . 1517, 1521, 1535,, 1561, 1562, 1617, 1620. Vijayanagar, 

 Bellary. 

 ( See also Reports Nos. 1, 2, 4, 5, 6 and 7.) 

 "These mice are great cannibals, and if a number are confined together 

 alive, even when given plenty of food, several will be found killed and 

 partly eaten every day." — G. C. S. 



Gray in establishing the Leggada indicated as the chief generic character 

 the presence of an additional " eunate lobe " or cusp on the anterior face of 

 the first molar, as we have explained in detail earlier in this issue, (p. 16.) 

 We have on the advice of Mr. Thomas substituted for this as the primary 

 generic character the presence of lateral crests or ridges on the frontal ; 

 consequently booduga must be transferred to the Genus, Mus, its skull being 

 entirely smooth, without any vestige of a ridge laterally bounding the 



