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2473 (6 juv.) in al. Viratpet, S. Coorg. 

 4 S S , ^ $ ■ Srimangala, S. Coorg. 

 3 cT cJ. Nagarhole, S. Coorg. 

 1 S • Kutta, S. Coorg. 



{See also Eeports Nos. 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10.) 



A small brown mouse of varying shades from red-brown to grey sandy- 

 brown. Sometimes grey and sometimes white on the underside. Varying 

 from 2|^ to 3^ inches, tail about the same length. 



" Although generally living in holes underground or among stones, I 

 found a round grass nest almost the size of a cocoanut under a fallen log at 

 Nagarhole containing young of this species." — G. C. S. 



Leggada grahami, Ryl. 



The Coorg hill Spiny-Mouse. 



1913. Leggada grahami, Ryley. Journ. B. N. H. S. Vol. XXII. p. 434 

 10 6 6. 

 20 ??, 



1 in al. Wotekolli, S. Coorg. 

 A small dark brown mouse slightly speckled with buff ; dirty white on 

 underside. Fur mixed with spines. Head and body about 4|- inches, 

 tail nearly 3 inches. 



" This mouse was very plentiful among the long grass on the summits 

 and slopes of the hills around Wotekolli at an altitude of from 2,000 feet 

 upwards." — G. C. S. 



Leggada hannyngtoni, Ryl. 



The Coorg: loioland Sjnng-Mouse. 



1913. Leggada hannyngtoni, Ryley. Journ. B. N. EL. S., Vol. XXII p. 435 

 3 d J , 2 $ $ . Makut. 



A small dark brown mouse, slightly flecked with yellow ; pure white on 

 uiidersurface. Head and body about 4|^ inches, tail about 3 inches. 



•' This mouse, which differs from the preceding species chiefly in having 

 a larger hind foot, was trapped in thick jungle at Makut, at the foot of the 

 Ghats, altitvide 250 feet."— G. C. S. 



MlLLARDIA MELTADA, Gray. 



The soft-furred Field Rat. 

 (Synonymy in No. I.) 

 2 S 6 ,1 6 ■ Kutta, S. Coorg. 



{See also Reports Nos. 1, 3, 4, 5, 7 and 10.) 



Dark-brown grey above ; pale grey below. Fur very soft. Head and 

 body about 5 inches, tail 4 inches. 



" Trapped in Huvinakadu estate in a small patch of thick scrub surrounded 

 by heavy deciduous forest, which stretches for many miles in every direc- 

 tion. If these specimens do not differ from Millardia meltada of the 

 Bombay Deccan, that species has a remarkable distribution. In the 

 Deccan I found Millardia strictly confined to the open black cotton plains, 

 which were bare of any kind of trees or even shrubs, living in holes and 

 sun-baked cracks in the ground and never extending beyond these areas, 

 even into the adjoining red soil districts ; while, since leaving the Deccan, 

 I had not come across it anywhere." — G. C. S. 



Vernacular name. — Miriki. 



