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ON A SMALL COLLECTION OF RODENTS * FROM 

 LOWEE SIND. 



BY 



R. C. Wroughton. 



The Society has sent me for indentification a small collection of 

 Rodents made by Mr. E. Priestley, D.S.P., Thar and Parkar. 

 Though small, the collection is an interesting one, containing 

 specimens not only of a new genus and of a new subspecies of 

 Leggada platytlirix of the Dekhan, but also of Gerbillus gleadowi 

 described by Murray in 1886 and not since rediscovered until 

 now. The following is a list of the specimens ; the number in 

 brackets before the name of the species refers to Blanford's 

 Mammalia. 



(253 pax-t) Funambulus pennanti argentescens, Wrought. 

 Funambulus pennanti argentescens, Wroughton, B. N. H. S. 

 Journal, 1905, XVI, 3, p. 413. 

 S 133 (no skin), ? 136. 



The type locality is Murree, but this specimen seems to differ in 

 no essential particular. 



(268). Gerbillus gleadoivi, Mur. 



1886. Gerbillus gleadowi, Murray, A.M.N.H. (5) XVII, p. 246. 

 5 5, 10, 17. (No. 17 presented to the National Collection.) 

 The type was taken by Mr. F. Gleadow, T. F. S., at Rohri in the 

 extreme north of Sind ; Mr. Priestley now, after 25 years, obtains 

 it in the extreme south. 



(265). Meriones hurrianoe, Jerd. 



1867. Gerbillus hurrianoe, Jerdon, Mamm. of Ind. p. 186. 

 S 2, 4, 12, 14, 15, 23, 37—39. $ 1, 3, 11, 13, 16, 22, 31. 

 (Nos. 4, 13, 23, 37 presented to the National Collection.) 

 (272). Fpimys rattus, L. 



1758. Mus rattus Linnaeus. Syst. Nat. (10) 1, p. 61. 

 <j 30, 33, 35, 36, $ 24—29. (Nos. 36 and 29 presented to 

 the National Collection.) 



[* Besides rodents some skins of the desert Cat (F. omata, desert fox F. leucopus) 

 several Mongoses (Herpestes) and two Hedgehogs (Erinaceus) were obtained but 

 these could not be sent home in time to be incorporated in the present paper. — Eds.] 



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