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really belongs to the small Bombay form, which she calls V. wrough- 

 toni, on a series collected by Mr. Wroughton, and of which we also 

 have specimens from Ahmednagar, where Major Sykes probably got 

 the type of oleracea. 



This small form extends northwards to Kumaon, but becomes 

 there of a duller colour, and a subspecies is made below on this 

 account. Examples from Nimar and Sehore tend to be inter- 

 mediate. 



From Mr. Crump's Bengal collection (Hazaribagh) one specimen 

 has come, and this may be provisionally referred to V. oleracea, 

 thus marking the eastward extent of the range of this 

 species. 



Another Western form is the well-marked V. spadicea, Ryley, 

 from Gujerat, characterised by its pale sandy colour. It is related 

 to the larger species, and may prove to be linked by interme- 

 diate specimens with the comparatively dull-coloured V. 

 nilagirica. 



The second form found in Kumaon is also a member of the large 

 group, but is of a much redder colour than any hitherto referred to. 

 It is described below. Curiously enough our only specimen from 

 Cejdon is so similar to this that I can see no reason to distinguish 

 it, so that the species will probably be found to range down the 

 Eastern half of India, just as the dull-coloured V. nilagirica does 

 down the Westei-n. 



Then in Nepal comes the bright rufous, small-toothed, V. dumeti- 

 cola, Hodgson, which ranges thence eastwards into Assam and 

 Burma, though the material is as yet too small to indicate its 

 variations there. A single skin was got by Mr. Shortridge on Mt. 

 Popa, and this, which is apparently not separable from dumeticola, 

 may be provisionally taken as representing Blyth's •' Mus hadius " 

 from Schwe Gryen, Pegu. 



Finally comes a still smaller form, described below, from Chanta- 

 boon, Siam, the furthest Eastern Record of the genus. 



The sketchy and provisional nature of these notes shows how 

 much still remains to be done with the smaller Indian Muridae, while 

 the fact that they have been able to be written at all indicates what 

 has been done by the Society's Survey. For before the Survey 

 nothing was known of the variations and detailed distribution 

 of this interesting genus. 



Descriptions of new forms : — 

 Vandeleuria oleracea modesta, subsp. n. 



Size and general characters of oleracea, but colour duller and less 

 sandy or buffy. Dorsal colour near wood-brown, not or scarcely 

 becoming more buffy laterally. Hands and feet dull white, not 



