714 JOURNAL, BOMBAY NATURAL HIST. SOCIETY, Vol. XXIIl. 



'■' These specimens were discovered, while hunting for Chiropodomys 

 among bamboos. They were found inside hollow bamboos at some distance 

 from the ground. Not plentiful and probably entirely arboreal. 



Weight.— dSJozs.; $ 3| ozs."— G. C. S. 



(48) Chieopodomys peguensis, Blyth. 

 The Burmese Tufted-tailed Tree Mouse. 



1859. Mus pecjuensis, Blyth, J. A. S., XXVIII, p. 295, 



1891. Chiropodomys gliroides, Blanford, Mammalia No. 271 (partim). 

 S 29, $ 21, in al. 4, Bankachon. 



Blyth first described a member of this genus, which, from its resemblance 

 to the common European Dormouse, he named gliroides. The type, a rather 

 damaged specimen, was from Cherrapunji. Four years later he described 

 peguensis from Schwegyen. There are no specimens (other than in spirits) 

 of gliroides for comparison. As however Blyth reprinted his description of 

 gliroides when giving that of peguensis I do not feel justified in ignoring the 

 n.arca.B peguensis which geographically must belong to these specimens although 

 I am unable to specify the differences between the two species. I therefore 

 propose the name peguensis for Burmese specimens at least until Assam 

 specimens are available for comparison. 



Chiropodomys closely resembles Vandeleuria, but is more stoutly built and 

 has the terminal 1-3 of the tail furnished with long hairs almost forming a 

 tuft, and has the hallux and rudimentary pollux armed with a flat nail 

 instead of a claw. Its mammary formula is 0-2-4. 



" Very plentiful around Bankachon wherever there were bamboos. They 

 never got into traps, even when set among bamboos, but were easy to find 

 as they hid by day, generally singly, occasionally a female and two young, 

 inside the hollow joints of dead bamboos, through one side of which they 

 had bored a circular entrance, about two inches in diameter. 



Weight.— i-1 oz.-'— G. 0. S. 



( 49 ) Epimys sukifbe., Mill. 

 Tlie Malay Spiny Rat. 



1900. Mus surifer, Miller, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., XIII, p. 148. 



? 1891. Musjerdoni, Blanford, Mammalia No. 279 (partim). 



c?7, $12. Victoria Point ; c?3, $1, Victoria Island; cJ25, 

 $24, Bankachon; c?l, $2, Thaget. 



I have entered Mus jerdoni of Blanford's Mammalia in the synonymy 

 above, but I very much doubt if Blanford ever saw a specimen of this 

 species. Except somewhat in colour and in its spiny coat surifer does not 

 resemble jerdoni. It is a large stoutly built rat, with a tail, at most, slight- 

 ly longer than the head and body. When in new coat it is a bright 

 ochraceous colour, modified a good deal by darker colouring in the back. 



"Very plentiful, especially in thick evergreen jungle. 



Weight. — 4-5+ ozs., specimens from Victoria Island averaged more, 5-8 

 ozs."— G. 0. S.^ 



(50) Epimys jerdoni, Blyth. 



The Bicoloured Rat. 



(Synonymy in No. 14.) 



(S 1, Victoria Point ; c5' 1, $ 2, Bankachon. 

 I place these specimens under yer(^om' pending receipt of topotypes from 

 Sikhim, they agree fairly with the individual placed under this name by 

 Miss Ryley in the Shan State's Report. 



