146 
une. lin, 
Longitudo ab apice rostri ad caude basin.... 2 7 
—_——_—— ad basin auris .... O §& 
tarsi digitorumque .... wesevees soy Onaee 
UES Che c SPL osha utes’ Jlaevcba atte Quxj ae 
CONDE Sitcoms ass = oeiaieh ee seorseu sO 
Hab. ad Insulas Philippinarum. 
This little mouse is remarkable for its nearly uniform deep and 
rich chestnut-brown colour, at least such is the tint it presents in 
spirits ; the under parts of the body are rather paler than the upper ; 
the feet and tail are uniform in hue with the body. Compared with 
the common mouse (M. musculus), it differs in being smaller, in 
having the rostrum more slender, and the tail proportionately longer. 
Mus Nov#-Houranpia. Mus supra canus flavescente-lavatus ; 
corpore subtis pedibusque albis ; auribus mediocribus ; caudd quoad 
longitudinem corpus feré equante. 
une, lin. 
Longitudo ab apice rostri ad caude basin.... 3 O 
CRUG, CU CHER 42/0. ss mee hae 2 0 
tarsi digitorumque .......0.. 0008 0 .92 
‘Hab. New South Wales. 
This mouse was found, together with two young specimens, under 
a large slab of bark at Yarrundi, Upper Hunter, New South Wales. 
In size and colouring it approaches most nearly to the Mus sylvaticus, 
but its tail is considerably shorter than in that animal. In the form 
of the skull the present species also approaches the M. sylvaticus, 
but the nasal portion of the cranium is shorter; the molar teeth are 
of the same structure, but apparently rather larger in proportion. 
The fur is rather long and very soft; on the upper parts the hairs 
are of a deep grey colour, tipped with brownish yellow; on the belly 
the hairs are of a less deep grey colour next the skin, and white ex- 
ternally. The tarsi are rather long and slender. ‘The tail is white 
beneath and dusky above. 
