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17. Mus CERvicoLOR, Hodgs. 



a. Boori-bazar, 11/3/81. 

 Tliis is evideatly Blyth's M. cunicularis ^ described from the 

 Khasia hills, and bears out my suspicion that that is merely a 

 synomyin of il/. cervicolor'. 



18. Vandeleuria oleracea, Benn. 



a, b. Boori-bazar, 11/3/81. 

 Dr. Anderson (Zool. Yunn. Exp. p. 313, 1878) has already noted 

 the presence of this interesting little species in Burma and the 

 neighbouring countries. It seems probable that Mus badius, Blyth 

 (J. A. S. B. xxviii, p. 295), described from the valley of the Sitang, 

 should be added to the synonyms of V. oleracea. 



19. Rhizomys RADIUS, Hodgs. 



a-f. 4 adult and 2 young. Boori-bazar, 11 and 12/3/81. g, h. 

 2 young, Moirang, 22/3/81. 

 The young specimens are interesting as showing that this species 

 only assumes its rich chestnut-colour in adult age, as they are all 

 of a hue more resembling that of Rh. pruinosus, Bly., than that of 

 the adult animals along with which they were caught, and of which 

 they are presumably the young. 



III. The Tenasserim Collection. 



Next in interest to the Manipur mammals come those from 

 Tenasserim, collected nearly entirely by Mr. Davison in 1877 and 

 1878, at the lime when Mr. Hume was bringing together materials 

 for the valuable paper on the Birds of Tenasserim published in 

 1878 ^ In this paper may be found a description (p. .522) of all 

 the localities at which Mr. Davison worked, and at which therefore 

 these mammals were obtained. It was on this collection that Mr. 

 Blanford's paper "On some Mammals from Tenasserim"^ was 

 based, and in the present account there are therefore no novelties to 

 be described, that author having then named, described, and figured 

 the two remarkable species Prionodon maculosus and Sciu?-us rufic/enis, 

 the typical specimens of which are in Mr. Hume's collection. As 

 Mr. Blanford's paper is not, however, a full account of the collection, 

 but merely consists of notes on the rarer and more interesting 

 species, I have considered it advisable, notwithstanding his paper, to 

 write a list of the Tenasserim as well as of the other mammals of 

 the Hume collection. 



Tenasserim mammals are of interest chiefly on account of the 

 passage that takes place in that country from the Burmese to the 

 Malay fauna, as we find that the South Tenasserim species, those 

 from Bankasun, are more or less Malay in character, and add several 

 species to the list of the mammals of British India, while on the 



' J. A. S. B. xxiv. p. 721 (1855). ' P. Z.S. 1881, p. 548. 



' ' Stray Feathers,' vol. vi. 1878. * J. A. S. B. xlvii. p. 150 (1878), 



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