1890.] MR. W. L. SCLATER ON SOME INDIAN MCRID^. 523 



by Biichner in the account of the Mammals obtained by Przewalski 

 in Central Asia, which seems to resemble Nesokia scuUyi very 

 closely, and which, when the types are compared, will probably be 

 found to be identical with it. 



Przewalski's species is somewhat larger than the type of N. scuUyi 

 and has a somewhat shorter tail. 



3. Nesokia bengalensis (Gray) ; Thomas, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 526. 



This is one of the commonest of all the Indian Pats and is found 

 all over India ; there are specimens in the Museum from Srinugger, 

 Sind, North-west Provinces, Bombay, Central Provinces, and Bengal ; 

 there are also specimens from Cachar and other parts of Assam, 

 Burma, and Mergui. In the south of India and Ceylon it is replaced 

 by a geographical race, differing merely in being somewhat smaller ; 

 of this, there are examples from the Nilgiris, Trichinopoly, and 

 Ceylon. 



4. Nesokia bandicota (Bechst.) ; Thomas, P.Z.S. 1881, p. 528. 



The true Bandicoot is only found in Peninsular India, that is in 

 India south of the Ganges and Indus. It has frequently been re- 

 ported from Calcutta, but on investigation the specimens are found 

 to be either unusually large individuals of Mus decumamis or the 

 rarer Nesol:ia netnorivcif/a. 



5. Nesokta NEiioRivAGA (Hodgs.) ; Thomas, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 529. 



This species replaces the last in the Eastern Himalayas, Eastern 

 Bengal, and Assam ; it is also found in Formosa ; whether it is 

 the same as the Mus handicota of Cantor from the Malay Peninsula 

 and Mus setifer of Horsfield from Java it is, in the absence of 

 specimens from those localites, impossible to say. 



There is in the Museum a very small series of this species of 

 Nesokia ; the four specimens come from the follo\ving localities— 

 Purneah, Alipur (Calcutta), and Sibsengar, Assam. Specimens 

 of this Bandicoot from Assam, Burmah, or the Malay Peninsula 

 would be most welcome additions to our collection. 



6. Mtrs DECIJMANU8, Pallas ; Thomas, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 532. 



The Norway or Brown Rat does not seem to have spread much 

 over India ; all our specimens with one exception come from sea- 

 ports where, especially in Calcutta, this species is excessively common ; 

 besides those from Indian ports there are in the Museum examples 

 of this species from the Andamans and the Persian Gulf. 



7. Mus RATTTJS, Linnaeus; Thomas, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 533. 



Sabsp. a. alexandeintts, 

 Subsp. b. NiTinus. 



Subsp. C. EUFESCENS. 



Mr. Thomas now considers that the Alexandrine Eat (Mus 



