212 



f the Asiatic Society of 



[June, 1914 



Species. 



Number 

 examined. Locality 



'Gmiomys bengalensis . . < 



2 



I 



Bandicota nemorivaga . . 1 



Gerbillus indicus 



• • 



Gerbillus meridionalis . . 



Calcutta 



Purneah 



Calcutta 



Poona 



Berhampore 



Travancore 



Turkestan 



Gall bladder 



Absent. 



Absent. 



Absent. 



Present. 



Present. 



Present. 



Present. 



Rhizomys pruinosus 



Spalacidae. 



1 



Ponsee 

 Khakhyen Hills 



Present. 

 Present. 



Dipus blanfordi 



Dipodidae. 



1 



Persia 



Present. 



Sciurus palmarum 



Sciurus macclellandii 



Sciurus atridorsalis 

 Sciurus caniceps 



Sciurus locroides 



Sciurus carolinensis 

 Sciuropterus pearsoni 



Sciuridae. 



3 

 1 

 1 

 2 

 2 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 



Calcutta 



Mouimein 



Present. 



East of Irrawaddy Present. 



Present. 



East of Irrawaddy Absent. 

 East of Irrawaddy Absent. 



Absent. 



Absent. 

 Present. 

 Absent. 



Preparis Isle 



i 



• 



? 



Yunnan 



Lagomys rufesens 

 Lagomys roylei 



Lagomy idae 



2 

 2 



Persi a 



? 



Present 

 Present 



Hystrix leucrurus 



Hystricidae 



I 



2 



Present 



In the above classification I have followed Blanford. but it 

 is necessary to note that the genus Sciurus lias quite recently 

 been sub-divided. S. palmarum now appears in the genus 

 Funambulus. while S. macclellandii is in the genus Tamiops. 

 I have not had the opportunity of consulting this new classi- 

 fication of the squirrels. It would be interesting to know 

 how far it is in agreement with the condition of the gall- 

 bladder. 



On looking through these observations it will be noticed 

 that though the gall-bladder is absent from the genus Mus 



