MUS. 



6i 



0. Larger, head and body, 4 to 5 inches; hind-foot, I'o; gene- 

 rally five pads on hind foot ; mammae 8 in number. 



M. mettada, p. 76. 



0? Smaller, head and body, 3 to 4 inches ; hind-foot 70 ; gene- 

 rally four pads on hind-foot; mammae 6 in number. 



M. gleadowi, p. 77. 



Mus. decumanus. 



Mus decumanus, Pallas Nov. Spec. Quad, e Glir., p. 91 (1778) ; Elliot 



Madr. yourn., x, p. 212 ; Cantor J. A. S. B., xv, p. 254 ; Gray Cat. 



Hodgs. Coll., 1st ed.| p. 17; Horsfield Cat. E. I. Mus., p. 140; Kelaart 



Prodr. Faun. Zeylan., p. 59; Blyth J.A.S. B., xxxii, p. 335; i4. Cat. no. 



361, p. 113 ; Jerdon Mamm., p. 195 ; Stoliczka, J. A. S. B., xli, p. 228 ; 



Blanford Persia, p. 53 ; Blyth f. A. S. B., xliv, Burma List, p. 39 ; 



Thomas P. Z. S., 1881, p. 532 ; Murray Zool. Sind, p. 46 ; Radde Zool, 



J. B., iv, p. 1033. 

 Mus decunnanoides, Hodgson, J. A. S. B., x, p. 915 (1841) [pt.] 

 MvishrMnneus, Hodgson Ann. Mag..N. H., xv, p. 266 {1845); Horsfield 



Cat. E. I. Mus., p. 142 ; Blyth y. A. S. B., xxxiv, p. 193 ; Jerdon, Mamm., 



p. 198. [pt.]. 



The Norway or Brown Rat ; Canarese, Manei ilei ; Hind,, 

 Chooha or Ghurka chooha ; Malay, Tikus ; Singalese, Gaval 

 Meeyo ; Bengalee, Demsa indur. 



Distribution. — ^This almost universally distributed rat has not 

 apparently made its way very far from the coast as yet. With the 

 exception of some from Samagooting in Assam, and the identifi- 

 cation of these seems a little doubtful, all our specimens are 

 from sea coast towns 



a. Skin $ 



b. Skin, skull $ 



c. Skin, skull $ 

 d-f. 3 Skins,'skuUs 



99 S 



g-j. 3 Skins, 



2 skulls. 



k. Ale. 



/. Ale, skull 



■m. Ale. 



K. Ale. 



0. Ale. 



p. Ale. 



g. Ale., skull 



r. Ale,, skull i 



s. Ale. ^ juv. 



t. Ale,, skull ^ 



«. Ale, juv. 



V. Ale., skull 9 



OT. Ale., skull $ 



X. Ale. S 



y. Ale., sknll S 



Bushire, Persian Gulf 

 Caleutta. 3-6-76 

 ,. 8-5.76 



W. T. Blanford. 

 O. L. Fraser. 

 O. L. Fraser. 

 O. L. Fraser. 



Samagooting, Assam J. Butler, 1872. 



5 

 S 



i 



S 

 9 

 S 



Gwadar, Baluchistan 



Karachi 



Sind 



Sind 



Karachi 



Kyd Street, Calcutta 

 Wood Street, Calcutta 

 Park Street, Calcutta 

 Calcutta 



W. T. Blanford. 

 Karachi Mas. 

 Karachi Mus. 

 J. A. Murray. 

 J. A Murray. 

 Karachi Mus. 



0. L. Fraser. 

 J. Waterhouse. 



1. Wood Mason, 1870. 

 J, Anderson. 



J. Anderson. 

 O. L. Fraser. 

 Purchased. 

 Purchased. 

 Purchased, 



