Mna TTTLEEI. 205 



and had more the appearance of a small rat than a mouse, but my speci- 

 mens were lost before I had taisen a more detailed description. 



189. Mus darjeelingensis. 



Hodgson, apud Hoksfield, Cat. 168. 



The DAEJEELINa-MOUSE. 



Descr. — Above dusky brown with a slight chesnut reflection, underneath 

 pale yellowish white. Proportions of body, tail and extremities, compara- 

 tively slender ; ears long. 



Length of one, head and body, 3 inches ; tail 2-^. From Darjeeling. 



A white-bellied house-mouse is found frequently in the plains at various 

 stations. I have also seen it on the Neelgherries. Its colors are dark 

 mouse brown above, white beneath. It differs structurally from M. 

 urbanus in its shorter tail, longer ears, and more slender feet. It is also 

 usually smaller. I have found it common at Jaulna in the Deccan, at 

 Nagpore, and other places. Length of one, head and body 2^ inches ; tail 

 2-5^; ear ^ths ; fore-foot -a'^ths; hind-foot -j^ths. It bears some resem- 

 blance to the descriptions of M. darjeelingensis, having the same proper- 

 tional length of .tail, slender feet, and longer ears. 



The next mice have the color of field-mice. 



190. Mus Tytleri. 

 Blyth, J. A, S. XXVIIL 296. 



The Lono-haiebd Mouse. 



Descr. — Fur unusually long and full, of a pale sandy mouse-color above, 

 isabelline below, and pale on the well-clad Umbs, and also on the tail 

 laterally, and underneath. Whiskers exceedingly fine in texture and of a 

 whitish color. 



Length 2 J inches ; tail the same. From Dehra Doon. Apparently very 

 nearly allied to the next, but kept distinct by Blyth in his Memoir. It 

 should be compared with M. homourus. 



191. Mus bactrianus. 



Blyth, J. A. S. XV. 140.— M gerhillims and M. Thtobaldi, Blyth, 

 Cat. p. 119. 



