206 MUfilN^. 



The Sakdv-mouse. 



Descr. — Upper parts light isabelline, or sandy-brown, the extreme tips 

 of the hairs dusky, and the basal two-thirds deep ashy ; entire under parts 

 and feet white ; tail thinly clad with minute seta3. Fur dense and long. 



Length of one, head and body, 2| ; tail 2f ; hind-foot |ths ; ear conch 

 barely -^^j of another, head and body 2^; tail 2§ ; ears ^; tarsi -^ths. 



This mouse has been sent from Find Dadun Khan in the Punjab, and 

 from Kashmir, and it is stated to be the common house-mouse of Kanda- 

 har. 



BIyth has in this group Mus nitidulvs from Bunnah ; and M. cunicularis 

 and M. erythrotis, from the Khasia hills. 



Next field-mice. Tail shorter than head and body ; fur not spinous. 



192. Mus cervicolor. 



Hodgson. — Blyth, Cat. p. 119. — M. albidtventris, Blyth. 

 The Fawn Field-mouse. 



Descr. — Above dull fawn or yellowish-gray ; below sordid white ; lining 

 of ears and extremities pale ; tail short ; ears large, hairy. 



Length of one, head and body 3J inches ; tail 2| ; head 1 ; ears -^ths : 

 another 3;^ ; tail 2f . 



Blyth described his M. albidtventris as light-mouse color above, paling 

 to grayish- white on the lower parts. 



This field-mouse has been found in lower Bengal, in Nepal, and in south 

 Malabar, although this last locality is given with doubt by Blyth. 



It appears to me that Hodgson's M. strophiatus is nearly aUied, if not 

 the same. He describes it as, " bright fawn above, pure white below, a 

 cross or gerget on the breast. Length 3^; tail 2^. A field-mouse 

 closely allied to M. cervicolor, but seemingly distinct." 



There is a nearly allied species in Ceylon, Mus fulvidiventris, Blyth, 

 {M. cervicolor apud Kelaart). 



193. Mus terricolor. 



Blyth, J. A. S. XX. 172.— Cat. p. 119. 



The Earthy Field-mouse. 

 Descr. — Above variable according to the soil, light fawn brown, more or 



