346 A memoir on the Rats and Mice of India. [No. 4, 
mandoo: allied to dubius in its proportions and colours, and possibly 
dubius may be the immature. Above, embrowned ruddy-luteous ; 
below, luteous, more or less rufescent. Feet paler. Snout to rump 
22 in.; tail 32 in.; head 1, in.; ears 5% in.; palma 3 in.; planta 
3 in.; weight 3 oz.” (Hodgson).* “On comparing fine specimens 
of the common English mouse in spirit with equally fine examples 
of the Indian house mouse, it is seen that M. Muscunus has con- 
spicuously larger ears, much smaller eyes, broader paws, and the tail 
is one-fourth shorter, measuring 3 in., in Muscunus and 4 in. in 
Urnsanus. The fur again is of very different texture,” J. A. 8. 
XXVIII. 296. This animal has been received from Port Blair, where 
doubtless recently introduced. 
Mus nomourvus, Hodgson, Ann. Mag. N. H., XV. (1845), p. 268. 
M. Nipalensis, ., J. A. S. X. 915, (undescribed). “The common 
house mouse of the Himalaya hill-stations, from the Panjab to Dar- 
jiling.” “ Distinguished by a tail equal to the animal, being usually 
quite equal, but sometimes rather less. Coloured like precumanus 
but purer, or rufescent brown above, and rufescent white below. 
Hands and feet fleshy white. Snout to rump 34 in.; tail 32 in.; 
head 1); in.; ears ,%; in.; palma —?; planta —?; weight 3 oz. It 
has eight teats only in the females? ‘The other Mice have ten and 
the Rats twelve.” (Hodgson). “ As compared with the European M. 
MuscuLuS, the fur is much more Gerbille-like in character, the piles 
less dense and sinuous.” (J. A. S. XXVIII. 295.) | 
Mus crassipes, Blyth, J. d. 8S. XXVIII. 295. “Like the pre- 
ceding, but with the tail rather longer than the head and body. 
Length 2¢ in., tail 34 in.; hind-foot 7 in.” “The feet particularly 
large, and, like the tail, well furnished with coarse short sete. From 
Maswei.” Described from a specimen in spirit belonging to Col. Tytler. 
Mvs Tyrrenri, Blyth, J. dA. 8. XXVIII. 296. “Length 22 in. ; 
tail the same (having about 24 vertebra). Fur unusually long and 
full, of a pale sandy mouse colour above, isabelline below, and pale 
on the well clad limbs and also on the tail laterally and underneath. 
Whiskers exceedingly fine in texture, and of a whitish colour. Male 
* M. dubius, H., “a house Mouse, but also found in out-houses and gardens 
rarely allied to dumeticola [oleraceus| by its long tail. Above, dusky brown, 
touched with fawn; below, sordid fawn. Snout to rump 24 in. ; tail 4 in. ; head 
% in.; ear $ in.; weight 2 oz,” (Hodgson.) 
