348 A memo on the Rats and Mice of India. [ No. 4, 
Mus cunicuparis, Blyth, J. A. S. XXIV. 721. “A small 
field (?) mouse remarkable for its ample ears, and tail shorter than 
the head and body. Length of head and body 23 in.; of tail 2% in. ; 
ears posteriorly § in.; and hind-foot 13 in. Colour of a wild Rabbit 
(LEPUS CUNICULUS) ; above, below white; and the feet with brownish 
hairs above, but with white hairs upon the toes: tail conspicuously 
ringed, the sete minute and inconspicuous.” From Cherra Punji. 
Mus Darsrntincensis, Hodgson, described in Horsfleld’s Cata- 
logue. “ Above dusky brown with a slight chesnut reflection ; under- 
neath pale yellowish white. Snout to vent 3 in.; ears long; tail 24 
in. Proportions of body, tail and extremities, comparatively slender.” 
(Horsfield). 
Movs eryrurotis, Blyth, J. d. S. XXIV. 721. “Another and 
very different form of mouse from [M. exrrorpEs], and equally from 
the common house mouse. Length of head and body 24 in.; tail 22 
in.; and consisting of about 26 vertebree: ears small and hairy, } in., 
long externally : hind-foot and claws +4 in. Fur long and very dense ; 
of a rich dark brown colour, grizzled, and brightly tinged with ru- 
fous or rufo-ferruginous towards the tail and upon the ears conspi- 
cuously : lower parts albescent, tinged with fawn: feet with brown 
hairs upon their upper surface; and the tail considerably hirsute, 
From Cherra Punji. 
The ordinary field Mice of India have the tail shorter than the 
head and body, the fur not spinous, and white or pale lower parts 
abruptly separated from the colour of the back. Such are— 
Mos Inrratineatvs, Elhot, WZ. 8. MM. Hott, Gray, (undescrib- 
ed, nec Golunda Ellioti, Gray,) Br. Mus. Catal. Mamm., p. 110. The 
largest of the group. Length about 5 inches ; and tail 44 in. ; hind- 
foot 13, in. Light fulvous brown above, white below, with a mark 
on the chest of the colour of the upper parts. From S. India. 
being a mixture of shining grey and tawny. The separate hairs are leaden grey 
at the base, then tawny with black apex; some are longer and uniformly dark 
brown. Beneath, pale ash. The ears are larger, more than half the length of 
the head, with very short hairs, rounded, blackish. Toes, palms, and soles, 
whitish. Tail slender dark grey, with very short adpressed brown hairs. 
Length of head and body 2§ in. ; tail 23 in.’ (Cantor). 
I had missed our solitary specimens of M. nirmpunus and of M. GuiRoIDEs ; 
when I chanced to find the former in a bottle containing Kandyan examples of 
M. rurescens! No doubt some one had broken the bottle, and said nothing 
about it; a trick not wholly new to my experience in the Society's Museum. 
