222 DR. N. ANNANDALE ON TBE FAUNA OF A DESERT TRACT IN S. INDIA. 



5. Mus rattus var. rufescens, Blyth. 



\M. rufescens, Blanford, p. 407.] 

 FThe common house-rat both on Rameswarem and on the mainland.] 



6. Mus, sp. 



Perhaps this will prove to be Blyth 's albidi venter. 



[Six specimens in alcohol. Mr. Oldfield Thomas tells me that he prefers to leave this species unidenti- 

 fied for the present, until someone shall work out the mice of India in detail. Very common round 

 Raman^d town, digging very shallow burrows in the sand, in which the female brings forth the young. 



7. Leggada buduga, Gray. 

 [Seven specimens in alcohol. Very common together with the last, which it resembles in habits.] 



8. Nesokia bengalensis, Gray and Hardwicke. 



\_N. bengalensis, Blanford, p. 423.] 



The specimen is quite young but the skull is proportioned as in bengalensis. Tail 

 long and hind foot large. 



[A female from Kilakarai. Head and Body=i75 mm., Tail = 1 75 mm., Ear=24 mm., Hind foot = 

 44 mm.] 



[In addition to the above, an adult male Dugong (see the Journal of the Society, 1905, p. 238) was obtained 

 at Kilakarai. A Cat, which appears, from description given me, to be Felts viverrina, is not uncommon 

 among the reeds at the edge of tanks near the town of Ramanad, where the Jackal also occurs. A Hare (pro- 

 bably Lepus nigricollis) occurs at a few places in the subdivision, notably on Rameswarem and on one of the 

 smaller islands in the Gulf of Manaar. None of the larger mammals appear to haunt the desert tract.] 



