GLIRES. 
Mamm, 21 
MYOXIDiE. 
Myoxus. J. Jackel has notes on the German species ; Zool. Gart. 
1877, pp. 52-58. 
■4 Myoxus dryas. Note on its variability in colour ; C. G. Danford & 
E. R. Alston, P. Z. S. 1877, pp. 278 & 279. 
Eliomys melanuruSy figured, with notes on its habits, and on some of 
the other Rodents of Palestine ; H. B. Tristram, P. Z. S. 1877, pp. 40-42, 
pi. vi. 
Muridjd. 
E. CouES monographs the N. American forms, recognizing the genera 
Mus, Neotoma^ Sigmodon, Ochedon^ Hesperomys, Arvicola, Evotomys, 
SynaptomySj Myodes^ CuniciduSy and Fiber. \^Cf. Zool. Rec. xi. p. 18.] 
N. Am. Rod. pp. 1-246, pis. i.-v. 
Mus rattus. The “ Maori Rat of New Zealand is referred to this 
species ; F. W Hutton, Tr. N. Z. Inst. ix. p. 348. 
Mus musculus. Notes on “ Singing Mice H. H. Slater, Nature, xvii. 
p. 11 ; J. Sidebotham & G. J. Romanes, tom. cit. p. 29. 
Mus meltada (= Golunda melatda, Gr.) redescribed, with additional 
note on G. ellioti [cf. Zool. Rec. xiii. Mamm. p. 21] ; W. T. Blanford, 
J. A. S. B. xlvi. pt. 2, pp. 288-293, pi. i. 
Mus mystacinus, sp. n., C. G. Danford & E. R. Alston, P. Z. S. 1877, 
p. 279, pi. xxxi,, Asia Minor. 
^Mus hrowni^ sp. n., E. R. Alston, tom., cit. p. 123 = Mus ? echimyoides^ 
|sp. n., E. Pierson Ramsay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. ii. p. 15; Duko of 
iYork Island. The former name has priority; E. R. Alston, P. Z. S. 
(l877, p. 743. 
Pogonomys^ subg. n. [of il/ws], A. Milne-Edwards, 0. R. Ixxxv. p. 1081. 
Type, P. macrurus., sp. n., 1. c.. New Guinea. 
TJromys rufescens, sp. n., E. R. Alston, P. Z. S. 1877, p. 124, pi. xviii. = 
"^Mus musavora [musivora\ sp. n.,E. Pierson Ramsay, Proc. Linn. Soc. 
N. S. W. ii. p. 16, Duke of York Island. The former name has priority ; 
E. R. Alston, P. Z. S. 1877, p. 743. 
Hespcromys vulpinus and H. cliurus. Note on their habits; H. Durn- 
ford, tom. cit. p. 32. ' 
Myodes lemmus. W. D. Crotch further discusses his theory of its 
migrations \cf. Zool. Rec. xiii. Mamm. p. 22] ; Pop. Sc. Rev. xvi. 
pp. 143-152, pi. iv. R. Collett reviews and controverts his data ; P. L. S. 
xiii. pp. 327-334. 
■^Myodes torquatus. On its habits in Grinnell Land; W. H. Feilden, 
Zool. 1877, pp. 320 & 321. 
Geomyidj?. 
E. CoUES monographs his families of Saccomyidce and Geomyidan \cf. 
Zool. Rec. xii. p. 21, xiii. Mamm. p. 22]. N. Am. Rod. pp. 487-542, 
607-629, pi. vii. 
