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is here used proviisionally until the confusion in which this difficult genus 

 at present remains has been reduced to order. Meanwhile it is noticeable 

 that Capt. Gosse's specimens agree in every detail as to proportions and 

 coloration with the original description. J. A. S. B., xlvi., pt. '2, p. 269. 



" Common in and around bungalow." 



" No. 8. Caught with dead bird, in bungalow. Three inguinal mammse. 

 Nos. 17 and 45. Caught with meat in house, and in a field, respectively. 

 Nos. 31 and 50. Caught with cheese, in compound, and amongst rocks on 

 mountain side, respectively. No. 108. Caught in jungle. Testes pale 

 green colour." — P. G. 



(10) Felis affijs^is, Gray. 



The Jungle Cat. 

 (Synonymy in No. 1.) 



Poona, S 1 (skull only). 



(11) Felis rubiginosa, GeoflF. 



The Rusty Spotted Cat. 



(Synonymy in No. 5.) 



Khandalla, <S 1. 

 ■' Trapped in ravine below cemetery. Iris pale gold."--P. G. 



(12) Paradoxurus NIGER, Desm. 



The Southern Toddy Cat, 



(Synonymy in No. 5.) 

 Poona, (S 3, (one imm.) 



With regard to No. 95 of the collection, a specimen covered with mange, 

 Captain Gosse supplies the following note : — 



" Caught in gin by Kerudin (my boy) last night in nullah behind 2, 

 Victoria Road, Poona. 'Dm' calls it a 'biju, ' which is Hindustani for 

 ratel. He also says it is sometimes called ' ood-bilaou ', Hindustani for an 

 otter. He explains its want of hair by the fact that it lives on dead men, 

 and that this so heats the blood that its hair falls out ! " — P. G. 



(Apparently some confusion had arisen in the mind of Kerudin between 

 this animal and the ratel, Mellivora indica. The common vernacular name 

 of the present animal is of course " manuri.") 



(13) MuNGOS MUiTGO MCERENs, Wrought. 



The Common Dekhan Mungoose, 



1915. Mungos mungo moerens, Wroughton. Journ., B. N. H. S., Vol. 

 XXIV, p. 52. 



Poona, S !• 

 " LiTed in cactus hedge near bungalow." — P. G. 



(14) MuNGOS SMiTHi, Gray. 



The Ruddy Mungoose. 



(Synonymy in No. 7.) 



Khandalla, S !• 

 " Iris yellowish brown with tinge of red." — P. G. 



