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MISCELLANEOUS NOTES. 



No. I.— THE INDIAN CHEVROTAIN OR MOUSE-DEER 

 ( TRA G UL DS ME MINNA ). 

 (With a Photograph and Map.) 



I send you herewith a photograph of the Indian Mouse-deer or Chevrotain, 

 which I shot in the Raipnr District, Central Provinces, last year. It may be 

 of interest to many of our members, as this- little animal is seldom seen and I do 

 not think a picture of it has ever been published in our Journal. 



E. BROOK FOX. 



Bankipdr, Bengal, 3rd January, 1905. 



[Mr. Brook Fox is quite right in saying that we have never published a 

 photograph of this shy little animal, but a good picture of it appears in the 

 ■*' Fauna of British India," (Mammalia), page 555, showing the little " tushes," 

 or long upper canines, with which the male is provided. These are not visible 

 in Mr. Brook Fox's photograph now reproduced, but perhaps his specimen 

 was a female. 



According to the above authority this small animal has never been recorded 

 as occurring in Bengal proper, Behar, the N. W. P., Rajputana, the Bombay 

 Deccan (away from the Western Ghats), Berar, or the Central Provinces West 

 of Jubbulpore, Sioni and Nagpur. Mr. Blanford gives its distribution as 

 Ceylon and Southern India, (in forests at elevations below '2,000 feet) extend- 

 ing northward to Orissa, Chutia Nagpur and the Eastern Central Provinces ; 

 also along the Western Ghats to North of Bombay. 



The occurrence of this animal in northern India requires confirmation. 



EDITORS.] 



No. II.— INTERESTING BIRDS FROM THE SHAN STATES. 

 Included in a very nice series of bird skins received some time ago from 

 Captain H. Wood, R.E., that he collected in the Northern Shan States, were 

 two specimens of special interest. 



One is a male of a Rose-Finch (Carpodacus vinaceus) that has only been 

 previously recorded as occurring in Western China and this species can conse- 

 quently now take its place amongst those found in British Burma. 



The other is Procarduelis nepalensis (The Dark Rose-Finch), which is known 

 on the Himalayas from Kashmir to Bhutan and has also been recorded from 

 the mountains of Western China. As forming a connecting link between these 

 localities, its occurrence in the Shan States is of interest. 



E. COMBER, F.Z.S., 

 Hon. Sec., Ornithological Section, Bo. Nat. Hist. Socy. 

 Bombay, 20th June 1905. 



