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article, however, probably contains the titles of all the more impor- 
tant papers on the subject. 
The Andaman and Nicobar islands, an outline map of which is gfiven 
in the accompanying figure, lie in the eastern side of tlie Bay of Bengal. 
They form an almost continuous chain from off the southern coast of 
Pegu ncarl>' to the northern extremity of Sumatra and parallel with 
the northern portion of the Malay Peninsula. For the most part they 
are densely forested, and the climate, though tropical, is not of the 
hottest. From the nearest land, as well as from each other, both 
Andamans and Nicobars are separated by water of very considerable 
depth. In this respect the}'^ differ widely from the other islands in 
the neighborhood of the Malay Peninsula. 
SYSTEMATIC LIST OF SPECIES. 
Genus DUGONG Lacepede. 
DUGONG DUGON (MuUer). 
1859. Halicore indicus Blyth, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, XXVIII, p. 271. 
( Andamans. ) 
Bones of the dugong have been found in the huts of the native 
Andamanese. 
Genus SUS Linnasus. 
SUS ANDAMANENSIS Blyth. 
1858. Sus andamanenm Blyth, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, XXVII, p. 267. (Port 
Blair, South Andaman Island. ) 
The pig appears to have been the first of the Andaman mammals to 
attract the attention of explorers. In 1827 J. E. Alexander published 
a notice regarding the little Andaman Island, Bay of Bengal,^ in which 
he says: 
Ranged in a row around the walls (of a native hut) were the smoked skulls of a 
diminutive hog, the canine teeth shorter than in other species of sus in eastern coun- 
tries, the jaws fastened together by strips of rattan (PI. i, tig. 1). 
The figure is quite unrecognizable beyond the fact that it was evi- 
dently intended to represent the skull of a pig, but the description 
leaves no doubt as to the identity of the animal. Thirty-one years 
later the animal was described by Blyth as Sus nndamanensis^ from 
skulls collected at Port Blair, South Andaman Island. In a subse- 
quent account of collections from Port Blair,^ Blyth adds a few words 
concerning its external appearance, erroneously stating that the tail is 
reduced to a mere tubercle. A year later,* however, he recognizes 
1 Edinburgh New Philos. Journ., II (October- December, 1826), 1827, pp. 43-48, pl. i. 
2 Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, XXVII, 1858, p. 267. 
3 Idem, XXVIII, 1859, p. 271. 
*Idem, XXIX, 1860, p. 104. 
