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South of India. It has also been obtained on the Neilgherries and 

 on the western range of Ghats." 



Although Jerdon was as unsuccessful as I have been in procur- 

 ing specimens of the South Indian hedge hog : from what I have 

 heard I am inclined to suppose that this animal is not rare in the 

 southern parts of the Madras Presidency : but, as its habits are 

 nocturnal, and it can so easily conceal itself during the day, it is 

 seldom seen. We know that our English hedge hogs do not move 

 about in search of food until the sun is down. I am supported in 

 this opinion by hearing from " Smooth-bore" whose notes on 

 natural history are well known, that this hedge hog abounds 

 b e t w een the Avenashy and Perunduray Stations, on the Madras 

 and Beypore Railways, that is between Salem and Coimbatore. 

 " Smooth-bore" tells me that he " had several brought to him, 

 which became very tame, but which after some time all died or 

 ran away. During the day they always coiled themselves under 

 some piece of furniture, so that they could not be pulled out. 

 They stand much higher on their legs than the English one and 

 have a white collar ; when feeding they put their feet into the 

 saucer like the common pig/' " Smoothbore" here quoted the 

 rustic's criticism on a picture of pigs feeding without one having 

 its foot in the trough. He does not mention , what he fed his 

 specimens on, but he could hardly have gone wrong if they were 

 like their English relation who is, vide Buckland's Curiosities of 

 Natural History, " one of the scavengers of our fields." 



Page 11, No. 11, Tupaia Peguana. 



" Sekim Tree Shrew. 



Jerdon thus describes the tupaia, which although not an Indian 

 animal, must be well-known to all who have lived in Burmah, 

 where it is, I think, generally looked upon as an ugly squirrel. 



" Description. General hue a dusky greenish-brown, the hairs 

 being ringed brown and yellow ; lower parts the same but lighter, 

 and with a pale buff line ; a stripe from the throat to the vent, 

 broadest between the forearms and then narrowing ; ears, livid red 

 with a few short hairs j palms and soles dark-livid red ; nails fleshy. 



