NOTES ON MAMMALS IN DARJEELING DISTRICT. 123 



Felts bengalensis, Ker. The leopavd Cat. 

 A friend of mine had a pair of these handsome little cais in a large 

 <5:ige, with hopes of taming them. He was not successful, however, as 

 they resisted all his efforts, and a pair of more nasty tempered little 

 beasts I have never seen, always snarling and growling. I believe 

 after a time they were given their liberty. 



Felts chaus, Giild. The jungle Cat. 

 This cat was common at moderate elevations. 



Vtverra zibetha, Linn. The large Indian Civet. 

 I saw a beautiful specimen of this animal shot by my friend, 

 Mr. Radford, on Ring-Tong Tea Estate, and have several skins offered 

 ane for sale by natives. 



Paradoxurus grayi, Bennet. The Himalayan Palm-Civet. 

 The only specimen I saw of this was a hermaphrodite shot by a 

 planter on a garden at 4,000 feet elevation, who was puzzled to know 

 what he had got until I identified it for him. 



Herpestes mnngo, Gmel. The common Indian Mungoose. 

 Plentiful at low elevations. 



Cants aureus, Linn. The Jackal. 

 Found from the Terai up to Darjeeling, but not in any numbers. 



Cyon dukhimensis, Sykes. The Indian wild Dog. 

 Very common. One took up its quarters in some jungle near my 

 bungalow, and used to howl every evening in answer to the bell 

 ■calling the coolies in from work. 



It once came right up on to the verandah in the evening, and on 

 •seeing me ran off. I tried several times to shoot it, but on these 

 •occasions it could not be found. 



Mustela flavigula, Bodd. The Indian Martin. 

 I shot several of these in the forests at moderate elevations, and saw 

 several others on the tea gardens. The native name for this animal is 

 Malsampra. 



Putorius subhemachal anuss Hodgs. The Himalayan Weasel. 

 I had a skin of this species which I bought off a native in Darjeeling. 

 "This and the next species is also known to the Nepalese as Malsampra. 

 Putorius cathia, Hodgs. The yellow-bellied Weasel. 

 I found this species common at elevations of 5,000 faei, and several 

 were brought to me by my native collectors. 



