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series of them are very badly Avanted. Of the Tree Shrews {TupaiaJ 

 and the Hedgehogs there are no specimens. Amongst the Carni- 

 vores the Cats are represented by a fine series of what is generally 

 known as Felis chaus, a name borrowed from a Caucasian species ; 

 the Viverridae by 3 specimens of the Common Indian Mongoose 

 and the Dogs by specimens of the Striped Hysena, the Jackal and 

 the Indian Fox, the two former seem to be Genera which vary but 

 little in different localities while the last includes many species ; 

 Several other species of each of these 3 Sub-Families are no doubt 

 obtainable in Khandesh. Rodents are more largely represented, 

 but by no means so full}^ as one could wish, there being no speci- 

 mens of several small forms which are auite common and widely 

 spread. Among the specimens obtained are some specimens of a 

 Hare which is so distinct a species that I have no hesitation in 

 describing it. Two species were described nearly 100 years ago 

 from "Bengal'' and "Malabar" respectively. In 1867 Jerdon 

 stated in his " Mammalia of India " that these two species (rufi- 

 caudatus and nicjricoUis) occupied the whole of India from the foot 

 of the Himalayas to Ceylon (the former in the North and the 

 latter in the Sou.th), the dividing line being the Rivers Tapti and 

 Godavery. The present collection shows that this view is errone- 

 ous so far as the Khandesh Hare is concerned. Finally the 

 Ungulates are represented hj specimens of Blackbuck and Chin- 

 kara; there are no specimens of the Muntjac, Four-horned Deer, or 

 Mouse Deer. 



I trust I shall not be misunderstood in emphasising thus some 

 of the lacunse in this Collection, which I have done in the hope 

 that some resident member may make them good. 



I think the Society owes a debt of gratitude to Mr. W. S. Millard 

 and Mr. N. B. Kinnear for the hard work which they have cheer- 

 fully put in, in collecting funds for and organising this " Survey. " 

 I wish to offer the Society and them my personal congratulations 

 at the YQVj promising results yielded by this the very first collec- 

 tion made, and my thanks for the jDi^ivilege of being allowed to 

 work out the specimens obtained. 



The Collectors' notes, when given, Avill be found in square 

 brackets at the end of the description of the species. 



