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[Shendurni. — Here, as in the other parts of Khandesh that I have visited 

 Mongooses appear to be by no means common. My experience of the 

 Mongoose is that if he is about he will soon show himself running boldly in 

 the open near native huts and round stacks. I enquired everywhere and 

 the local men immediately offer to show me some but rarely succeed and 

 express wonder that on that particular morning or evening no mongoose 

 showed himself. Of course it might be that while I am watching one side 

 of a wall or stack the Mungoose is on the other, but this is unlikely to be 

 always the case. I have seen several in the neighbourhood and on some 

 cultivated land about a mile from human habitation. — C. A. C] 



Hy^na hy^esta, L. 

 The Striped Hycena. 

 1758. Cams hyaena, Linnaeus. Syst. Nat. X., Edn., p. 40. 

 1780. Hyosna striata, Zimmermann. Geog. Gesch. II., p. 256. 

 1888. Hycena striata, Blanford. Mammalia No. 66. 



S 149, 153 ; $ 133. Ghodasgaum, E. Khandesh. 

 Local name — Tarras. 

 Mr. Thomas has recently pointed out (P. Z, S. 1911, p. 134) that hycena, 

 L., must be used for striata, Zimm. The type came from the Benna 

 Mountains near Bunder Abbas in the Persian Gulf. In the absence of a 

 topotype I have compared this series with specimens from Smyrna, Aden, 

 and Somaliland, and can find no marked difference. Somali specimens do 

 not seem to have the dorsal crest blackened to the same extent as the 

 others. Indian specimens seem to have the teeth a trifle stouter. 



Canis aureus, L. 

 The Jackal. 

 1758. Canis aureus, Linnseus. Syst. Nat. X. Ed., p. 40. 

 1833. Canis aureus indicus, Hodgson. As. Res. XVIII., p. 237. 

 1888. Canis aureus, Blanford. Mammalia No. 69. 

 5 31. Bhadgaum, E. Khandesh. 

 2 37. Shendurni, E. Khandesh. 

 c? 56. (imm.) Fardapur, E. Khandesh. 

 (5 82. (no skull) Jamner, E. Khandesh. 

 cJ 155. 5 139. (no skull) Ghodasgaum, E. Khandesh. 

 Local name — Koela. 

 Linneeus' name was based on a description and picture by Koempfer of an 

 animal he found on the Benna Mountains in the Province of Lar, S. Persia. 

 The Society has only recently been able to obtain two good specimens 

 from Bunder Abbas which may be taken as typical aureus. The present 

 specimens are distinguishable from the typical by skull and tooth charac- 

 ters, but whether they are so from indicus, Hodgson, cannot be decided 

 until Bengal specimens are available for comparison. 



