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5 79, Jamuer, E. Khandesh. 



S 84. Bhodvad, E. Khandesh. 



c? 146. Ghodasgaum, E. Khandesh. 

 Gray gives the type locality as "Bombay," but as I have pointed out 

 under M. meltada there is no doubt that the type came from the Dharwar 

 District and (/olundi and hirsutus of Elliot are true synonyms. 



Mus mi/othri.v of Hodgson of which the type is in the British Museum 

 ( a mutilated flat skin) will, when again found, probably prove to be a dis- 

 tinct species. 



Pelomys icatsoni, Blanford, is based on 2 specimens " from the southern 

 extremity of the Khirthar range, about 50 miles north-west of Kotri."' The 

 British Museum possesses 2 skin specimens from the Habb Valley, when a 

 series of topotypes are available it will probably be found that Blanford's 

 name must be revived for the Sind form of ellioti. The British Museum has 

 a specimen of coffueus furnished by Kelaart himself which shows that 

 the Ceylon form is distinct from ellioti ; neicera may or may not be the 

 same as coffoeus, but it is certainly distinct from elliotti. The type 

 localities of coffa-tis and neicera are Kandy District and Newara Eliya 

 respectively. 



Hystrix leucuka, Sykes. 

 TJie Indian Porcupine. 



1831. Hi/striv leucurus, Sykes. P. Z. S., p. 103. 



1833. Hystrix cristata indica, Gray and Hardwicke. 111. Ind. Zool. 



II. pi. 14. 



1851. Hystrix zeylonensis, Blyth. J. A. S. B. XX, p. 171. 



1865. Hystrix malabarica, Sclater. P. Z. S., p. 353. 



1891. Hystrix leucura, Blanford. Mammalia No. 315. 



S 104«, 105 (imm.), 107 (imm.). Ghodasgaum, E. Khandesh. 



Local name — Sail. 



Sykes described leucura from " Dukhun." Good adult skulls of the 

 common porcupine are a great desideratum, but skins are not of great 

 value. 



[Ghodasgaon. — I have done a good deal of tramping to find Porcupine's 

 earths but find that all those anywhere near the village have been smoked 

 out, this is done by a wandering tribe called Jinga Bhui. Damp grass is 

 ignited and pushed as far in the hole as possible and the aperture then closed 

 up till the Porcupines are suffocated when a man crawls in and fetches 

 out the animals. There were none of this tribe near Ghodasgaon at 

 this time and the Bhils would not do the work. Nearly all the Porcupines' 

 earths I have seen have had four or five entrances, two or three openings 

 being very large and the rest much smaller, a great quantity of earth is 



