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boulders. In the valley Rice is cultivated though in quantities 

 barely sufficient for home consumption, all the Kols however 

 augment their larders with jungle fruits, roots and herbs. During 

 the rains they stibsist chiefly upon mushrooms. The Kols appear 

 to be a ^ very cheerful tribe, easy to get on with and always 

 appreciating a joke. Most of the men carry bows and ari'ows and 

 are rather keen shikaris, the pea fowl seem to know this for they 

 were almost unapproachable. 



Luia.—A small village on the river Dro and about 6 miles 

 from Sangajata. The surroundings are similar to those of San- 

 gajata, but there is more heavy jungle in the valley. The 

 best ground for collecting purposes and the piece of jungle 

 wiiere I obtained the Giant Squirrels are on the opposite side 

 of the River, which was often in flood. During the rains the 

 jungle here is extremely dense, the undergrowth being particularly 

 difficult to get through. 



Midnapur.—ILesidqua.vters of the Midnapur District of Bengal. 

 it is situated about a hundred miles West of Calcutta. The small 

 area collected over is all laterite, very flat and adjoining the 

 Gangetic plain. The surrounding forest is mostly stunted Sal, 

 with practically no thorny undergrowth, the surface being clothed 

 with a short close grass which, I understand, disappears soon after 

 the monsoon. The cultivation is Ri.ce." 



Mr. Crump mentions the following animals which he has good 

 reason to believe are present, but which he failed to obtain, viz. 

 Tuyaia, Felis hengalensis, Viverra, Hysfriw, Tragidus. The failure 

 to procure specimens of Tupaia and Hystrix is especially regret- 

 table. Perhaps some local Member of the Society will help to fill 

 in these gaps. A large Rhinolophine Bat with a conspicuous 

 noseleaf is known to live in this area, but since the type specimen 

 w^as obtained has not again been recorded. 



The collection contains 1,024 specimens, besides a dozen collected 

 and presented by Maj. 0. A. Smith. The whole represents 57 

 species and sub-species in 39 genera. There is nothing strikingly 

 new to report, indeed such was not to be expected, for this part of 

 India has naturally been one of the best known. But many of the 

 specimens will be most valuable when it comes to working ou.t the 

 genera in detail as being representative of Types which either have 

 disappeared or are not available for examination. 



The specimens of Mungos mungo have thus enabled me to sort 

 out the Geographical races of the Common Mongoose throughout 

 India, similarly we have now undoubted representatives of 

 Peiaurista oral, Bandicota elliotana, Lepus ruficaudatus , &c. 



Maj. 0. A. Smith claims, I understand, that there is a Canis in 

 these parts, which though smaller than the Indian Wolf (ijallipes) 

 is distinct from the Jackal (indAcus). Mr. Thomas examined 



