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BOMBAY NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY'S 

 MAMMAL SURVEY OF INDIA, BURMA AND CEYLON. 



Report No. 20. 



By R. C. Wroughton, 



Collection ... ... No. 20. 



Locality ... ... Chindwin River. 



Date ... ... June — August, 1914. 



Collected BY ... ... Mr. G. C. Shortvidge andthe late 



Capt. S. A. Macmillan.* 



Earliek Reports ... ... No. 1, East Khandesh, Vol. XXI, p. 



392, 1912 ; No. 2, Berars, Vol. XXI, p. 820, 1912 ; No. :i, 

 Cutch, Vol. XXI, p. 826, 1912 ; No. 4, Nimar, Vol. XXI, 

 p. 944, 1912 ; No. 5, Dharwar, Vol. XXI, p. 1170, 1912; 

 No. 6, Kanara, Vol. XXII, p. 29, 191.3; No. 7, Central 

 Provinces, Vol. XXII, p. 25, 1918; No. 8, Bellary, Vol. 

 XXII, p. 58, 1918; No. 9, Mysore, Vol. XXU, p. 288, 1913; 

 No. 10, Kathiawar, Vol. XXll, p. 464, 1913 ; No. 11, Coorg, 

 Vol. XXII, 486, 1913; No. 12, Palanpur, Vol. XXII, p. 

 684, 1913; No. 13, South Ceylon, Vol. XXII, p. 700, 1913; 

 No. 14, N. Shan States, Vol. XXII, p. 710, 1918 ; No. 15, 

 Kumaon, Vol, XXIII, p. 282, 1914; No. 16, Dry Zone, 

 Central Burma, and Mt. Popa, Vol. XXIII, p. 460, 1915 ; 

 No. 17, Tenasserim, Vol. XXIII, p. 695, 1915; No. 18, 

 Ceylon, Vol. XXIV, p. 79, 1915; No. 19, Bengal, Vol 

 XXIV, p. 96, 1915. 

 This Collection represents the Fauna of the Valley of the Chind- 

 win River, which runs North and South, more or less parallel to the 

 course of the Irrawaddy, about 100 miles to the west of it. The 

 followino- account of the Countrv is extracted from notes furnished 

 by Mr. Shortridge : — 



" The actual source of the Chindwin is as yet undetermined, but 

 may be said to have its origin in the mountains that surround the 

 Hukawng Valley at about 27° N. Latitude. 



Little is known of the River during its passage through the 

 Hukawng Valley, but at its Southern end, the course is interrupted 

 by rapids (kyaukse). A short way below this it enters the small 

 Shan State of Zinkaling Hkamti in the Upper Chindwin District. 



From Hkamti the River flows nearly due South for 250 miles as 

 the crow flies, to the point where it enters the Lower Chindwin 

 District. Thence, after a further course of another 100 miles, in 

 a more Easterly direction, it joins the Irrawaddy at Myingyan. 



On the West bank of the Upper Chindwin, for long stretches, 

 wooded hills slope down to the water's edge, and where the high 



* Immediately on completion of the Collection both Collectors returned to 

 Europe for War Service. Capt. Macmillan was severely wounded while leading;- 

 his Company and died early in May. His death will be felt as a severe loss, not 

 only by his personal friends but also by the Mammal Survey. 



