MAMMAL SURVEY OF INDIA, BURMA AND CEYLON. 75,') 



('See also all previous Reports except Nos. 2, 8, 13 and 17.) 

 " A darkish long haired variety is met with in the Upper Sind Frontier 

 districts, which differs appreciably from skins obtained further south. They 

 are very common about Jacobabad where I have seen them moving about in 

 broad daylight."— S. H. P. 



(24) VULI-ES BENGALENSIS, ShaW. 



The Indian Fox. 

 (Synonymy in No. 1.) 



cJ 1, $ 1. Mirpur ; $ 1, Sukkur ; (juv.) 5 2, Gambat (one juv.). 

 {See also Reports Nos. 3, 5, 7, 10, 12, 15, 19 and 23.) 

 "Is quite as common as V. leucopus in the semi-desert lands." — S.H.P. 



(25) VuLPEs LEUCOPUS, Blyth, 



The Indian Desert Fox. 

 (Synonymy in No. 3.) 

 S 1, Kashmor ; ? 3 (2 juv.) Mirpur ; S 1, (jviv.) 5 1 (juv.) in al. 1, 

 Sukkur ; c? 1; $ 1, (juv.) skulls only 2, Gambat. 



(26) LxJTRA MACRODXJS, Gray. 



T?ie Smooth Indian Otter. 

 (Synonymy in No. 7.) 

 c? 1, $ 1, Chak ; c? 1, 2 3, 1 (not sexed, no skull), Eastern Nara. 

 [See also Reports Nos. 16 and 20.) 

 " Otters are not uncommon on the Indus and Eastern Najra. They are 

 kept by the Muhanas (fishermen), who employ these animals as decoys in 

 capturing Dolphins (Flatanista gangetica) and fish. Two or three of 

 these tame otters are let into the river and food in the shape of fish or 

 prawns is thrown to them, whereupon there ensues a great mewing and 

 splashing, which commotion attracts the fish who blunder into the nets 

 prepared for them." — S. H. P. 



(27) FtJNAMBULUS PENNANTI ARGENTESCENS, Wr. 



The Northern Five-strijjed Squirrel. 



1891. Sciurus pahnarum, Blanford, Mammalia, No. 253 {vartimj. 



1905. Funambulus 2)ennanti argentescens, Wroughton Journ., B. N. H. S., 



XVI, p, 413. 



d' 5, 9 1, Jacobabad ; c? 4, $ 3, Kashmor ; S 2, Sukkur ; 

 c5' 1, $ 1, Naundero. 



(28) Tatera indica, Hardw. 



The Indian Gerbil. 



(Synonymy in No. 1.) 



S 12, 2 3, in al. 2, Jacobabad ; d 5, $1, Kashmor ; $ 1, 

 Sukkur. 

 {See also Reports Nos. 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 15, 19, 21 and 22.) 



(29) Meriokes hxjrrian^, Jerd. 



The Indian Desert Gerbil. 



(Synonymy in No. 3.) 



