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quarters of the sub-division has a rainfall of 153-8" (average 

 1906-15) at a similar elevation 8 miles distant as the crow flies 

 nearer. the plains which receives the full force of the south-west 

 monsoon. "~ 



The following is extracted from a note^ hj Mr. Lister: — 



" PashoJi is 17 miles B. N. E. from Darjiling, abou.t 88^ E. Long, 

 and 27 N. Lat. on a spur of the outer Himalaj-a, branching from the 

 Senchal Range at Goom, and running out to the junction of the 

 Great Runjeet and Teesta Rivers, it has a range of elevation of 

 from 900 to 1,000 feet above sea-level. The average rainfall for 

 the past 20 years is 66 inches. It is probably the driest ridge in 

 the Darjiling District. Pashok in the Lepcha language means ' Forest.' 

 The forest here comprises Magnolia, Oak, Walnut, Chestnut, Toon, 

 Figs, Bombax and Sal. Bamboos grow luxurianth" below 3,000 

 feet. The rock is Gneiss, varying from a foliated, granatoid rock, 

 composed of quarts, felspar, and biotite, to a more or less pure 

 mica-schist." I may remark that Pashok is marked on the map 

 published with the Sikkim Report. 



As was to be expected the bulk of the specimens are of the same 

 species as some of those recorded in the Sikkim Report, but quite a 

 number of bat species new to the Survey were obtained especially at 

 Tong Song. The outstanding feature however of the Collection is 

 the new Genus and Species Bacnomys millardi, "caught in the 

 maize fields at about 4,000 feet elevation " and brought in for 

 rewards by Mr. Lister's coolies ; a specimen was also taken at 

 Gopaldhara also the new giant rat, Eattus listeri, taken at Pashok. 

 It is, amazing that such huge rats never crossed the path of earlier 

 collectors in these parts, of whom there have been so many. 



The hearty thanks of the Society are due to Messrs. R. S. 

 Lister and H. Stevens for their public spirited adoption of the 

 responsibilities of the Survej^, and the very thorough way they 

 must have worked in order to obtain such fine results. 



The Collection contains 954 specimens (including 6 which are 

 not determinable, representing 46 species and silbspecies, distri- 

 buted among 31 Genera. 



(1) Macaca khesus, Aucleb. 



The Bengal Monkey. 

 (Synonymy in No. 7). 

 S 2, Pashok. 



{See also Keports Nos. 14, .15, 19 and 23.) 



(2) Macaca pelops, Hodgs. 

 ■ The Nepal Monhei/. 



(Synonymy in No. 23.) 

 (5 1, Pashok. 



