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S 570. Donshet, IST. Kanara. 

 S 797. Togarhalli, N. Kanara. 



MUNTIACUS VAGINALIS, Bodcl. 



The BarJdng Deer. 



( Synonymy in No. 2. ) 



9 905. Sirsi, N. Kanara. 

 J 1096. Jog, N. Kanara. 

 Vernacular names. — Chale, Kondhwori (Kanarese) ; Jungli-Bekri 

 (Marathi). 



( See also Keport No. 2. ) 



" Occurring well in the interior of Kanara, in thick forest, both ever- 

 green and deciduous, much more frequently heard than seen."'— G. C. S. 



Axis axis, Erxl. 



The Spotted Deer, 



1777. CervuA axis, Erxleben. Syst. Regn. Anim., p. 312. 



1827. Cervus axis ceylone7isis,~H.. Smith. Griff. An. Kingd. IV, p. 117. 



1831. Cervus nudipalj^ebra, Ogilby. P. Z. S., p. 136. 



1841. Axis major et minor, Hodgson. J. A. S. B. X., p. 941. 



1843. Axis onaculata, Gray. Cat. Mamm., p. 178. 



1891. CerwMs «.«s, Blanf ord . Mammalia No. 368. 

 <3 662; 9 561. Maulinga, N. Kanara. 



{See also Report No. 5,) 



The collection of skulls of Axis in the Natural History Museum is very 

 poor. I have compared the present male specimen with the only buck's 

 skull available, one imfortunately without recorded locality, but can find 

 no single difference of any importance. As pointed out by Blanford, there 

 has always been a suspicion that there are two forms of Axis, varying in 

 size. I have met many natives who maintained this, but I have no 

 material to enable me to record an opinion on the subject. 



Tragulus mbminna, Erxl. 



The Indian Chevrotain or Mouse Deer. 



1777. Moschus meminna, Erxleben. Syst. Regh. An., p. 322. 



1841. Tragulus mimenoides, Hodgson. J. A. S. B. X., p. 914 (nomen 



nudum). 

 1836. Meminna indica, Gray, P. Z. S., p. 36. 

 1891. Tragidus meminna, Blanford. Mammalia. No. 371. 

 (S 903, 904. Sirsi, N. Kanara. 



S 980, 981, 986 ; 5 984, 997. Hulekal, N. Kanara. 

 Vernacular name. — Burka (Kanarese) ; Pisei (Marathi). 

 " Solitary and skulking in their habits, found chiefly in Evergreen 

 Forests, probably largely nocturnal. Their sharp tushes are held by the 

 natives to be poisonous, a belief which also prevails in Java. 



One of the specimens was obtained from a porcvipine's burrow." — G.C.S. 



Manis ckassicaudata, Geoff.. 



The Indian Pangolin. 



( Synonymy in No. 3. ) 



S 565. Barchi, N. Kanara. 

 Alawa (Kanarese) ; Kowli-Mah (Marathi). 



( See also Report No. 3. ) 



