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Gazella bennetti, Sykes. 

 The Indian Gazelle. 

 ( Synonymy in No. 1. ) 

 9 1408. Chinchpali, Chanda. 



{See also Reports Nos. 1 and 3.) 



MUNTIACUS VAGINALIS, Bodd. 



The Rib-faced Deer. 



(Synonymy in No. 2.) 



S 1333. Ouda, Balaghat. 



9 1341. Sonawanee, Balaghat. 



( See also Reports Nos. 2 and 6. ) 



Axis axis, Erxl. 

 The Spotted Deer. 

 ( Synonymy in No. 6. ) 

 (S 1321. Ouda, Balaghat. 



( See also Report No. 6. ) 



Report by E. C. Wroughton and Kathleen V. Ryley. 



Collection ... ... No. 8. 



Locality ... ... Vijayanagar, Bellary. 



Date ... ... JuJy- August. 



Collected by ... ... Mr. C C. Shortridge. 



Earlier Reports . . . . No, 1 E. Khandeish, Vol. XXI, p. 



392 ; No. 2 Berars, Vol. XXI, p. 820 ; No. 8 Cutch, Vol. XXI, 



p. 826 ; No. 4 Nimar, Vol XXI, p. 844 ; No. 5 Dharwar, Vol. 



XXI, p. 1170; No. 6 Kanara, Vol. XXII, p. 29 ; No. 7, Central 



Provinces, Vol. XXII, p. 45. 



This collection was made at Vijayanagar, an ancient city, 

 situated on the right bank of the Tungabhadra river, in the 

 Bellary District of Madras, about Lat. 15-20' N. and Long. 

 76*28' E. It was a famous capital in the 17th century; now it 

 consists chiefl}^ of ruined palaces and temples, only a small part 

 of the city being inhabited. Numerous fortifications surround the 

 city and the whole area is covered with rocky granite hills, 

 weathered to every shade of colour ; these hills are very barren, 

 no vegetation or even grass growing upon them. The Tunga- 

 bhadra is narrow and rapid. HiTge boulders are scattered over 

 the entire district. 



The Bellarj^ District lies on the Northern slope of the Dekhan 

 Plateau. The country suffers much from drotights, the rainfall 

 varying from 19 to 39 inches, the Western part having the lowest 

 rainfall. The flora consists largely of drought resisting plants ; 

 some date palms flourish in the damper hollows of the West. The 



