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above account is taken from the Gazetteer. The following de- 

 scription is sent by Mr. Shortridge : — 



" Yijayanagar (Hanipi) — Six miles to the North of Hospet 

 Station on the South bank of the Tungabhadra river, which forms 

 the southern boiindary of the Nizam's Territory. Altitude 1,500 

 feet. 



There are several small villages on the site of the old city, the 

 chief of which are Kamalapur and Hampi. The country consists 

 partly of flat patches of land where rice and sugarcane are grown. 



Well irrigated by canals, which were originally cut during the 

 existence of Vijayanagar city. A large part of the country con- 

 sists of rocky hills, entirely composed of huge masses and boulders 

 of granite, which afford almost impenetrable cover for panthers, 

 jackals, porcupines, etc. 



The trees are chiefly ' Babhul,' while there are numerous hedges 

 and patches of milkbush and prickly pear. The country is very 

 suitable for grazing, and the villagers keep enormous numbers of 

 cattle and goats. The rivers themselves as well as the numerous 

 rock crevices aflbrd shelter for countless numbers of bats." — G. 0. S. 



The Collection includes 330 specimens, belonging to 28 species, 

 in 21 Genera. 



The Monkeys are represented, as was to be expected, b}^ the 

 Bonnet Monkey and the Malabar Langur. The Bats constitute 

 more than half the Collection, and belong, for the most part, to 

 forms already taken in Dharwar and Kanara ; one species, however, 

 the CiTtch sheath-tailed Bat, until this Survey commenced, was only 

 known from Cutch ; we have now had it from Khandeish and Bellarj^ 

 as well as from the type locality. The Insectivora are represented 

 by four specimens of a Pigmy Shrew, which we have provisionally 

 identified as the Indian Pigmy Shrew of Blanford's "Mammals. " 

 This whole Genus, which includes the familiar Musk Rat, is a most 

 difficult one to deal with ; the material available for study is 

 comparatively scanty, while a great number of species have been 

 described in it on characters very difficult of diagnosis. Until 

 much more material is available, if not, indeed, until this Survey 

 is complete, at any rate for the Peninsula, we cannot hope to arrive 

 at any definite taxonomic conclusions. The Garnivora are repre- 

 sented by only two specimens, the Common Mongoose and equally 

 common Toddy Cat. Among the 10 species of Rodents represent- 

 ed, it is most interesting to find that the Cutch Rock Rat re- 

 appears, practically unchanged, while it is somewhat surprising to 

 find a southern representative of Phillips's Spiny Mouse, which was 

 discovered by the Siirvey in Nimar. The Ungulates are represent- 

 ed by two specimens of the Indian Wild Pig and the Edentates by 

 a specimen of the Indian Pangolin. 



In addition to the animals actually collected, Mr. Shortridge, in 



