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BOMBAY NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY'S 

 MAMMAL SURVEY OF INDIA. 



BY 



Kathleen V. Ryley. 



With Field Notes by the Collector, G. C. Shortridge. 



Collection ... ... ... No. 9. 



Locality Mysore. 



Date ... ... ... September-November 1912. 



Collected BY ... ... Mr. G. C. Shortridge. 



Eablier Reports . . . . No. 1, E. Khandesh, Vol. XXI, 



p. .392, 1912 ; No. 2, Berars, Vol. XXI, p. 820, 1912 ; No. 3, Cutct, 



Vol. XXI, p. 826, 1912 ; No, 4, Nimar, Vol. XXI, p. 844, 1912 ; 



No. 5, Dharwar, Vol. XXI, p. 826, 1912 ; No. 6, Kanara, Vol. 



XXI, p. 29, 1913 ; No. 7, Central Provinces, Vol. XXII, p. 45, 



1913 ; No. 8, BeUary, Vol. XXII, p. 58, 1913. 



The State of Mysore lies between ll^-SS' and [15"-2' N. lat. and 

 74°-42' and 78°-36' E. long. This collection however was principally 

 made in the South and East of the State as a camp had been made 

 before in the North at Shimoga, the result of which was included 

 in the Kanara collection and therefore this collection may practi- 

 cally be said to have been made South of about 13°-20' N. lat. 



Mysore can be divided in two natural areas, the " Mulnad" or 

 hill country on the west, bordering and on the Western Ghats, and 

 the " Maidan" or open country which is roughly that area lying to 

 the East of a line from Shikarpur to Periyapatna. The " Mulnad'' 

 consists of hills covered with forest, principally evergreen, which 

 gives place higher up to opeii downs and scattered trees topped fre- 

 quently by bare craggs. On the hill sides much clearing has been 

 done for Coffee plantations and in the valleys, rice, &c., is cultivated, 

 The " Maidan" country is more varied and is heavily cultivated in 

 the valleys, where the black alluvial soil is found. On the higher 

 parts the red soil takes the place of the black and various grain 

 crops are grown there, but much of it is under grass and on the 

 dryer parts a considerable area is covered with scrub jungle. 



The following descriptions are sent by Mr. Shortridge : — 



*' Bangalore. — Altitude '3,113 feet; average rainfall 36 inches; 

 mean temperature 7 6"* 2. Flat, red, sandy country, entirely undet 

 cultivation. The city itself covers an area of 20 square miles, the 

 residential part being composed largely of detached bungalows sur- 

 rounded by well timbered grounds. The present collection Was 

 obtained in the compound of the Deccan Horse Mess. 

 ■ Kolar Totvn. — About 1 1 miles to the North of Bowringpet Sta- 

 tion, near the Kolar Gold Fields, in the district of the same na^tie. 

 Ahitude 2,786 feet with rocky granite hills rising up behind the 

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