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S 1797,1799. 5 1798,1800,1830,1831. Kolar, E. Mysore. 

 S 1994, 2011. $ 1995, 1996, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2024. 



Seringapatam, S. Mysore. 

 5 2124, 2138. Sivasamudram, S. Mysore. 



{See also Reports Nos. 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8.) 

 Kanarese (of Kolar) Kardilli. 



Obemnomys cutchicus. Wrought. 



The Cutch Rock Rat. 



(Synonymy in No. 3.) 



S 1757, 1759, 1761, 1763, 1764, 1765, 1876. $ 1758, 1760, 

 1762, 1877, 1878, 1894. Kolar, E. Mysore. 



e 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028, 2033, 2037, 2039. $ 2029, 2035, 

 2036, 2038, 2040, 2041, 2042. French Rocks, Near Seringa- 

 patam. 



5 2046, 2072, 2082, 2083, 2095, 211 6, 2125, 2135. $ 2044, 2045, 



2047, 2048, 2049, 2071, 2084, 2123 in al. S 2096. 

 2 2060. Sivasamudram, S. Mysore. 



{See also Reports Nos. 3 and 8.) 



" Very plentiful among the rocky hills near Kolar, and from the number 

 of bones found in their pellets, this species must be preyed upon by owls. 

 The granite hills, on which this species was obtained, cover a considerable 

 area to the West of Kolar Town, and are quite isolated, although there are 

 several similar but smaller patches visible to the North and North-East. 



They are quite similar to the rocky hills around Vijayanagar. I think 

 this may be the South-Eastern limit of Cremnomys, as to the South, the 

 grass and jungle covered slopes of the hills, that culminate in the Jawadi 

 hills and Shevaroys, are visible, the country between being quite flat, but 

 it may occur a little further South, in a Western direction. "^ — G. C. S. 



"Plentiful at ' French Rocks' — the hills are bare and rocky, very similar 

 to those around Kolar. Occurring on Chamandi hill close to Mysore City. 

 I was very much surprised to find Cremnomys in large numbers at Sivasa- 

 mudram, as although the hills are rocky, the country (including the hills 

 themselves) is everywhere covered with dense scrub jungle, quite unlike the 

 dry open localities where I had previously obtained this species, while here 

 it was by no means confined to rocky localities. It is astonishing that 

 such a plentiful and widely distributed species as this should have remained 

 80 long undiscovered." — Gr. C. S. 



Epimys blanfordi, Thos. 



The White-tailed Rat. 



(Synonymy in No. 2.) 



6 2141. $ 2134, 2140, 2143, 2144. Sivasamudram, S. Mysore. 



{See also Reports Nos. 2, 6 and 7.) 



"I was surprised to find, what in South India is such a typically forest 

 species as this, existing in scrub jungle, side by side with ' Cremnomys .' 

 In North Kanara, I found this rat building nests in hollow trees, often at 

 some distance from the ground. At Sivasamudram, where the jungle is 

 almost entirely composed of large bushes, its habits are without doubt 

 differ ent."—G. C. S. 



