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PROGRESS OF THE MAMMAL SURVEY OF INDIA, 

 BURMA AND CEYLON. 



Since the last report of the progress of the Survey was made, 

 some very interesting collections have been received. From the 

 north Mr. Crump has sent in an interesting collection from Ka- 

 thiawar including several specimens not before obtained by the 

 Survey. He is now at Danta in Mahi Kantha, having worked up 

 through Palanpur to Mount Abu. It is proposed now to shift 

 him right away to Kumaon from which district a number of new 

 species were described by the older authors. 



When writing in the last Journal we mentioned that Mr. Short- 

 ridge was busy in Coorg and from there we received, just before 

 the Journal was published, one of the finest collections so far 

 received and numbering some 800 specimens. The collection con- 

 tained a number of Southern Indian specimens new to the Survey. 

 Mr. Shortridge tells us that a large number of specimens were 

 collected for him by Mr. Graham. Other people besides Mr. 

 Graham, whose names will appear in the report on the collection, 

 rendered great assistance to Mr. Shortridge but we specially wish 

 to mention Mr. Graham's name because, not only while Mr. Short- 

 ridge was there did he collect, but also after he left he has conti- 

 nued and when his specimens are sent here, it will in all probabil- 

 ity be found that he has added one or more species to the Mammals 

 of Coorg. Mr. Shortridge when he had finished Coorg was sent 

 to Burma Avhere, after interviewing different people in Rangoon 

 and Maymyo, he started collecting in the Northern Shan States 

 and a collection is shortly expected from him. He has received 

 great assistance from the officials of the Burma Government, and 

 the British India Steam Navigation Company have kindly 

 promised to carry specimens and materials free of freight for which 

 we are most grateful. 



Our third collector. Major Mayor, arrived in Bombay in the mid- 

 dle of March and after a short stay here went to Ceylon, starting 

 at Kottawa in the Southern Province. There unfortunately the 

 Aveather conditions turned out to be most unfavourable but in spite 

 of many difficulties a small collection was made and which we have 

 since received and seems to contain several specimens of considerable 

 interest. He is at present at Hambantota which is right in the 

 South-East corner of the Colony. Major Mayor has received great 

 help from the Ceylon Government who amongst other concessions 

 have granted him a free pass for himself and his servants on the 

 railways. It should also be mentioned that Dr. Pearson of the 

 Colombo Museum has Icindly consented to allow jNIajor Mayor to 

 use the Museum as his headquarters and has arranged to forward 

 on specimens to us. 



