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travelling througli their districts " tend to help the survey very 

 considerably on accotint of the time and additional expense saved. 



Mr. J. A. Graham, another member of the Society, assisted me in 

 the best way possible by making a very large and complete collec- 

 tion from around Haleri estate. It is entirely owing to this collec- 

 tion of over 100 mammals from North Coorg that I was able to 

 devote most of mj time to the South. If there were more amateur 

 collectors throughout India as enthusiastic, and with such a thorough 

 grasp of systematic collecting, the distribution of Indian Mammals 

 would be better known than it is. 



In South Coorg I received invaluable assistance from Mr. H. 



Cuthell of Huvinakadu estate, and owing to his accurate local 



knowledge was able to add to the collection several species that I 



would not have got without his help. 



The following are short descriptions of the actual camps visited : — 



North Coorg. 



1. Ifercaro.— Altitude 3,809 feet. Population 6,730. The chief 

 town in Coorg, situated in a high valley, sheltered by the toes of 

 hills. Patches of evergreen forest that have been largely cleared in 

 the neighbourhood of the town, and again overgrown with lantana 

 and other scrub. Stretches of rough grass country on the slopes of 

 the hill tops. Very little collecting was done around the town 

 itself, but owing to the hospitality of Mr. Hannyngton I was able 

 to make Mercara my base camp. 



2. Jamhur. — Altitude 3,180 feet. A small village about eleven 

 miles to the north-west of Mercara on the banks of a tributary 

 of the Cauvery. Surrounding forests chiefly evergreen. Small 

 patches of rice cultivation in the valleys. 



3. Haleri. — Altitude 3,555 feet. A large coffee estate surround- 

 ed by evergreen forest a few miles to the north of Mercara. Hilly 

 country. Nearly the whole of the large collection from this district 

 was made by Mr. Graham. 



South Coorg. 



4- Wotekolli. — A small village, altitude 2,000 feet. Very hilly 

 country, evergreen forest. Large stretches of rough grass country 

 on the summits and windward slopes of the surrounding hills. 



5. Makut — Altitude 250 feet. 8 miles south of Wotekolli at 

 the foot of the Ghats — on the borders of North Malabar. Forest 

 chiefly evergreen with a belt of Teak to the south. 



6. Virarajendraijet (Virajpef). — Altitude 3,000 feet. The se- 

 cond town in Coorg. Population 4,280. Situated in the most 

 thickl}^ populated part of the province. Extensive patches of 

 cultivation. Surrounding forests — mixed evergreen and deciduous 

 with patches of bamboo. 



