502 JOURNAL, BOMBAY NATURAL HIST. SOCIETY, Vol. XXII. 



" Apparently very much more local and less plentiful than vitticoUis, 

 Virajpet being the only locality in Ooorg where I heard of it occurring. 

 The specimens obtained were shot close to habitations." — G. C. S. 



Vernacular name: — Sendali-kbra. 



Oanis indicus, Hodgs, 



The Jackal. 

 (Synonymy in No. 1.) 



1 J ; 4 $ $ . Virajpet, S. Coorg. 



1 $ . Srinamgala, S. Coorg. 



1 S • Kutta, S. Coorg. 



1 S, Juv. ; 2 $ ? (no skull). Haleri, N. Coorg. 



{See also Reports Nos. 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9 and 10). 



" Plentiful especially in the vicinity of villages. Like Paradoxuru^, 

 Jackals have the curious habit of devouring large quantities of ripe coffee 

 berries. In addition to being a scavenger, when the opportunity offers, 

 they are as great robbers of hen roosbs as the English Fox ". — G.C.S. 



Vernacular names : — Kurraka, Kubrustari, Nari , Gulilakka, 

 Gttlinari, Gulikunka. 



Cyon bukhunensis, Sykes. 



The Indian Wild-dog. 



(Synonymy in No. 2.) 



1 c? (skull only). Nagarhole, S. Coorg. 



1 $ . Chamrajnagar, S. Mysore. (Van Ingen) 



3 (no skulls). Mercara, N. Coorg. 



(See also Reports Nos. 2, 4 and 7). 



A rich red-brown dog, with end of tail, black. Head and body 36 

 inches, tail 16 inches. 



" Considered more or less numerous in those parts of Coorg where the 

 larger game has not been entirely driven away, but on account of their 

 wandering habits, their presence in any particular district can never be 

 made certain of. 



Generally gregarious. 



Specimen 2571 was sent by Mr. Van Ingen, who obtained it in the 

 extreme south of Mysore close to the Coorg border ". — G. C. S. 



Vernacular names :— Kennai, Chennai. 



Maries gwatkinsi, Horsf. 

 The Southern Indian Marten. 



1851. Martes gwatkindi, Horsf. Cat. E. Ind. Coll., p. 99. 



1888. Martes Jiavigula, Blanf. Mammalia, No. 77 (partim). 

 1 S • Virajpet, S. Coorg. 



General colour dark-brown ; head, tail and limbs almost black ; white 

 under chin ; yellow bands on each side of neck extending to underside of 

 neck and on to chest. Length of head and body 24 inches, tail 16 inches, 

 weight 4|^ lbs. 



Bonhote (A.M.N.H., ser. 7, Vol. VII, 1901,) recognised Martes g^vatkinsi 

 as a distinct species from M. Jiavigula. Horsf eild's type was a specimen 

 collected by Elliot in Madras, and it exactly agrees with the example from 

 Coorg, so that M. gwatkinsi may be accepted as representing the South 

 Indian species. 



