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PROGRESS OF THE MAMMAL SURVEY OP 

 INDIA, BURMA AND CEYLON. 



In the last number of the Joiirnal mention was made that it was 

 proposed to move Mr. Crump to Kumaon. This has now been done 

 and he went up there in August. His first collecting camp was the 

 Pindar Valley at Khati, some days' march beyond Almora. There 

 he collected for sometime, being beyond the full force of the monsoon, 

 and as that slackened, he moved gradual^ down to Almora. One 

 collection has been received and contains many species new to the 

 survey, viz., mouse-hares, voles, longtailed field mice and mountain 

 foxes. The report on the Kumaon collections should be of consider- 

 able interest to members stationed in the Himalayas to the west of 

 that District as there are many species common to the whole of the 

 Western Himalayas. 



From Burma Mr. Shortridge has sent in one collection from 

 the N. Shan States made chiefly in the Hsipaw District. This 

 collection also contained many species new to the Survey and 

 among the larger specimens were examples of two kinds of 

 gibbons. Bamboo rats of large size, leopard cats, etc. Another 

 collection is now on its way here which was made in the Myingan 

 District, south of Mandalay, principally at Mount Popa. On his 

 way down the Irrawaddy to Rangoon, Mr. Shortridge stopped at 

 Pagan where he searched the numberless Pagodas for bats, obtain- 

 ing a splendid collection. On arriving at Rangoon Mr. Shortridge 

 made his way straight to the South of Tenasserim, from where he 

 intends to work carefully up the mainland and the islands of the 

 Mergui Archipelago. Through the kindness of Mr. H. C. Robinson, 

 the Director of the Federated Malay States Museums, two Dyak 

 collectors have been lent to Mr. Shortridge and they will be of great 

 assistance in the heavy jungle of Tenasserim. The collections from 

 these parts will be of great value in showing how far up the Malay 

 element in the Fauna extends. 



The climate has been much against Major Mayor's work in the 

 Southern Province of Ceylon but nevertheless he has sent in a second 

 collection containing many specimens of considerable interest which 

 will be reported on shortly. He has now left the Southern Province 

 and gone into the Eastern Province and is working round Anura- 

 dhapura which is inland from Trincomalee. On account of the 

 exceptionally heavy rains recently Major Mayor has had great diffi- 

 culty in getting about. Once the low ground has been worked and 

 when Major Mayor can get up into the higher parts he will be able 

 to get many species of which very little is known and specimens 

 of which are much wanted. 



Great assistance has been given to oiu' collectors by many 

 members and others in the different districts. We would however ask 



