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disappeared into a small nullah and gave us an opportunity of getting near 

 them. There were about three heads of 40 inches and the rest were quite 

 small. When we got within about 150 yards the herd began moving 

 slowly uphill and each in turn stood on a big rock for a few seconds 

 giving a very nice shot broadside on. The freak head came last but one 

 and seemed to be the " boss " of the herd. When he stood still on the rock 

 I let him have it and he sank down and never moved again. The bullet 

 (•256 Mannlicher Schonaner) struck him behind the shoulder, and for some 

 reason glanced up into the base of the neck and shattered the spine. 

 When we got to him the shikari was careful to lift up his leg to see if there 

 was any injury to his testicles to account for his horns being in that shape, 

 but they were quite all right, and there was no sign of any injury on his 

 horns. He was in very poor condition, but I think that was chiefly due to 

 the season of the year, the young grass not having yet come up and very 

 little left of the old. My shikari and all my coolies got ill from eating his 

 flesh, and the next Markhor I shot I would not let my shikari "halal." 

 When first shot this Markhor measured exactly 45" left horn and 44-|" 

 right, but now the measurements are right 43f ", left 44f" ; tip to tip 34|"; 

 girth lOf". I met several old shikaris during the remainder of my stay 

 in Astor, but they one and all tolc' me that they had never seen or heard 

 of a markhor like mine. 



E. EDWARDS, Capt., 



29th Punjabis. 



Chaman, \7th September 1913. 



No. IX.— MOUSE DEER {TRAGULUS MEMINNA) IN THE 

 CENTRAL PROVINCES. 



I found the Chevrotain common on hills of granitoid gneiss in Chanda 

 where they lie up during the day in " forms," under rocks, bushes, dead 

 trees and any convenient hollows in the ground ; there is usually a soft 

 lining of dead leaves. 



G. R, PITMAN. 

 Deba Ismail Khan, 7th August 1913. 



No. X.— THE INDIAN PANGOLIN {MANIS CRASSICAUDATA) 

 IN THE DARBHANGA DISTRICT. 



Yesterday evening a specimen of this mammal along with a small Indian 

 Civet {Viverra onalaccensis) and a monitor lizard were brought to me. The 

 two latter are common but I had never seen, nor had any of the natives 

 ever seen, a pangolin in this district before. I have met with the Malay 

 pangolin (Manis javanica) in Cachar and know its burrows well. I do not 

 think I would have overlooked any had I seen them here. The food, as 

 diagnosed from the contents of the stomach was ants, white ants and some 

 very small grasshoppers. Now that the Mammal Survey of India is on, 

 giving any notes on uncommon animals should prove interesting and useful 

 This specimen was dug out of the soil bank of a tank. 



CHAS. M. INGLIS. 



Baghownie Factory, Lahbbia Sabai, 

 16^ June 1913. 



