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Pachyura, Sp. 

 Shrews. 



1 S • Palanpur, Gujerat. 



2 (S J ; 2 2 § . Limwa, Palanpur. 

 6 c5' c?. Mount Abu, Rajputana. 



6 d' c? ; 3 5 § . Danta, Mahi Kantha, Gujerat. 



{See also Reports Nos. 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10 and 11.) 



" I should say that shrews are scarce in the neighbourhood of Palanpur; 

 there were but few cases of mice being eaten by shrews. Comparatively 

 rare in the jungle round Mount Abu ; my specimens were taken in hedges ; 

 anvl they were not common out of the town at Danta " — C. A. 0. 



EniNACEtrs MiCROPUs, Blyth. 



The Northern Rale Hedgehog. 



(Synonymy in No. 3.) 



1 S • Lunwa, Palanpur. 



1 c5' ; 8 $ $ . Deesa, Palanpur. 



{See also Reports Nos. 3 and 10.) 



A pale coloured hedgehog. Fur on face and underside mostly white, 

 muzzle and limbs brown. Spines white with a narrow dark-brown band 

 and then white again at the tip. The spines commencing on the forehead 

 are divided by a small bare parting on the tip of the head. Length about 

 9^ inches. Weight about 10 ozs. 



" Both E. mAcropus and collaris are common round Palanpur; they hide in 

 bushes and holes in the ground during the day." — 0. A. C. 



Erinaceus collaris. Gray and Hardw. 



Hardivicke' s Hedgehog . 



(Synonymy in No. 3.) 



2 S (5 ; 1 $ . Palanpur, Gujerat. 



1 d"; 1 5 3087. Lunwa, Palanpur. 

 4 (d d ; 4 $ $ . Deesa, Palanpur. 



{See also Reports No. 3.) 



A dark-coloured hedgehog. Fur on face and underside dark-brown. 

 Spines white with black at the terminal end; some have white tips on the 

 flanks, but the general appearance is dark. Length about 10 inches. 

 Weight about 14 ozs. 



Felis affints. Gray. 



The Jungle Cat. 

 (Synonymy in No. 1.) 



1 S • Lunwa, Palanpur. 



1 c? ; 1 $ . Deesa, Palanpur. 



1 c? ; 2 5 5 . Mount Abu, Rajputana. 



{See also Reports Nos. 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10 and 11.) 



" All natives agree that cats are rare round Palanpur ; they are also rare 

 at Uria and Danta." — C. A. C. 



MUNGOS MUNGO PALLBNS, Ryl. 



The pale-grey Muv goose. 



1914. Mungos mungo pallens, Ryley. Journ., B. N. H. S., Vol. XXII, 

 p 660. 



