710 JOURNAL, BOMBAY NATURAL HLST. SOCIETY, Vol. XXII. 



TilAGULUS MEMINNA, Erxl. 



The Indian Chevrotain or Mouse Deer. 

 (Synonymy in No. 6,) 

 1 S • Kumbukkan, S. Ceylon. 



{See also Reports Nos. 6 and 11.) 



Majstis crassicatjdata, G. St. Hil. 

 The Indian Pangolin. 

 (Synonymy in No. 3.) 

 1 S • Kirinda, S. Ceylon. 



{See also Reports Nos. 3, 6, 8, 9 and 11.) 



Locality . . . 

 Date 



Collected by 

 Earlier Reports 



Eeport No. 14. 

 BY Kathleen V. Kyley. 



With Field Notes hy the Collector, G, C. 8hortridge. 



Collection ... ... No. 14. 



N. Shan States, Burma. 

 April — June 1913. 

 ... Mr. G. C. Shortridge. 

 . . No. 1, E. Kandeish, Vol. XXI, 

 p. 392, 1912 ; No. 2, Berars, Vol. XXI, p. 820, 1912 ; No. 3, Cutch, 

 Vol. XXI, p. 826, 1912; No. 4, Nimar, Vol. XXI, p. 844, 1912 ; 

 No. 5, Dharwar, Vol. XXI, p. 1170 ; No. 6, Kanara, Vol. XXII, 

 p. 29, 1913; No. 7, Central Provinces, Vol. XXII, p. 45, 1913 ; 

 No. 8, Bellary, Vol. XXII, p. 58, 1913 ; No. 9, Mysore, Vol. XXII, 

 p. 285, 1913; No. 10, Kathiawar, Vol. XXII, p. 464, 1913; No. 11, 

 Coorg, Vol. ^XII, p. 486, 1913 ; No. 12, Palanpur, Vol. XXII, 

 p. 684. 1914; No. 13, S. Ceylon, Vol. XXIV, p., 700, 1914. 



This collection was made in the Northern Shan States and the 

 following notes on the Geography of the country in general and on 

 the actual collecting stations are given by Mr. G. C. Shortridge : — 



" Burma roughly consists of that portion of the Indian Empire 

 which lies to the east of the Bay of Bengal. Extending from about 

 latitude 28° to 10° North, and between 91° and 101° longitude at 

 its broadest part. 



It mainly consists of the valleys of the Irrawaddj^, Chindwin 

 and Salween rivers with the ranges of hills lying east and west of 

 the two former. 



Below the mouth of the Salween river it extends as a narrow 

 strip between the sea and Siam until it almost meets the northern 

 boundary of the Malay States. The province for administrative 

 purposes has been separated into 8 divisions with 35 districts and in 

 addition to the semi-independent Shan States are grouped for the 

 same purpose into two portions known as Upper and Lower Burma, 



The hill country of the Chins to the westward of the Chindwin 

 is also a separate administjative district. Population (1911) about 



