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Viverricula malaccenis (the Small Civet), S^-T-l lbs. 



Mungos mungo (the Common Mongoose), 3-4 lbs. 



Mungos vitticollis (the stripe-necked Mongoose) 6-7^ lbs. 



Mungos fuscus (the Nilgiri Mongoose), 3|^-6 lbs. 



Mustela jiavigulci^ (the Indian Marten), 4|- lbs. 



Canis indicus (the Jackal), specimens average from 13-18 lbs., the two 

 heaviest weighing 19 and 19^ lbs. respectively. Blanford records 20 lbs. 



Lutra lutra (the Common Indian Otter), 10-11 lbs., exceptionally large 

 specimens will probably be found to weigh more than this : Blanford 

 records specimens weighing 20 lbs. and more. 



Aony.T cinerea'' (the Clawless Otter), an adult male, 9-^ lbs. 



Muntiacus vaginalis (the Indian Barking Deer), two females weighed 41 

 and 60 lbs. respectively, while a large male weighed over 75 lbs. ; this is 

 considerably over the estimate given by Blanford, who records the weight 

 of a male as only 38 lbs. 



Tragulus meminna (the Indian Mouse Deer), average weight from 8-10 

 lbs. ; these are also considerably more than the weight given by Blanford, 

 who gives the average weight at between 5 and 6 lbs. ; the males and the 

 females weighed about the same. 



Pteropus giganteus (the Indian Flying Fox), 2-3|^ lbs. 



Lepus nigricollis (the South Indian Hare), 4|-6 lbs., an exceptionally 

 heavy male from Coorg, 8 lbs. 



Kystvix leucura* (the Indian Porcupine), 21^ lbs. (not an exceptionally 

 large specimen). 



Petaurista philippensis (the Flying Squirrel), A\-5 lbs. 



Ratufa indica (the Giant Squirrel), 3^-5^ lbs. 



Bandicota inalaharica (the Bandicoot 2-2^ lbs.), a particularly large spe- 

 cimen weighing 11 J lbs. 



Epimys rufescens (the Indian Mouse Rat), 3-5-| ozs. 



G. C. SHORTEIDGE. 



c/o National Bank, Rangoon, 

 December 1913. 



No. IX.— CRESTED BLACK TIT IN THE PLAINS. 



Among a party of Indian Grey Tits disporting themselves in the trees 

 in my compound on 22nd December 1913, I noticed 4 or 5 Crested Black 

 Tits Lopliophanes melanoloplius . In the "Birds of Kohat and Kurram " 

 Whitehead, the Crested Black Tit, was noted as having been found on the 

 Safed Koh from 6,500 to tree limit. Its descent to the plains has not, as 

 far as I know, yet been recorded, and Kohat is in the plains and 50 miles 

 or more from forest-clad hills, the natural habitats of L. vielanolopJius . The 

 weather was cold at the time and there was snow on the hills towards 

 Tirah. 



H. A. F. MAGRATH, Lt.-Col. 

 Kohat, 2nd January 1914. 



No. H.—SYLVIPARU S MODESTUS, THE YELLOW-BROWED 



TIT, IN SEHORE. 



A CORRECTION. 



In my notes on the Birds of Sehore, C. I., Volume XXI, p. 169, for 

 Sylviparus onodestus read Cephalopyrus Jlammiceps the firecap. The skin of 

 the above was originally verified in the British Museum as S. modestus. 

 It has since been found to be C. flammicep)^. 



Kohat, January 1914. C. H. T. WHITEHEAD, Capt. 



