1138 JOURNAL, BOMBAY NATURAL HIST. SOCIETY, Vol. XX. 



other volumes in the series on birds, fishes and reptiles. Since 

 1891 this volume has been the standard work on Indian 

 Mammals. 



A glance through Dr. Blanford's book, the Mammals of the 

 Indian Region, will show that there is still plenty of work to be 

 done amongst Indian Mammals, even amongst the commonest 

 species. Mirch has still to be learnt of the habits and distri- 

 bution of nearly all the Mammals and from the want of specimens, 

 in more than one case, several species were united under one 

 name. This want has also hindered the study of the extent 

 to which the different species vary. 



As an instance of our ignorance of the distribution of some 

 common animals it may be mentioned that the exact range and 

 where they meet of the three kinds of Langur monkey, i.e., the 

 Langur, the Madras Langur, and the Himalayan Langur is still 

 unknown. 



Amongst the smaller carnivora, we find that the Waved Cat was 

 supposed to have been originally obtained from Nepal and since 

 then specimens have been obtained in as far distant localities as 

 Kashmir and Rajputana. To this information Dr. Blanford adds : — 

 " This cat must therefore be widely dispersed through Northern 

 India, though it does not appear to be common." The Brown 

 Palm-Civet is only known with certainty from the Palni and 

 Nilgiri Hills, but Dr. Blanford suggests that it also probably in- 

 habits the higher ranges of Cochin and Travancore. This has not 

 been proved yet. 



Though many people do not know it, a Marten closely allied 

 to the Indian Marten, Mustila flavigula, is found in Southern 

 India in the Nilgiri and Travancore Hills. In a paper on the 

 Indian Marten published some years ago by Mr. 'J. L. Bonhote, 

 the distribution of this Southern Indian race was given as the 

 Peninsula of India ! 



When the Fauna was published it was thought that four Otters 

 were found in India, but since then Mr. 0. Thomas has pointed 

 out that there are in reality only three, the Common Otter and the 

 Himalayan Otter being the same. The distribution of these three 



