826 JOURNAL, BOMBAY NATURAL HIST. SOCIETY, VoL XXI. 



CoLLECTIO^^ ... ... No. 3. 



LOCAMTY ... ... ... Cutcll. 



Date ... ... ... July-AiTgiist. 



Collected by ... ... Mr. C. A. Crump. 



Earlier Reports ... ... No. 1. E. Khandesh. 



Vol. XXI, p. 392 (1912). 

 No. 2, Berars, 



Vol. XXI, p. 820 (1912). 



This Collection was made in the Cutch State, which lies on the 

 Tropic of Cancer, between 68^' and 71" East longitude, on the 

 West Coast, from which it is separated by the two Runns (Great 

 and Little). The subsoil of Cutch is composed of stratified rocks 

 of various ages and is covered Avith recent or sub recent deposits, 

 both wind and water borne, of which the principal are sand and 

 alluvium. Rainfall is very light, intervals of years without rain 

 being known, the fall at Bhuj is said to average about 12 inches. 

 The area collected over is for the most part an alluvial plain, 

 bounded northward and westward by ranges of hills rising in some 

 cases to an altitude of 2,000 feet. Except for some scantj^ bush 

 growth on these hills, a few large trees in Bhuj and Anjar, and 

 patches of babhul jungle scattered about, for the most part 

 near Tanks (notably an area near the large Tank at Charwa), the 

 whole country is treeless. 



In addition to information from the Gazetteer, which I have 

 used in the above description, Mr. Crump furnishes the following 

 detailed descriptions : — 



" Bhuj lies in a saucer and its surroundings appear to me to be 

 as varied as can be found in Cutch State. To the W. and N., 

 beyond 10 miles of undulating country, are ranges of mountains. 

 There is an old Fort which harbours many Bats, situated on an 

 isolated hill immediately overlooking the City. Just outside the 

 City walls is a garden, kept up by the State, which is crowded with 

 flourishing trees and shrubs, together with a profusion of flowers." 



" Rhoda Motha lies about 10 miles to the North of Bhuj, imme- 

 diately beyond it limestone and trap hills rise suddenly from a 

 plain of fine sand. Babhul and Pricklypear grow in small patches." 



