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•' Chitrod is stiiTonnded by an undulating plain, quite bare of 

 trees and mostly under cultivation. On the road to Jhangi the 

 country is still flatter, and almost entirely under cultivation." 



0. A. C. 



This is a large and most interesting collection. There are 355 

 specimens divided among 38 species in 28 genera. As was to be 

 expected, from the geographical position of Cutch, the collection 

 is representative of a somewhat different fauna from those of 

 Khandesh and the Berars. 



Out of the 38 species 10 are distinctly Northern forms, viz., the 

 two Hedgehogs, the Desert Cat, the Desert Gerbil, the two ashy 

 Spiny Mice, the Northern Field Mouse, the Cutch Rock Rat, the 

 Sind Hare and the Rajputana Porcupine. The Mongoose is a 

 transition form, some of the specimens show distinct signs of the 

 red colouring which characterises sanguinea, Blanford, from Sind, 

 while others are quite typical mungo. The majority of the species 

 however apparently represent forms equally at home both in the 

 north and the south. Exactly to what extent this is so it remains 

 for further collections to decide. 



The majority of these " Southern " forms have already been 

 ■obtained by the " Mammal Survey " in Khandesh and the Berars, 

 but a few are new to the list, e.g., the bicoloured leaf-nosed Bat 

 and the mouse-tailed Bats, the Caracal, the Civet, the Wolf, the 

 Ratel, and the Pangolin. 



Topotypes of the Cutch sheath-tailed Bat have now been obtained ; 

 until Mr. Crump collected this Bat at Ajanta, Hyderabad State, it 

 had not I believe been taken since Stoliczka's visit to Cutch about 

 1870. 



Five forms are new to science : — The fine mouse-tailed Bat, 

 whose nearest relative is found in Sumatra, which I have named 

 ^fter Mr. Kinnear, our hardworking Curator. The interesting long- 

 tailed Rat for which I have had to provide a new Genus, as well as 

 41 new Species. I have named it Gremiiomys cutc/iicus. The Generic 

 name is best translated " Rock Rat" while the Specific name is 

 given in honour of H. H. the Rao of Cutch, to whose good- 

 will we owe this collection and under whose immediate patron- 

 ;age it was made. The two mice, viz., the smaller ashy Spiny 



