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Varadi river, a permanently running clear stream that 

 eventually joins the Tungabhadra. 

 " At this point the river forms the boundary between the 



Dharwar District and north-western Mysore. 

 " The country is quite flat and covered with very dense scrub 

 jungle, largely composed of low deciduous trees, thick 

 masses of Karunda and other bushes which are curiously 

 even in height. 

 " The country to the east and the Mysore territory on the 

 south bank of the river are more open, leading eventually 

 to black cotton plains. One of the most curious things 

 noticed here was the freqiient occurrence of the black buck 

 well within the thickest parts of the jungle which afford 

 cover for its much more natural inhabitants, chital, pig 

 and four-horned antelope, while on one occasion during a 

 beat I witnessed the unusual sight of a number of chital 

 and black buck simultaneously crossing a road running 

 through the centre of a particularly large and thick piece 

 of jungle." 

 " Samasgi — About twelve miles to the north of Honkan 

 situated at the point where the three territories of South- 

 ern Dharwar, Mysore and Kanara meet. — 



Samasgi which is a small native village is situated in high 



deciduous forest which surrounds it on all sides. 



" There are isolated patches of cultivation and many dense 



lantana thickets. Undulating, almost hilly country, the 



forest being similar to those around Devikop." 



The collection contains in all 749 specimens, belonging to 51 



species, in 40 genera. In view of the whole-hearted way in which 



the Mammals of this District were worked over 70 years ago, by 



Sir W. Elliot, it is not surprising to find that there is nothing 



"new" in the present collection. This does not, however, detract 



from its great value, for it furnishes us with topotypes of no less 



than 8 species, named by Gray, &c., on specimens obtained by 



Elliot. These are as follows : (1) Hipposideros fulvus, Gray 



(^='murinus, GYa.j=fulgens, ^l\iot=murinus, Elliot). (2) Pachyura 



nigra, Horsfield. (o) Mu^ manei, Gray (nom. nud.). (4) Leggaad 



