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BOMBAY NATUEAL HISTORY SOCIETY'S 

 MAMMAL SURVEY OF INDIA, BURMA, AND CEYLON. 



Report No. 15 



By R. C. Wroughton. 



Collection ... ... No. 15. 



Locality Kumaon. 



Date . . . ' ... ... August — March. 



Collected by Mr. 0. A. Crump. 



Eaklier Reports .. .. No. 1, E. Khandeish, Vol. XXI, p. 



392, 1912; No. 2, Vol. XXI, p. 820, 1912; No. 3, Cutch. 

 Vol. XXI, p. 826, 1912 ; No. 4, Nimar, Vol. XXI, p. 844, 1912 ; 

 No. 5, Dharwar, Vol. XXI, p. 1170, 1912 ; No. 6, Kanara, Vol. 

 XXII, p. 29, 1913; No. 7, Central Provinces, Vol. XXII, 

 p. 45, 1913 ; No. 8, Bellary, Vol. XXII, p. 58, 1913 ; No. 9, 

 Mysore, Vol. XXII, p. 283, I9I3 ; No. 10, Kathiawar, Vol. 

 XXII, p. 464, 1913 ; No. 11, Coorg, Vol. XXII, p. 486, 1913; 

 No. 12, Palanpur, Vol. XXII, p. 684, 1913 ; No. 13, South 

 Ceylon, Vol. XXII, p. 700, 1913 ; No. 14, N. Shan States, Vol. 

 XXII, p. 710, 1913. 

 The Kumaon Division contains between 5 and 6 thousand square 

 miles and lies along the Thibet boundary, immediately west of 

 Nepal. There is a low lying area among the foot hills where the 

 rainfall is heavy, 80 inches. Passing over the outer range north- 

 wards this is reduced at once by half. Still further inland in the 

 form of snow the fall increases again very greatly. 



The collection here dealt with was made on a. line between 

 Philibhit (800') and the Pindari Glacier (12,000') to the north of 

 Almora, that is along the whole western boundary of Nepal. 



Mr. Crump has furnished the following notes on the places visited 

 by him : — 



Almora, situated about 30 miles from Naini Tal. Altitude 

 5,200 to 5,500 feet, is connected with the higher ridges of Sim tola 

 and Kalmatiya to the West. On the East and South the Almora 

 Hill is bounded by the Suwal River and in the West by the Kosi. 

 For four miles round Almora the hills are bare, but beyond that the 

 mountains are well timbered. Average temperature of the air 60 ; 

 in winter snow falls occasionally but does not lie. During the rains 

 wild hemp, nettles, thistles, wormwood, mint, and wild balsam 

 flourish. Micaceous schists wdth outcrops of granite are the prevail- 

 ing rocks. The decomposition of feldspar causes the characteristic 

 boulder looking masses on the hills. (Extract from Gazetteer.) 



Fhurkia is 69 miles from Almora and about 3 miles below the 

 Pindari Glacier. Altitude 10,700 feet. There is no village or 

 cultivation. The collection was made on steep and open ground with 

 a deep and dark soil, clothed with long grass, balsams and stunted 



