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quite fairly. On going more fully into the matter (on receipt of specimens 

 from Tenasserim) it became evident that the proper name for them was 

 undoubtedly as above. It seems to me probable that when a specimen 

 of true bengalensis becomes available it will prove to be an Acanthion. 



" Plentiful on Mt. Popa. Porcupines are frequently gregarious as shown 

 by collections of earths with many entrances at Popa and Ngapyinium. 

 Weight of a large female 30 lbs."— G. 0. S. 



Vernacular name — Phyu (Burmese). 



Lepus peguensis, Blyth. 



The Pegu Hare. 



1855. Lepus peguends. Blyth, J. A. S. B. XXIV, p. 471. 

 1891. Lepus peg}Lensis. Blanford, Mammalia, No. 322. 



S 1. Mingun. 



J 4, $ 15. Mt. Popa. 



1. Ngazun, Sagaing. (Collected by Maj. F. C. Owens). 



2. Lower Chindwin. (Collected by G. W. Dawson, I. C. S.). 

 This is a very regular series and agrees closely with Blyth's description. 



From the Bengal Hare (ni/lcaudcetus) it is at once distinguishable by its 

 black tail and white feet. Its near neighbour to the East is siamejisis in 

 which the feet are not white. There is in the National Collection a small 

 series of a Hare, taken by Major Harington beyond Bhamo, which is cer- 

 tainly not this species. It is to be regretted that the Survey failed to 

 obtain the Hare of the Shan Plateau. 



" Very plentiful in cultivated ground on the slopes of Mount Popa and 

 apparently widely distributed throughout the dry zone, but not always in 

 large numbers. Occurring to at least as far North as Mandalay and 

 Shwebo. A hare occurs on the Shan Plateau, fairly plentiful between 

 Maymyo and Lashio and probably extends to the Salween.'" — 9-. C. S. 



Vernacular name — Yon (Burmese). 



MUNTIACUS VAGINALIS, Bodd. 



T/ie Barking Deer. 

 (Synonyniy in No. 2). 



<3l, $1. Mingun. 

 $2. Ngapyinin. 



c5'l, $2. Mt. Popa. 



{See also Reports Nos. 2, 5, 7, 11, 14 and 15). 



"Plentiful everywhere where there is sufficient cover. Barking Deer go 

 about singly or in pairs and appear never to be gregarious, though there is 

 no doubt that females are more numerous than males. In contrast with 

 their habits in S. India, where in scrub jungle they are replaced by the 

 Four horned Antelope, in Burma the Barking Deer is abundant every- 

 where, both on the hills and in the plains, in tree Forest and among low 

 open scrub." — G. C. S. 



Vernacular name — Gyi (Burmese). 



(?) Sus CP.ISXATUS, Wagn. 

 The Indian Wild Boar. 

 1 juv. (Skull only) Sagaing. (Collected by Maj. F. C. Owens). 

 Vernacular name — Taw- wet (Burmese) Mtr, (Shan). 



