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BOMBAY NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY'S 

 MAMMAL SURVEY OF INDIA, BURMA AND CEYLON. 



Report No. 17. 



By R. C. Wroughton. 



Collection 

 Locality 

 Date 



Collected by 

 Earlier Reports 



No. 17. 



S. Tenasserim. 



December 191 3- April 1914. 



Mr. G. C. Shortridge. 



No. 1, East Khanclesh, Vol. XXI, p 

 392, 1912 ; No. 2, Berars, Vol. XXT, p. 820, 1912 ; No. 3 

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

 p. 944, 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 

 XXIC, p. 58, 1913; No. 9. Mysore, Vol. XXII, p. 283 

 1913; 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 ; No. 15, Kumaon, Vol. XXIII, p. 282, 1914 ; No. 16! 

 Dry Zone, Central Burma and Mount Popa, Vol. XXIII 

 p. 460, 1915. 



The present collection represents the fatina of the most Southern 

 portion of the Province of Burma. The area covered by it lies 

 between 10'^ and 13"^ 30' N. Latitude, corresponding with the 

 Mergui District of Tenasserim. This District is a long narrow 

 strip, bounded on the West by the Bay of Bengal, and on the East 

 by Siam. In its Northern portion the Tenasserim River runs 

 southward down the centre, separated from the sea by a mountain 

 range, whose highest point is the peak of Myinmoletkat (6,800 ft.). 

 The rest of the District is low-lying broken groand, a good deal of 

 which is covered by the Sea at high tide, and a large amount of the 

 remainder is liable to be flooded during the rains. The total area 

 is 9,798 square miles, and the population about 10 to the square mile. 

 The average rainfall is 163 inches, and the temperature ranges 

 between 93° and 68"^. Practically the District, except about 140 

 square miles of cviltivation and perhaps a similar area of old 

 " Toungya "clearings, is under dense forest of which nearly 1,000 

 square miles is mangrove. 



The following are descriptions of the actual camps visited, as fur- 

 nished by Mr. Shortridge : — 



" Victoria Point. — Situated at the extreme South of the District. 

 Surrounding country hilly, with no flat country in the immediate 

 neighbourhood. The land around the township has been more or 

 less cleared, and these clearings, being now covered with grasa^ 

 give the place a somewhat barren appearance during the dry 



