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Chandra and the Bagha, in British Lahiil. The country is particularly- 

 interesting as being the border land between the Tibetan region on the 

 one hand, and the so-called Himalayan region on the other. 



The list of mammalia, given in the present paper, is confessedly imper- 

 fect, as it takes scarcely any notice of the micro -mammalia and none of the 

 Chiroptera ; while such larger mammalia as are noticed are chiefly those 

 which have come under my own observation, or of which I have seen fresh- 

 ly-killed skins or skulls ; I think, however, that the list of larger mammalia 

 is tolerably complete. 



PEIMiETES. 



Of this order I believe only two species exist in the region at present 

 under consideration, — viz., Inims rhesus and Semno])itliecus (Freslytis) 

 schistaceus. 



I71MUS rJiesti^s I have observed only in the Chinab valley, a short dis- 

 tance above Kishtwar, at an elevation of about 5600 feet ; Jerdon in his 

 " Mammals of India" mentions the occurrence of this species in the Hima- 

 laya, at an elevation of 5000 feet, as being the highest range of which he 

 knew. 



Semnopitliecics scMstaceus ranges to greater heights than the last 

 species, and is not unfrequently seen in pine trees when covered with snow ; 

 in our district this species ranges from a short distance above Kishtwar 

 up the Wardwan valley as far as the village of Maru or Petgam which has 

 an elevation of about 7500 feet, beyond which point I did not observe it. 

 In the Chinab valley I saw large numbers of this species near the village 

 of Seri, or Sereri, at an elevation a little below 9000 feet ; I think it does 

 not range much further up the valley than the above-mentioned village. 

 According to Jerdon the species has been observed at greater elevations 

 than those here mentioned. 



Caris^voea. 



Felis pardus is extremely common throughout the greater part of the 

 Wardwan and upper Chinab valleys ; in the latter I picked up a portion 

 of a skull as far up as the village of Tindi. The species ranges to a consi- 

 derable height in pursuit of Ibex. 



Felis ticjris ; I have been told by a friend that an individual of this 

 species was killed some years ago in the Wardwan : even if this be true, the 

 species can only be regarded as an occasional straggler into these regions. 



Felis uncia ; of this species I have seen two skins of individuals 

 which were killed on the southern side of the great snowy range separating 

 the Chinab valley from Zanskar ; I believe the species has never been found 

 to the south of the Chinab, nor can I hear of its occurrence in Wardwan : 

 its proper home is undoubtedly the Tibetan region. 



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