JOURNAL 



OF THE 



ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL, 



Vol. LXX. Part II. -NATURAL SCIENCE. 



No. I.— 1901. 



I. — Notes on the Fauna of GUtral—Bij Capt. A. H. McMahon, C.S.I., 

 CLE., F.Z.S., Political Agent, Dir, Sivat, and Ghitral 



[ Received 8th February; Read 6th March, 1901.] 



As in the case of " Notes on the Fauna of the Gilgit District " 

 (Journal, Asiatic Society of Bengal, vol. Ixviii, part 2, no. 2, pp. 105-109, 

 1899), I propose to place on record the results of such observations as 

 I have been able to make in the matter of Zoology during my official 

 connection during 1899-1900-1901 with the Chitral country. 



I know of no previous records having been made of the Fauna of 

 this country. Any record of the existence or non-existence of animals 

 in it will therefore be of use in adding to general knowledge regarding 

 the geographical distribution of the various forms of animal life. 



As will be seen, my notes are lamentably scanty. They are based 

 on personal observations made during three visits to Chitral, and on the 

 information kindly given to me by Capt. B. E. M. Gurdon, CLE., D.S.O., 

 Assistant Political Agent in Chitral, Major C A. J. Leslie, R.E., and 

 other military officers stationed in Chitral. 



Such as they are, I place these notes on record in the hope that they 

 may be of interest, and form the modest beginning of a more complete 

 and comprehensive record. 



The country of Chitral is similar in most respects to the adjacent 

 Hindu Kush region of Gilgit. Geographically it may be defined as the 

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