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190J.] A. H. McMalion-— ¥0/^5 on Fauna of Dir and SivnL 7 



I have recorded these notes with some diffidence. The zoological 

 records of a country if they are to exist at all must have a beginning, 

 even though that beginning be a modest one. Chitral offers an interest- 

 ing field for zoological research, and it will be seen from the above 

 notes how little has as yet been done in this direction. 



The existence of monkeys, marmots, musk deer, shapu, Himalayan 

 snow cock, and (I think we may add) jungle-fowl in Chitral is interest- 

 ino", as no record appears to have been as yet made of these animals so 

 far West. 



li. — Nutes on the Fauna of Dir and- Swat. — By Captain A. H. MoMahon, 

 C.S.I , CLE , F.Z.S. Political Agent, Dir, Sivat and Chitral. 



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



On previous occasions I have, in the case of the Gilgit and Chitral 

 Districts, placed on record a few notes on the Fauna of those countries, 

 in the hope that though scanty in themselves they might be of interest 

 in adding to our existing knowledge of the distribution of various 

 forms of animal life. 



I propose here to do the same with regard to the country of Pir 

 and Swat, and to record such few observations on the Zoology of these 

 countries as circumstances have allowed me to make during my stay 

 ( 1899, 1900, 1901), in the Dir, Swat, and Chitral agency. Nothing as far 

 as I know has ever been recorded in the matter of Zoology regarding these 

 countries before. My notes therefore must be taken as a modest 

 endeavour to make a commencement of the complete Zoological records 

 which it is to be hoped will be made of these countries hereafter by 

 more capable hands. 



Inability to move freely about this unsettled country and press of 

 work have prevented my observations being of anything like an exten-. 

 sive nature. The greater portion of the country is as yet unvisited by 

 Europeans, and a wide field of interesting zoological research remains 

 untouched. 



The countries of Dir and Swat are treated here as one. They 

 represent the drainage ai*eas of the Panjkora and Swat rivers respec- 

 tively as far as their junction. Both rivers take their rise within a 

 short distance of each other in the lofty mountain range which forms 

 tiie^ southern boundary of Ciiitral. The peaks of this range vary in 

 Ireight, decreasing from some 23,000 ft. on the N.-E. end to 15,000. ft, 

 or so on the S.-W. end of' the rano^e. 



