170 v. Ball — Mammals occurring in the Mahanadi Basin. [JirLY, 



Tail smoky-black. Beneath. Greyish- white passing into smoky-grey on the 

 cheeks extremities and edges of the parachute. This specimen does not 

 shew the rufous patch noted by Dr. Jerdon as characteristic of the male. 



Unfortunately the specimen was not measured in the flesh. After 

 stuffing and partial drying its dimensions (unstretched) were — 

 Length 15''i + tail 15'' = 80"i 

 Extent between fore feet to end of claws 16'"6 



hind „ „ „ 17." 



Width of parachute across centre of body 12." 



SciUETJS Maximus, Schre. 

 This squirrel probably occurs sparingly throughout the area, but in 

 Bome places is particularly abundant, as in Athgar near Cuttack where it is 

 to be found in certain ancient Mango groves on the banks of the Mahanadi. 

 I have shot it in Eairakhol and in Daspalla on the south of the Mahanadi. 

 At Paparhandi in Jaipur I heard of a large colony but did not visit the 

 locality. Dr. Jerdon found it to be abundant in Bastar. 



Elephas i:N"incrs, Cuv. 



The elephant within our area, so far as I know, does not occur south 

 of the Mahanadi. Possibly there may be some in the Khond Malias of the 

 Orissa states but I have never heard of them and I received positive infor- 

 mation that there were none in Kalahandi. Far to the south indeed, in 

 Bastar, a party of five have for many years been wandering about, but it is 

 stated that these, or at least a pair of them, originally escaped, and the last 

 of the herd, a remarkablj^ fine male, which has this year been captured by 

 the Bastar .Raja is claimed by the Jaipur Chief as having formerly belong- 

 ed to him and is at the* present moment the subject of a very comjjlicated 

 dispute. North of the Mahanadi, elephants occur in Hindol, Dhenkanal, 

 Keonjhar and Mohurbhanj. Outside our limits they are found in the long 

 range of hills which separates Manbhum from Singhbhiim. 



In the extreme west of Chota Nagpur in Korea and towards Matin and 

 Uprora there are colonies also. In all the above localities the Kedda 

 operations of the last ten years have much diminished the numbers — iiif* 

 some cases I believe no individuals of the herds have escaped.* 1 



EniNOCEROS soNDAicus, S. Miill. 

 According to Dr. Jerdon " a very few individuals (of this sjoecies) are 

 stated to occur in the forest tract along the Mahanadi river, and extending 

 northwards to Miduapore." 



* In the Proceedings for-May 18G8 I have given a list of the trees upon the leaves 

 of ^\•hiell the elei»liants of these jungles ehiefly subsist. r 



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