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I have a mutilated specimen which I bought from a villager at Piki in the 

 interior ; it has the ground color above rather paler than my living animal, but 

 in other respects does not differ. 



The length from the nose to the origin of the tail is about seventeen or 

 eighteen inches, and the tail eleven inches, giving a total of about two feet, four 

 inches. 



I am doubtful whether this should be considered as the Bengal or Nepdl cat : 

 it certainly has markings in some measure common to both, and as the habitat 

 of the former does not appear to be strictly known and the descriptions are 

 supposed to be taken from immature specimens, it is possible that the two may 

 prove to be the same animal. The only descriptions of these animals that I have 

 access to, are contained in the Naturalist's Library, and the animal there given as 

 the Bengal cat is said to have been received from Java. The plate does not agree 

 with my animal although in some respects the description does. In the synopsis 

 at the end of the volume it is called the Bengal cat with a mark of doubt affixed. 

 It is said that the " species is hardly confirmed by any author." With regard 

 to the Nepdl cat the figure in some measure agrees, as also the description. 

 It is taken from the ZoologicalJournal, No. 15. 



Hill Fox. Canis vulpes montana — Pearson. During the winter, especially 

 when the snow is on the ground, these animals are very numerous about Simla 7 

 and come close to the houses in search of offal or other prey. It has been well 

 described by Dr. J. T. Pearson in the Journal Asiatic Society. 



They breed in the end of March or early in April and have three or four cubs 

 at a birth. 



I have three young ones alive about seven or eight weeks old ; they are similar 

 to the old ones in colors, except that they are somewhat paler r the males are 

 larger and much darker than the females. 



These animals are not confined to the lower hills but range up to the verge of 

 the snows. 



I have a fine male specimen which was shot near the snow, and a female which 

 I caught in a trap at Simla in May. She had evidently cubs not far off. 



Canis aureus. The jackal is found also in the valley of the Pabbar. We saw 

 several in the rice fields near Shergaon. At Simla I have often heard the cry, 

 or what is said to be the cry, of the female, but the male, never, although I have 

 seen them. They do not appear to hunt in packs as they do in the plains, but 

 are seen singly. 



Langoor. Hanumdn. Entellus monkey. Semnopithecus entellus. 



This species is found at Simla all the year through, but when the snow falls 

 during the winter it seeks a warmer climate, in the depth of the khads t 

 returning again to the heights as it melts away. I have seen them however, 

 in a fine sunshiny day even with the snow on the ground, leaping from tree to 

 tree up and down the hill of Jaku at Simla, which is 8115 feet. 



Royle is mistaken when he says, that " the Entellus alone ascends in the 

 summer months as high as 9000 feet." I have seen them at Ndgkunda in 

 August at 9000 feet, and in winter on Hdtlu mountain which is 10,655 feet; and. 

 in winter at Simla with snow four or five inches deep, and hard frosts at night, 

 as high as 8000 feet. 



