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No account of Jaipur can be in any way complete without 
some mention of the wild fauna of the place. Thanks to 
the protection wisely given to both bird and beast by H.H. 
the Maharaja and his subjects, the wild things here show 
wonderful confidence in mankind. 
I saw great grey Langur Monkeys, Semnopithecus entellus^ 
playing in the Palace Garden in the city, and a few miles 
away, when going up the Galta Pass in the hills, 1 came on 
a party of between thirty-two and forty of these animals. 
They sat in groups on the path and did not move to let me 
by ; in fact I had to move to right and left not to run into 
them, and I had to step carefully to avoid treading on their 
long tails. 
Palm- Squirrels, Sciurus palmarum^ abound in Jaipur as 
in so many other parts of India, and in the environs of the 
town there are many Blackbuck, Antilope cervicapra; in one 
herd of these graceful antelopes I counted over forty indi- 
viduals. 
Of the birds the most noticeable are the Peafowl, Pavo 
cristatus^ which appear to be everywhere, and the Blue Bock 
Pigeons, Columba livia or Columba intermedia^ which in 
untold thousands swarm in the streets and cover the roofs 
of the buildings. The gardens are full of Spotted Doves, 
Turtur surntensis, Palm- Doves, Turtiir cambayensis^ and 
Laughing Doves Turtur risorius. Crows, King- Crows, 
Sparrows, Bee-eaters, Hoopoes, Parrakeets, Vultures, and 
Kites abound. Quantities of Myna-birds, Acridotheres 
tristis and Temenuchus pagodarum^ frequent the zoological 
garden, and at the Mugger tank I saw a few Pond- Herons, 
Ardeola grayi^ and Black- winged Himantopus 
candidus. 
