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Title: Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society
Year: 1886 (1880s)
Authors: Bombay Natural History Society
Subjects: Natural history
Publisher: Bombay, Bombay Natural History Society
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Smithsonian Libraries

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"Gir and Girna range, common.—C. A. C.
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REPORT No. 11.
By Kathleen. V. Ryley.
With Field Notes by the Collector G. C. Shortridge.
COLLECTION... ... ... No. 11.
LOCALITY ... ... ... COORG.
DATE ... ... ... DECEMBER 16th 1912-FEBRUARY
1913.
COLLECTED BY ... ... Mr. G. C. SHORTRIDGE.
EARLIER REPORTS . . . . No. 1, E. Khandesh, Vol. XXI,
p. 392 ; No. 2, Berars, Vol. XXI, p. 820 ; No. 3, Cutch, Vol.
XXI, p. 826; No. 4, Nimar, Vol. XXI, p. 844; No. 5, Dharwar,
Vol. XXI, p. 1170 ; No. 6, Kanara, Vol. XXII, p. 29 ; No. 7,
Central Provinces, Vol. XXII,p. 45; No. 8, Bellary, Vol.
XXII, p. 58 ; No. 9, Mysore, Vol. XXII, p. 283 ; No. 10,
Kathiawar, Vol. XXII, p.

This collection was made in Coorg, a small British Province in
Southern India.
The following detailed description of the country and camps is
given by Mr. Shortridge :-—
"Coorg, which is the smallest province in India, is situated
chiefly on the slopes and summits of the Western Ghats. Bounded
on the north by South Kanara and the Hassan district of Mysore.
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YOUNG BISON BULL (probably a half-tame specimen), MYSORE.

MAMMAL SURVEY OF INDIA. 487

On the west, north-west, and south-west the boundary runs
along the foot of the Ghats, some of the peaks of which rise to a
height of from 5,000 to 6,000 feet, overlooking the low lands of
South Kanara and Malabar. The Brahmagiri Hills constitute a
formidable barrier between South Coorg and the wooded tracts of
the Wynaad. On the north and east for a short distance the
Cauvery and Hemavati rivers mark the boundary between Mysore
and Coorg, but elsewhere (to the east) the country merges imper-
ceptably into the general tableland of Mysore.
Coorg lies geographical between north latitude 11 -5 6 and
12-50 and between east longitude 75-22 and 76-12.
Area 1,582 square miles, greatest length and breadth 60 by 40
miles.
Average rainfall 124 inches.
Population (1911) 174,976.
General elevation between 3,000 and 3,500 feet.
The Fort of Mercara stands about 3,800 feet above sea level and
this elevation is maintained for a considerable distance towards the
north. Eastwards the country slopes down to the bed of the

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