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Kaulback and in Sind and Assam by W. J. C. Frost, with additional weasel skulls and measured skins obtained through Mr. W. L. 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VCORRIGENDA .     .  .  ·  ·.  .  ·  .  .  .  .viiExPLANATION OF PLATES.  .  ··  .  .  ..  .  .  ixSYsTRMATIO CoNTENTS .  .  ···  ·  .  ·  ·  .  xiORDER CARNIVORA:  \nSUBORDER AELUBOIDEA .  ··..  .  .  .  .   1SUBORDER ARCTOIDEA.  ··  ·  .  ·  .  ·  .74APPENDIX .·  ·  ··  ······  ·  ·  .467ALPHABETICAL INDX,··  .·  ·  ·  ·  ·  ·  .501  \nAUTHOR’S PREFACE  \nTO VOL.II.  \nAFTER the completion of Vol.I of this work,and when theMS.of Vol.II was well advanced,Mr.R.Kaulback waSvoluntarily and diligently collecting in Upper Burme for theMammal Survey of British India.His collections WAreperioaically received in instalmonte.Some of the Carniroraarrived in time to be referred to in the main text of Vol.π,others were too late;and since there were points of intereetin most of the skins and skulls he secured before coming hometo\"join up,\"an account of them has been given in anAppendix to this volume.A report on another collectioncontaining much interesting material is also included.Thiswas made,after the outbreak of war,in Sind and Assam byMr.W.J.C.Frost and was presented to the British Musoumby Sir John Ellerman.A third collection dealt with in thoAppendix contains a fine series of skulls and measured ekinsof two species of Weasels secured by Mr.W.L.Abbott,mostlyin Ladakh and Baltistan.They were apparently lent to theNatural History Museum many years ago for report in thethen projected volumes on thc Mammal Fauna of BritishIndia;but owing to the deaths of Messrs.R.C.Wroughton,T.B.Fry and Oldfield Thomas the collection was Bet aaide,forgotten,and did not come into my hands until it was toolato to cons","cbCaipCqG8yCwA8X","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaipCqG8yCwA8X","pdf",30600959,524,"English","# Contents\n## Author’s Preface to Vol. II\n## Corrigenda\n## Explanation of Plates\n## Systematic Contents\n## Appendix\n## Alphabetical Index","[{\"question\":\"What regions and collectors contributed to the contents of Vol. II?\",\"answer\":\"Specimens were collected in Upper Burma by R. 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