ZOOLOGICAL NOTES. 281 



temporarily senseless. The dragon-fly then, without any hesitation, seized him hy 

 the hind legs, dragged him rapidly to the hole out of which he had dug him, 

 entered himself, and pulled the cricket in after him, and then, emerging, scratched 

 some sand over the hole and flew away. Time for the whole transaction, say, 

 three minutes. 



The cricket was of the large fat kind that keep up a continual singing in a tree 

 or house porch. The noise is peculiar, as it is difficult to tell from what spot it 

 comes, and it sometimes has almost a deafening effect on the ears if listened to 

 for some time. I have most frequently heard these crickets in hill jungles in the 

 hot weather, hut I do not know their scientific name. 



I do not find any mention of a dragon-fly such as I describe in " Tribes on my 

 Frontier," nor have I ever heard of a case in which a large cricket was dug out of 

 his home, only to be killed and then buried in it. But was it his home ? or was it 

 the home of the dragon-fly into which he had got by mistake? If the former, why 

 did the dragon-fly put him back again? or, if the latter, why did the cricket 

 ever go into the house of so formidable an enemy? I conclude that the cricket 

 was in his own home, and, in that case Irish evictions and moonlighters are nothing 

 to what he had to endure, for he was first evicted, then chased and killed, and 

 then buried beneath his own hearth-stone. 



In any case the sight was a most curious one, and I should be glad to have 

 a scientific explanation of it- 



E. GILES. 



CORRESPONDENCE. 



WILD BUFFALO. 



To the Editor, Bombay Natural History Society's Journal. 



Dear Sir, — Mr. Littledale's derivation (see Journal No. 2, page 153,) is 

 ingenious even if it is not quite correct. 



I think, as far as I can gather, the word " Urnah" not " Arna" comes down from 

 Assam and those parts, and is not Hindustani at all. My authority for this is 

 Baldwyn, who frequently uses the word "urnah " as if it were in common use in 

 the parts of which he is writing, viz., Jeypore and the Lowqua lake. 



I was this year in the Central Provinces, and came across several herds of 

 buffalo. The natives, however, did not even understand the word "Arna" or 

 "Urnah," but called them indifferently with the bison " Bim bhainsa," "Jungle 

 bhainsa," and the Gonds "Pera Mao." The word " Gaur," whenever used, of course 

 referred to " Garseus Gaurus," which were to be found in the same jungles. 



In Sind and the Punjab the word " darkhat" for " darakht" is not uncommon, 

 as well as many other Provincialisms, as " nuggeech " for " nuzdeekh" (near). 

 " Nuklau" for " Luknau." In the Central Provinces the town of Warora is called 

 by every one there Baroda. " — I am, &c, 



W. St. JOHN RICHARDSON, 



Capt. B. S. C. 



