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II. The fight of Papilio dissimilis, is remnrkably strong when disturbed, and 

 once it is frightened it goes away at a pace which defies pursuit ; usually, however, 

 it flaps along in a lazy sort of way, exactly resembling the butterflies it mimics, 

 D. limnince. The tight of P. ponope is the same, but it resembles E. core in 

 coloration. Mr. Aitken in his interesting paper on the butterflies of Bombay 

 vide Vols. I. and II. of our Journal, says he has not seen the power of flight as 

 mentioned by Distant. Both these butterflies (I think they are one and the 

 same species) have a similar habit as those they mimic, they rest hanging at 

 the extreme point of a naked twig and would like to be passed over by the 

 collector as ordinary Danaince. 



J. A. BETIIAM. 



13.— BEARS BEING EATEN BY TIGERS. 



I gave a note on this subject in a recent number of the Journal.* Now I 

 find in Captain Baldwin's *' Large aud Small Game of Bengal," 2nd edition, 

 page 21, the following: — ■ 



"An extraordinary event happened while I was stationed at Jhansi. Our 



Brigadier, Col. B n (since dead, I regret to say), and one of his subalterns, 



C e, were out together in Seepree district tiger shooting. One morning 



they put up a large tiger and shot him. The beaters reported to them that they 

 had come across the carcase of a bear, recently killed and half eaten, near the 

 spot where they had put up the tiger just accounted for. The sportsman examin- 

 ed the remains of the bear, and became convinced that the tiger had not only 

 killed, but devoured the missing portion of poor " Bhaloo." To clear up all 

 doubt they had the tiger opened, and portions of the bear's flesh were found in 

 his stomach. This is the only instance of the kind that I have ever heard of." 



H. LITTLEDAI.E. 

 Baroda, September 1889. 



It.— MEASUREMENT OF INDIAN ELEPHANTS. 

 The following measurement of two Elephants shot near here last year may be 

 of interest, as they have not yet been published ; and I am inclined to think 

 that the tusks of the second animal have not been exceeded except by the 8 feet 

 enormity from Assam : — 



No. 1. Height, measured on ground, immediately after death, 9' 8*. 

 Unbroken Tusk — Length, 5 feet; weight 56 lbs. 

 Broken Tusks, ,, 4 ,, „ 4G „ 



(Both tusks were cut out of the head at the junction with the skull.) 

 No. 2. Height, measured on ground between two upright bamboos placed at 

 top of shoulder and sole of foot, slightly over 10 feet. (The forelegs were 

 slightly drawn up and could not be pulled out straight.) 



Circumference of forefoot ... ... ... 5' 



Unbroken Tusks — 



Length 6' 7" 



Circumference at gum 1' 4f 



Circumference inside the gum ... ... 1' 5" 



Weight 3 days after death 65 lbs. 



* Fi'rft page 153, Vol. IV. 



