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whitish specimen, in which the stripes were very opaque and 

 only visible in certain lights, was exhibited alive many years 

 ago at Exeter 'Change, and has been figured in Griffith's 

 " Animal Kingdom." Another nearly white specimen, from 

 Northern India, is recorded by Mr. Howard Saunders in the 

 " Proceedings of the Zoological Society" for 1891. 



In Central Asia, Siberia, and Amurland the Tiger assumes 

 a more woolly and longer fur — noticeable even in specimens 

 from Afghanistan, while the ground-colour of the fur is richer, 

 and the stripes of a more jetty blackness. A specimen 

 of the Siberian Tiger, apparently the first brought alive to 

 Europe, was exhibited recently in Hagenbeck's menagerie at 

 Amsterdam. Although an immature animal, with the winter- 

 coat only commencing to grow at the time of its arrival, the 

 hair on the neck was so elongated as to give almost the ap- 

 pearance of a mane ; while the tail was almost double the 

 thickness it bears in Indian Tigers. Although apparently less 

 than three years old, this Tiger stood three feet three inches at 

 the shoulder; in the course of three months it grew two inches 

 more, and it was considered likely to rise yet another four 

 inches in stature. As Indian Tigers usually stand from three 

 feet to three feet six inches at the shoulder, it thus seems 

 probable that the Siberian variety attains larger dimensions. 

 Although ferocious in appearance, Hagenbeck's Tiger was in 

 reality of a remarkably gentle disposition, and had probably 

 been reared from infancy by hand. 



A certain amount of variation occurs locally even among 

 Indian Tigers ; and it appears to be well ascertained that the 

 Bengal animal is larger and more lanky than the race inhabiting 

 the Central Provinces and Southern India; although, according 

 to Mr. Sterndale, the Tiger from the last-mentioned region 

 sometimes has the advantage in an all-round measurement. 



Distribution. — From the Caucasus, through Northern Persia, 



