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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, 
