166 MAMMALIA OF INDIA. 
are—i.e. head and body together, and then the tail separately—I might 
have had some more reliable data to go upon ; but I hope in time to get 
some from such sportsmen as are interested in the subject. I have 
shown that the tail is not trustworthy as a proportional part of the total 
length ; but from such calculations as I have been able to make from 
the very meagre materials on which I have to base them, I should allow 
one 2‘5oth part of the total length of skeleton for curves and muscles. 
In addition to a careful study of De Blainville’s ‘ Ostéographie,’ where 
the bones are figured in large size to scale, I have made many careful 
measurements of skulls belonging to myself and friends, and also of the 
skulls and skeletons in the Calcutta Museum (for most willing and 
valuable assistance in which I am indebted to Mr, J. Cockburn, who, in 
order to test my calculations, went twice over the ground); and I have 
adopted the following formula as a tentative measure. I quite expect to 
be criticised, but if the crude idea can be improved on by others I shall 
be glad. 
I now give a tabular statement of four out of many calculations made, 
but I must state that in fixing an arbitrary standard of 36 inches for 
tail, I have understated the mark, for the tails of most tigers exceed 
that by an inch or two, though, on the other hand, some are less. 
Formula.—Measure from the tip of the premaxillaries or outer insertion of the front 
teeth (incisors) along the palate to the nearest inner edge of the foramen magnum, Mul- 
tiply the result by 5°50. This will give the length of the skeleton, excluding the tail. 
Divide this result by 2°50, and add the quotient to the length for the proportionate 
amount of muscles and gain in curves. Add 36 inches for tail. 
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Mr. Shillingford’s tiger | 67°37; 26°94 36°00130°31\10 10) Mr.S ’s tiger’s tail 
was over 3ft. 2ins., 
which would make 
it 11 ft. 
Big tiger in museum . | 63°52) 25°40 36°00 124° 92 10 43, Nearly Io ft. 5 in. 
Maharajah of Cooch | 66°00) 26°40 36° 00 128°40'10 84 The Maharajah writes 
Behar’s tiger to me that it mea- 
sured on the ground 
9 ft. “1rsan see 
A medium-sized one | 55°75) 23°10) 36°00116°85|) 9 83) further on. 
of my own 
