Game Animals of India, etc. 



chiefly employed in the tall grass-jungles of the Terai 

 and Assam, where any other mode would be almost 

 impracticable. In the swampy Sandarbans of Lower 

 Bengal, where the tigers lead a semi-aquatic life, they 

 must either be walked up on foot, or shot from a 

 machariy unless the sportsman is lucky enough to 

 " pot " his game from a boat. 



THE LEOPARD 



(^Felis pardiis) 



Native Names. — Chita, Sona-chita, Chita-bagh, Adnara^ 

 AND Tendwa^ Hindustani ; Palang, Persian ; 

 Diho, Baluchi ; Suh, Kashmiri ; Tidua and 

 Srighas in Bundelkand ; Gorbacha or Borbacha^ 

 Deccani ; Karda^ Asnea, Singhal, and Bibia-bagh, 

 Mahrathi ; Tenderwa and Bibla among the 

 Bauris of the Deccan ; Honiga and Kerkal, 

 Canarese ; Teon-kula of the Kols ; Jerkos in 

 Rajmehal ; Burkal and Gordag of the Gonds ; 

 Sonora of the Korkus ; Chiru-thai, Tamil ; 

 Chinna- pali^ Telegu ; Pali^ Malabari ; Kutiya, 

 Cingalese ; Bai-hira^ Tehr-he, Goral-he, or Ghor- 

 he IN the Simla District ; Sik, Tibetan ; Syik^ 

 Syiak, or SeJJiak, Lepcha ; Kajengla^ Manipuri ; 

 Misi-patrai and Kam-kei of Kuki ; Hurrea-kon, 

 Morrh^ Rusa, Tekhu-Khuia, and Kekhi^ Nagas ; 

 Kya-lak or Kya-thit^ Burmese ; Klapreung, Talain ; 

 Kiche-phong of the Karens ; Rimau-bintan, Malay. 



(Plate viii, figs. 3 and 4) 



Among many instances of uncertainty as to the 

 proper application and signification of names in natural 

 history, perhaps no greater confusion exists than in the 

 case of the large spotted cat scientifically known as Felis 

 pardus. This animal was known to the ancients by the 



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