17 1 



Length of one, head and body not quite 7 inches ; tail 6 ; the 

 hair one inch more ; head to occipital ridge 2 ; ear -jj-ths ; foot 

 J| ; hand about 1. Another measured, head and body 7J inches; 

 tail 7J. 



My specimens differ somewhat from those from Arracau, in 

 having the lower parts much darker, and with the pale central line 

 narrower ; in the Burmese examples, the whole chin, throat, and 

 breast being buff." 



Page 12, No. 12, Ursus Malay anus. 

 Bur ma h Bear. 



I find that the skull of poor Ada was far shorter than that of an 

 Indian bear, ursus labiatus, of about the same weight. The sketch 

 attached is from an excellent photograph of these skulls taken by 

 Messrs. Nicholas and Curths, Madras. 



The Malayan bear certainly appears more sociable and more 

 easily tamed than its Indian cousin : since my notes at page 12 

 were written, I have heard several most amusing stories of one 

 which in its tastes must have been almost as epicurean as Sir 

 Stampford Raffle's pet Malayan Bruin which preferred champagne 

 to all other drinks. The bear I speak of, delighted in cherry brandy, 

 and on one occasion, having been indulged with an entire bottle of 

 this insinuating beverage, got so completely intoxicated that it stole 

 a bottle of blacking and drank off the contents under the impres- 

 sion that they were some more of its favorite liquor. The owner 

 of the bear told me that he saw it suffering from this strange mix- 

 ture and evidently with, as may easily be imagined, a terrible head- 

 ache : Hawk eye mentions this story in one of his letters to the 

 South of India Observer. 



Page 14, No. 13, Ursus Labiatus. 



" Indian Black Bear. 



Too well-known to need description. One of the best pictures I 

 have ever seen of this animal is in Shaw's Zoology, where it is des- 

 cribed as the ursine sloth. As this interesting work may not 

 be generally known, I may be excused if I mention it more fully. 

 Much of the information it conveys is now somewhat stale, but 



