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No. III.— PANTHER AND WILD BOAR. 



A rather curious incident occurred to me the other day in a jungle in 

 this district. I was sitting up over a goat, having seen signs of two pan- 

 thers {F. pardus) in the vicinity. 



At about 1 A.M. a panther killed the goat, but the moon had set and it 

 was too dark to see it, though the black body of the goat was faintlj' 

 visible. 



Whilst the panther was eating the goat, another animal walked uj) to 

 the kill and stood about a yard or two from it looking on. The sound of 

 tearing and crunching did not stop for an instant, and I came to the conclu- 

 sion that this must be the other panther whose tracks I had seen. 



After a minute or two this animal came towards the foot of my tree and 

 it was discernible against the whitish grass, I took a shot and brought 

 it down. It turned out to be a big boar [Sus indicus). 



It was apparently in no way disconcerted by the operations of the pan- 

 ther upon the goat, and the panther cared so little for the presence of the 

 boar that he never even paused in his meal whilst it walked up to within 

 two yards. 



F. FITZ-GIBBON, Lieut. 



JuBBULPORB, 22nd April, 1911. 



No. IV.— GOLDEN CAT, FELIS TEMMINCKI, KILLING 

 BUFFALO CALF. 



Through the kindness of Mr. T. Rennie, of the Civil Veterinary Depart- 

 ment, the Society has received a skin of a Golden Cat killed in Tennasserim. 

 In forwarding the skin Mr. Rennie writes that it was sent to him by Mr. 

 G. P. Andrew, i. c. s., Deputy Commissioner of Mergui, and quotes an 

 extract from his letter. As verjr little is known of the habits of this cat 

 it is worthwhile putting on record Mr. Andrew's remarks which are as 

 follows: — 



" The skin of an animal which was speared near Victoria Point by some 

 Malays after it had killed a buffalo calf. I am quite unable to identify the 

 animal, the Burmans, who in such matters are uncritical, call the animal a 

 " Oha-Ni " the Malay word is '■ Ri-mao bang sa marah " the Siamese word 

 is " Hau pan deng ". But I gather that all these expressions simply mean 

 a tiger ( or panther ) of a reddish or tawny colour ". 



Bombay. N. B. KINNEAR. 



No. v.— MUNGOOSES IN THE EASTERN GHATS. 

 Whilst camping this month on Horselykonda, I saw specimens of Her- 

 pestes auropunctatus, Herpestes miitlii, and Herpestes vitticollis. HorseK-- 

 konda is a small peak in the Eastern Ghauts which runs up to 4.000 feet in 



