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Tfeeping to the jungle : he was cunning and did not worry the villagers by 

 raiding their cattle, although he was often heard at night. His mate was 

 ■of the same dark colour. I shot her. 



In the next case I again shot the tigress ; but this time the first news I 

 heard of the tigress and herniate was that they were both very bad cattle 

 marauders. The colour of the one I shot was a very pale yellow. When 

 reading Col. Fytche's book on Big Game I noticed that he remarks that the 

 really bad cattle-stealing tigers were always reputed to have far paler skins 

 than their less notorious brethren. I wonder if any of your correspon- 

 dents have ever come across this, when out on shikar. 



This second tiger had done great damage to cattle during the short time 

 that I was in the shooting-block. 



Alipoee, Calcutta, C. R. S. PITMAN, 



IWi November 1911. 27th Punjabis. 



No. VIII.— A DEFORMED HEAD OF THE FOUR-HORNED 

 ANTELOPE. 



On the 18 June 1911, I shot what appeared to me to be quite a good 

 Four-horned Antelope buck. He was a 100 yards away when I got him. 

 On approaching I found that his right rear horn was missing. It had either 

 never grown at all or it had been knocked off very early in his life. The 

 actual measurements were as follows : — 



Length of right rear horn . . . . None. 



Length of left rear horn . . . , 3f inches. 



Length of front right horn . . . . 1| inches. 



Length of front left horn . . . . 1| inches. 



Girth of rear horn . . . . . . 2 inches. 



Girth of front horns . . . . . . 2 J inches. 



Tip to tip : rear horns . . . . . . .... 



Tip to tip : front horns . . . . . . f inches. 



C. R. S. PITMAN, 

 Alipore, Calcutta, 27th Punjabis. 



\Wi November l^ll. 



No. IX.— THE PINTAIL DUCK {BAFILA ACUTA) SHOT 

 IN SEPTEMBER. 



When flight shooting in Kashmir on 21st September, I bagged a Pintail 

 drake which was in either immature or eclipse plumage. The earliest 

 recorded date hitherto for this duck in India is October. 



H. A. F. MAGRATH, Majok. 



Kashmir. 1911. 



