MISCELLANEOUS NOTES. 



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No. v.— LARGE SAMBAR HEAD. 



I send herewith a photograph (Plate A.) of a Sambar {JRusa unieolor) which 

 you may like to reproduce in the Journal. I shot the Sambar in His 

 Highness the Maharaja of Panna's jungles, and the trophy is an interesting 

 one from the fact that there are three complete tines on the right side. 

 The measurements can be seen from the photo reproduced. The greatest 

 length round the curve, as can be seen from the photo, is from the burr to 

 the tip posterior right tine which is 41 inches, and 1 should like to know 

 your opinion and that of other members of the Society as to whether these 

 horns can be in anyway regarded as a record, taking into consideration the 

 fact that there are three tines on the right side and that one of these 

 measures 41 inches from burr to tip. 



F. D. S. FAYRER, Major, i.m.s. 

 SUTNA, E. I. Ry., 

 June Srd, 1913. 



[The measurements are not shown on the block but the principal ones, not 

 given on the table below, are as follows : — 



Length of left horn 38", length of brow outters R. 19", L. 17^". 



According to the latest edition of Rowland Ward's " Records " the record 

 head measures 50^" along the outside curve. There are many heads longer than 

 that of Major Fayrer's, and in no measurement does his excel heads already 

 obtained. Two heads with extra points are mentioned, and the measurements are 

 as follows : — 



Length on outside 

 curve. 



43 

 41 



No. VI.— HOW WILD BOAR FIGHT. 



On the 2nd April at about 8-30 in the morning I was walking through 

 grass jungle in the Chanda District of the Central Provinces where I was 

 shooting. 



Suddenly two Wild Boar rose out of the grass on their hind legs and 

 fought in this position, with fore legs locked for more than half a minute. 



At first they were about 60 yards off, but I got much closer and saw them 

 on the ground rolling over and over each other, squealing and hacking at 

 each other with their tusks. 



When they eventually separated the smaller of the two came my way 

 and I shot it. It had a very deep gash in its near shoulder as a result of 

 the fight. The wound was nearly 4 inches long and made the pig limp. 



Camp C. P., 

 6th April 1913. 



C. R. PITMAN, 



27th Punjabis. 



No. VII.— NOTES ON THE CHESTNUT-HEADED SHORTWING. 



The following notes on the Chestnut-headed Shortwing, Oligura castanei- 

 coronata, may be of some interest. Oates in the Fauna of British India, 

 Birds, Vol. I, states that this bird is found from 3,000 ft. to 6,000 ft., and 

 also mentions it as a bird of the higher ranges of the Himalayas. It would 

 appear to be subject to a seasonable movement, as here in the Bhutan Duars 



