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ground, the space between being burnt and quite devoid of cover. When 



about 30 yards off, I aimed somewhere at the centre of the face with the left 



barrel (solid bullet). As soon as I could see for the smoke, the tiger had 



turned off at right-angles and was staggering about, apparently dazed, some 20 



yards off. A bullet on the shoulder from my second rifle then dropped him. On 



subsequent examination it appeared that the solid bullet from my left barrel 



had struck exactly in the centre of the forehead and midway between two 



parallel lines connecting the eyes and ears ; it had then glanced to the left, not 



having damaged the skull in the very least degree. The skin shows a good-sized 



well-defined hole in the centre of the forehead, witha broad grazing cut about 



1£ inches long to the left, and of course joining the hole. The rifle used 



was a double *577, burning 160 grs. of powder ; bullet, Eley's,hard lead, 520 grs. 



As an instance of the energy and penetration of the above combination of 



powder and lead to show that the above was not due to want of penetration, 



I may mention that shortly afterwards I had a very long shot(about 200 yards) 



at a full-grown wild buffalo (B. ami) galloping away from me. The bullet 



(520 grs. solid) struck the root of the tail. The buffalo was found lying 



down in a state of collapse some 400 yards further on. 



I also subsequently on several occasions with the same rifle and bullet 



dropped the African Buffalo (Bos cuffier) at and over 100 yards without any 



difficulty. 



J. H. YANDERZEE, Lieut., 



Indian Staff Corps. 

 Ellichpur, Beeae, January, 1897. 



No. IV— AN INSTANCE OF THE NATURAL REPELLENT 

 EFFECT OF " WARNING COLOURS.'' 



The observation here recorded appears to be noteworthy as corroborative 

 evidence in favour of the protective value of " Warning Colours." 



I have in my possession a very docile young Himalayan bear, one of whose 

 most strongly marked appetites is for grasshoppers. He seizes greedily and 

 crunches, with every sign of relish, the common bright-green and dull brown 

 grasshoppers found in Calcutta, and one of the few displays of real ill-temper, 

 of which he has been guilty, was occasioned by my attempting to pick up a 

 large grasshopper that had dropped from his mouth. 



Recently I offered him a specimen of the glaring-coloured and evil-smelling 

 Autarches miliaris (Linn.) which, as soon as he smelt it, he refused in a most 

 comical way, but without any show of anger or violent distrust. 



(It may be recalled to memory that, in life, Aularches miliaris has the 

 abdomen broadly cross-striped in alternate black and scarlet, and the fore- 

 wings black with large canary-yellow spots, and also that it secretes a most 

 peculiarly pungent-smelling frothy fluid.) 



A little after the first refusal I again forced the insect upon him, when he 

 stood up on his hind legs and violently struck it out of my hand, in exactly 



