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Therefore I have come to the conclusion that it is either a hybrid or a 

 jackal hunting with wild dogs. 



H. W. BERTHON, Major. 



Amboli, Sawantwadi, 

 8th April, 1910. 



[The skin and skull sent are undoubtedly those of a jackal, the former being rather red 

 on the legs and underside and the latter having seven molar teeth in the lower jaw, whereas 

 in the wild dog there are only six. — Eds.] 



No. VI.— THE RUDIMENTARY CLAVICLES OF A PANTHER. 



I send herewith a drawing to scale of the rudimentary clavicles I took out 

 of a panther yesterday morning. The panther was 6'-6" (between uprights), 

 a fully grown male (tail 28| inches). We could not feel the bones for some 

 time, and when we cut them out thought they were both brohen. 



A — boiled out into 2 separate pieces, the top piece flattish and the bottom 

 piece roundish. No trace of a fracture. 



B — also consists of 2 similar pieces, but they are joined by slight gristle 

 which can easily be broken through, and now that it is dry shows that the 

 bones are about l/10th of an inch apart. But, again, there is no trace of a 

 fracture, the lower bone tapering off into a curving point and the upper one 

 flattish like a very diminutive collar-bone. One emerged from the boiling 

 still joined as shown. These bones do vary in curves and shape, but I have 

 never seen a panther with such absurdly small ones. Even, if we assume that 

 B had been broken, the two pieces are not as big as an ordinary clavicle in 

 an old male panther. 



A B 



Abnormal rudimentary clavicles. 

 It would be interesting to know if any one has ever come across similar 

 bones ? Have these bones been broken ? I have never seen any like them 

 before. The panther was about 4 years old I estimate, from the appearance 

 of the skull. 



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