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I have taken perfectly formed rudimentary clavicles out of a three-quarters 

 grown panther, 6 feet in length, with hollow eye-teeth. 



The teeth of this panther might, from their appearance, have belonged to a 

 very old beast, but the ridge at the back of the skull does not show abnormal 

 growth. 



H. W. BERTHON, Major. 



Amboli, Sawantwadi, 

 6th April 1910. 



[These collar bones appear to be so different to the usual ones found in panthers that we 

 also figure below a normal pair to show the difference.— Eds.] 



Normal rudimentary clavicles of a panther. 



No. VII— SLOTH BEAR CALLING HER YOUNG 

 WHEN ATTACKED. 



The following account of an incident which occurred in the hills of Central 

 India the other day (written by a lady) may interest you. 



" When stalking over the hills the other morning my husband and I dis- 

 covered a bear in a very deep valley, and my husband had a long shot at it, on 

 which it leapt up with a " whoof " and charged uphill in the direction of the 

 firing. He fired again, and again it charged in our direction, then the bear 

 commenced calling and making a tremendous din and I said: — " I believe there 

 is a cub," and sure enough we presently heard a little answering call and away 

 down under the trees we saw a small cub. My husband did not shoot again 

 as he felt sorry for the cub. The old bear hesitated for a long time as to 

 what she should do, and then, as the firing had stopped, she decided to return 

 to her little one, and we could hear the gurgle of delight on her return. The 

 cub then jumped up on her back and away they went into the jungle. It was 

 all most interesting." 



Secundeeabad, W. GAYE. 



27th March 1910. 

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