MISCELLANEOUS NOTES. 6^3 



one of the kills had been moved, so we went to the place and followed up ther 

 drag. The jungle in the bend was an impossible place to beat, and we wanted, 

 if the tiger was still there, to disturb him quietly and get him to cross into 

 the other jungle ; however, we found the kill bad been taken down to the 

 river and dropped over an overhanging bank about 7 feet high into 6 feet of 

 water, and from where we stood we saw where it had been dragged out on 

 the opposite bank. I do not suppose the tiger took a header in after the 

 kill ; he must have gone round and slipped into the water somewhere, swam 

 up to the kill, taken hold and pulled it across. I did not look for his tracks 

 as, knowing the kill was across, all was plain sailing. It was a very simple 

 beat ; the tiger came along nicely to my companion, posted on the right, but 

 unfortunately, when he was about 100 yards away, he ran suddenly against 

 a bear which gave him such a fright that he came galloping over to me, and 

 I bagged him. 



On the 7th February a friend who was with me shot a great solitary snipe, 

 the first I had ever seen, and a few days afterwards I put up another. I 

 was after a buffalo at the time and had no shot-gun with me, but the snipe 

 passed within 6 feet of my head, and there was no mistaking it. It only 

 flew about 50 yards, when I again put it up. 



W. H.. HUNTER, Captain. 



Nagpuk, Jime, 1896, 



No, IV.— A CURIOUS MALFORMED TIGER'S SKULL. 



Last hot weather I shot a medium-sized tiger, and on examining the head 

 I found that both canine teeth in the upper jaw were missing. The 

 right canine tooth had evidently become decayed, as there was a hole run- 

 ning right up into the root of the tooth. The place where the left canine 

 tooth should have been was perfectly smooth and covered over with the gum. 

 It looked as if the tiger had never grown this tooth at all, I thought no 

 more of the matter at the time, and the skull has been put away with others 

 ever since. Yesterday I took several tiger skulls- out and put them to soak 

 in cold water previous to cleaning them, and my attention was drawn to thi» 

 skull. On examining it closely, I found a large canine tooth lying inside 

 the cavity of the nose. I could only take it out with a great deal of difficulty, 

 as it was well covered with thin bone. The tooth is a large one, but is 

 deformed, and the point is worn rather fine, as if it had wasted away. The 

 tooth had evidently been forced back through the socket and must have 

 been in this state for some time, because the base of the tooth had become 

 deformed. It mtist have originally been in its normal position in the jaw as 

 it shows the enamel as in an ordinary tooth, and this also goes to prove that 

 the injury took place after the animal was full grown. I may mention that 

 in order to remove the tooth I had to extract it through the nose. 



R. WAPSHARE, Captain, 3rd Lancers. 



AuKUNaABAD, Septeviler, 1896, 



