MISCELLANEOUS NOTES. 



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Measurements of Tigers. 



Tigers. 



10 ft. 1 in. (7 ft. body) 



10 ft. 1 in. (3 ft. 1 in. head) 



9 ft. 6 in 



9 ft. 5 in. (shot by Hira) 

 9 ft. 3i in 



(6 ft. 5 in. 



8 ft. 5 in. (Old tiger). 

 6 ft. 10^ in. (Three-quarter grown cub) 

 Tigresses. 



1. 9 ft. 7 in. Record Tigress 



body) 



2. 9 ft. 2 in. (6 ft. 5 in. in body) 



3. 9 ft. 2 in. (2 ft. 4i in. head) 



4. 8 ft. 8 in 



5. 8 ft. 6J in 



6. 8 ft. 5 in. (shot bv Hira) 



7. 8 ft. 3J in. .. " .. 



8. 8 ft. 3 in 



9. 8 ft. 01 in 



10. 6 ft. 1\ in. (Three-quarter grown cub) 



Locality of Bag. 

 Hindalwa 

 Bankulwa . . 

 Sundar Gonar 



Total 



Hindalwa, 21st March. 



23rd March. 



26th March. 

 Bankulwa, 18th March. 

 Hindalwa, 1st April. 

 Bankulwa, 23rd March. 

 Sundar Gonar, 29th March. 



Hindalwa, 31st March. 



„ 5th April. 



Bankulwa, 20th March. 

 24th March. 

 Hindalwa, 27th March. 

 Sunder Gonar, 29th March. 

 Hindalwa, 31st March. 



„ 31st March. 



31st March. 

 Sundar Gonar, 29th March. 



. . 10 Tigers. 

 .. 4 ,. 

 .. 3 „ 



17 Tigers. 



No. iV.— ON THE lilETHODS OF JilEASURING TIGERS. 



In No. 3, Volume XXVI of this Journal, H. H. the Maharaja of Dhar gave 

 some notes on the length of tigers and panthers shot in his State. Recently 

 in the Field — there appeared a photo of what was stated to be the record tigress 

 which had been shot by H. H. the Maharaja of Bikaner— Reference to this 

 tigress is made in the notes from His Highness' diaiy which by his courtesy 

 are reproduced in this number together with a photo of the tigress. 



In No. 1 of this Volume Brig.-Genl. R. G. Burton asked how the measure- 

 ments of the Maharaja of Dhar's tigers and panthers were taken and stated 

 that measurements roimd curves must always be unrehable as no two people 

 are likely to take them aHke. He considered that no measurements could_b& 

 judged satisfactory unless taken in a straight line between pegs, the tail bemg 

 measured separately. 



The Editors wrote for information on this subject to both the Maharaja of 

 Dhar and the Maharaja of Bikanir and were advised that the mea-surements 

 had been taken round curves " this bemg the ordmary accepted way." 



The controversy as to the correct way of measurmg tigers is very ancient 



as wUl be seen from the followmg extracts from the Asian of Deceinber -3rd, 



1879. The extracts are from a letter to the Asian dated Purneah, 1st November 



1879, and signed "Joe" ( J. L. Shillingford ). Joe wi-ites :— 



"Length of Tigers. 



" In the columns of this Journal a good deal has been written on this 



"subject, resulting evidently in no definite solution of the vexed question. 



•'Naturalists, and even sportsmen, are stUl sceptical regarding the utmost 



