MISCELLANEOUS NOTES. 625 



short, sharp, staccato swear and I had every hope of getting the little 

 beast perfectly tame in a few days, but unfortunately it escaped from its 

 box in a most unaccountable manner. 



I send this record of this, seemingly, very rare species as it is, I think, 

 worthy of record, and in spite of the difierence in colour above noted I 

 think it could only be Vutorius erminea. 



The dark tip to the tail confines it to one of two species of this genus 

 and the pure white underparts pretty well settles the rest of its identity, 



Dharmsala, Punjab, 0. H. DONALD, f.z.s., m.b.o.u. 



23r(Z September 1920. 



No. III.— RECORD FEMALE INDIAN GAZELLE. {G. BENETTI.) 



I am sending yon the photo of a female Indian Gazelle, " Gazelle 

 bennetti," $ , I shot some years ago near " Sirsa " in the Punjab and 

 which Rowland AVard has later mounted and measured for me. He states 

 that it is the longest pair he has ever measured exceeding Sir Victor 

 Brook's by one inch. 



If you would care to put this into the Journal please do so. 



Length of horn. Circumference. Tip to Tip. 



71" 2" 2i'', shot by Sir V. Brook. 



gl// 1|« .3|", shot by R. H. Heath 



CouLsDON, Surrey, R- H- HEATH. 



1st August 1920. 



No. IV.— SOME SPLENDID BLACK BUCK HEADS. 



The 'Field' of March the 27th 1920 contains a note on what is described 

 as a magnificent Black Buck shot by Mr. F. H. Peppe in January 1915 at 

 Jakhal, a Railway Junction on the borders of Patiala half way between 

 Delhi and Bhatinda. The measurements are as follows : — 



Length.. .. 28| inches. 



Girth .. .. H V 



Tip to Tip . . 22 „ ^ -„, , 



Rowland Ward's Records of Big Game give 30*" as the record B ack 

 Buck head now in the possession of ;Capt. J. MacRae-Gitstrap, but there 

 is no evidence as to where the animal was shot. Second to this is a head 



27 



