6Q R. Lydekker — Aberrant Dentition ofFelis Tigris. [Feb. 



The following papers were read : — 

 1. Abei^ant Dentition of Felia Tigris. — B^ R. Lydekker, B. A. 



(Abstract.) 



The author exhibited the lower jaw of a Tiger from Burma, which had 

 the peculiarity of bearing on one side an additional promolar tooth in ad- 

 vance of the two normal teeth. The presence of this additional tooth can 

 only be explained on the hypothesis of a " reversion" to the extinct Miocene 

 and Pliocene genus Fseudcslurus in which three lower premolars were nor- 

 mally developed. 



The paper will be published in full, with plate, in Journal Part II. 



2. Wigure of Duddlia recently found at Sarndth. — -Sy H. Riyett-Car- 

 NAC, C. I. E., M. R. A. S., &c. 



In the account of the Buddhist remains at Sarnath, near Benares, pub- 

 lished in the Journal, Asiatic Society, Vol. XXXII, General Cunningham 

 noticed the desirability of clearing away the rubbish at the foot of the 

 great Stupa called Dhameh, as he was of opinion that possibly some of the 

 statues of Buddha which once occupied the eight niches of the tower might 

 be found among the debris. It may, therefore, be of interest to the Asia- 

 tic Society to learn that during a visit paid to Sarnath last Christmas by 

 my wife and myself, in company with the Rev. J. C. and Mrs. Murray- 

 Aynsley, who are travelling through India, a stone figure of Buddha was 

 discovered amongst the ruins, in as nearly as possible the exact position in- 

 dicated by General Cunningham. Whether this figure once occupied one of 

 the eight niches of the tower, or belonged to some other portion of 

 the building, may perhaj)s be determined with the helj) of the sketch 

 now sent, together with a brief notice of the figure and a statement of 

 the position in which it was found. 



The figure was discovered by Mrs. Murray- Aynsley, whose attention 

 was attracted by the pattern of a necklace carved on a piece of sandstone, 

 which she found embedded in the debris on the south side of the trench cut 

 by General Cunningham, many years ago, leading to the passage on the 

 east side of the stupa. The rain has apparently washed away the soil from 

 the sides of the trench and had left this fragment exposed, at a depth of 

 about two feet from the level of the top of the rubbish by which the tower 

 is now surrounded. At first it was thought that the sculptured necklace 

 was a small fragment only, but on trying to extricate it, it was found neces- 

 sary to remove the stones and bricks at the top and sides, and by degrees 

 the figure, of which a drawing is annexed, (Plate I) was with some little 

 difficulty extricated, 



