814 Ninth Memoir on the Law of Storms in India. QNo. 141. 



This document shews that, as I have supposed at p. 810, the Purulia 

 storm, if it was any part of a circular one, was doubtless an indepen- 

 dent one, both as regards those to the Southward and to the N. W. 

 of that station, the little change indicating that it was, if circular, 

 passing on nearly an East and West track to the South of Purulia. 



H. P. 



Notes on a curious species of Tiger or Jaguar, killed near the Snowy 

 Range, north of Darjeeling. By Lieut. Tickell, Bengal Native In- 

 fantry, Assistant Agent to the Governor General, S. W. Frontier. 



The animal from which these notes are taken was killed by a Bho- 

 tia, near the Snowy Range, in the northerly part of Sikkim, and its 

 skin subsequently purchased by a gentleman who obligingly lent it to 

 me for the purpose of sketching. The want of a better model to copy 

 from, has probably rendered my drawing, with regard to outline, faulty 

 in many points. But careful measurements, protracted on a scale, may 

 give a tolerable approximation to true proportions and general aspect, 

 and the markings of the skin are faithfully delineated, as well as the 

 color of the fur carefully described. 



Dimensions of the Skin. 



Feet. Inches. 



From nose to root of tail, . . . . 3 5 



Tail, .. .. ... ..2 101 



Centre of back, between the shoulders to 



sole of fore- paw, ... .. ... 2 0J 



From root of tail to sole of hind paw, . . 2 If 



,, nose to eye, . . . . . . 4^ 



,, eye to ear, .. .. ..0 5J 



,, ear to between shoulders, ..0 8 



Of the breadths of various parts I take no measure, for they are in 

 places shrunk, and in others pulled out during the operation of flaying. 

 The head is narrow and nose somewhat elongated, the muzzle approach- 

 ing the attenuated form in some of the smaller cats, leading into 

 M Viverrina." Limbs and body bulky and low, and the tail very thick, 

 long and furry. The hair on other parts is thick and soft, but shorter 



