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comparison of a stuffed head in our museum with the figure in Phil. Trans., 
LXXXIII (1793), tab. II, convinces me that the species must be referred to 
Ru. sumatuanus, auotorum ; which attains a development of horn hitherto 
unsuspected. The skull of a one-horned Rhinoceros shot by my friend Dr. 
Hook near Tavoy Point (where there is a small isolated colony of the species), 
and presented by Col. Fytche to the -Society, is that of indicus and not 
sondaicus; of which last we have two fine skulls in the museum : but there is 
said to be a third Tenasserim species on the Siamese frontier, known as the 
‘ fire-eater,’ from its propensity to attack the night-fires of travellers, stated 
to be of a paler colour than the others, and to have its skin studded with small 
tubercles. Dr. Mason leaps to the conclusion that this is Rh. sondaicus ; but 
it remains to be proved, especially as I can find no account of tin. sondaicus 
evincing the fire-attacking propensity in Java and Borneo, although the same has 
been stated of the ordinary Black Rhinoceros of S. Africa.— Since writing the 
above, Prof. Oldham has assured me that his fire was attacked by a Rhinoceros, 
which he shot, and recovered the skull three days afterwards. It was 2-horned 
and evidently Ru. sumatranus, with moderately developed horns. This militates 
against the supposition that the ‘fire-eater’ is a particular species. Pine horns 
of this Asiatic two-horned Rhinoceros are most difficult to procure, as they are 
bought up at extravagant prices by the China-men. 
