. Records of big game with their distribution, characteristics, dimensions, weights, and horn & tusk measurements . lity. Owner. 24 24f Assam British Museum (the late T. Briscoe) I9§ 22§ Assam (?) . Ipswich Museum. i8| 23i 4 lbs. 9 oz. Assam . D. H. Felce. ? 18 16 Do. . The late M. H. Logan. i6| Belsire, Assam . W. C. Sherwill. ?i6i Cooch Behar the Maharaja of Cooch Behar. ? 16 J2 lbs. Nowgong, Assam L. Fabre Tonnerre. 15 22| Nepal Dr. T. G. Longstaff. 14* 21 Assam . Dr. W. P. Y. Bainbrigge. 9 14 22j 4l lbs. Nowgong, Assam L. Fabre Tonnerre. I3i 22 Nepal His Majesty The King. 13 20 Do. Ca
. Records of big game with their distribution, characteristics, dimensions, weights, and horn & tusk measurements . lity. Owner. 24 24f Assam British Museum (the late T. Briscoe) I9§ 22§ Assam (?) . Ipswich Museum. i8| 23i 4 lbs. 9 oz. Assam . D. H. Felce. ? 18 16 Do. . The late M. H. Logan. i6| Belsire, Assam . W. C. Sherwill. ?i6i Cooch Behar the Maharaja of Cooch Behar. ? 16 J2 lbs. Nowgong, Assam L. Fabre Tonnerre. 15 22| Nepal Dr. T. G. Longstaff. 14* 21 Assam . Dr. W. P. Y. Bainbrigge. 9 14 22j 4l lbs. Nowgong, Assam L. Fabre Tonnerre. I3i 22 Nepal His Majesty The King. 13 20 Do. Capt. M. L. Pears. 13 20j Assam . G. A. Dolby. 13 20| Do. W. A. Doxat. I2| 23 Do. II. B. Firman. I2| 2l| Do. H. C. Holland. 12* 21 ? J. W. Grieve. 12 2li Cooch Behar . A. Ezra. 12 2I| Nepal Major Lord Charles M. Nairne. 8 I9f Do. the Duke of Teck. OWNERS MEASUREMENTS. 2l£ 1313 I2i 245 15! Nepal Lord Curzon of Kedleston. Cooch Behar the Maharaja of Cooch Behar Do. Do. ? Indian Museum, Calcutta. Cooch Behar Col. J. J. Harrison. 1 Height at shoulder, 6 ft. 6 ins. 464 RECORDS OF BIG GAME. Javan Rhinoceros. Shot by Mr. M. Maxwell. The JAVAN RHINOCEROS (Rhinoceros sondaicus). A less gigantic and smaller-headed species than the last, with theskin marked by a kind of mosaic pattern, and the fold in front of theshoulder continued right across the body like the two hindmost neck also lacks the large ring-like masses of folded skin. Hornnever very large, and generally almost or completely wanting in thefemale. A female has been measured which stood 5^ feet at theshoulder, and it is probable that the male is not much inferior inheight to the Indian species, although of lighter build. Distribution.—The Sanderbans and other parts of Eastern Bengal, tothe Tarai, Sikhim, Assam, and thence through Burma and theMalay Peninsula to Sumatra, Java, and Borneo. Length onfront curve. Circumference. Locality. Owner. lOfIO| 20I9§ JavaDo. M. Maxwell. (See tion).British Museum. i
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