. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society . Glasgow, where, according to a sensational Pressnotice, it was killed by a lion, which broke down the partition between thecages and made short work of its opponent. That this story was of a piecewith the original account of the hybrid given out when it first appeared onthe market may be inferred from the condition of the dressed skin, whichhad no sign of a tear or scratch upon it in London shortly after thealleged tragedy. The chief difference between this hybrid of three species and the lion-leopard born at Kolhapur lies in the size of the sp
. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society . Glasgow, where, according to a sensational Pressnotice, it was killed by a lion, which broke down the partition between thecages and made short work of its opponent. That this story was of a piecewith the original account of the hybrid given out when it first appeared onthe market may be inferred from the condition of the dressed skin, whichhad no sign of a tear or scratch upon it in London shortly after thealleged tragedy. The chief difference between this hybrid of three species and the lion-leopard born at Kolhapur lies in the size of the spots, those of the formerbeing large and jaguar-like, as might be expected, while those of the latterare small and more leopard-like. R. I. POCOCK. Zoological Gardens, PlEgents Park, London, N. W. [The above note appeared in the Field of 2nd November 1912, and is reprinted bythe kind permission of the Editor. The skin was presented to the Society by Colonel F. W. Wodehouse and is nowin the Societys Museum,—Eds.]. No. II.—VITALITY OF A When passing through Bombay recently Mr. Clifford Batten gave us forreproduction the above photograph of a tigress skull. A note in regard MISCELLANEOUS NOTES. 189 to the killing of this animal and the long time it lived after being shothas already appeared in the Indian Field. All we need now say is thatthe animal was fired at by Mr. Clifford Batten, while sitting over a kill nearMussoorie, at 8 oclock on Monday night and the last time she was heardalive was 4 oclock on Tuesday morning. On Wednesday morning thetigress was found lying dead over half a mile from the place she wasfired at. To quote Mr. Cliftord Batten :— She was struck with a 500 solidbullet (400 grains, 55 grains cordite, low velocity), this passed through herarm breaking the humerus causing a compound fracture, entered herhead above the left eye and passed through the brain, and ultimately cameout of skin on the right side of the neck. The bullet entered the front par
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