522 Major-General Harpwicke’s Descriptions - 
'The general colour of the animal is an uniform bright bay on all 
the upper parts ; and below, 7. e. the chin, the under line of 
the neck, the abdomen, the inner sides of the thighs, and 
under the tail, are inclined to white, more or less mixed 
with sandy hairs. 
Teeth in the lower jaw eight in front, the two middle ones being 
greatly larger than the six lateral teeth, and spread out ; 
their inner margins rounded, and not touching, and their 
internal surfaces hollowed like a spoon: in the hinder part 
of the jaw, on each side, are six strong grinders, with pointed 
surfaces, and a like number in the upper jaw similarly con- 
structed. 
This is the description of a male subject, Tas. XV. The 
female, Tas. XVI. differs only in having no horns, and being 
of lighter colours. This distinction of colour is found to be a 
permanent character; it at least remained so for the four years 
I kept a pair in my possession, and within which period they 
bred: two young ones were produced at the same birth, one a 
: male, the other a female ; and the distinction of colour as above 
was conspicuous at that early stage, and continued. 
The male in the rutting season becomes exceedingly wild and 
mischievous, and, although partly domesticated, continues dan- 
gerously so, running at every animal within its reach, whether 
deer, goat, or man. Even the feeder could only approach him 
on the verge of the circle to which the rope he was tied with 
allowed him to reach. 
The prepared head, which will accompany this paper, be- 
longed to the subject under description. ‘The spurious horns 
will be found blunted, the animal having worn off the points by 
his struggles occasionally to emancipate himself. 
Note. 
