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wards at first, subsequently with their points bending forward: 

 ringed for £ of their length. The whole upper surface and out- 

 side of the limbs rufous or red brown. Under surface and inside of 

 the limbs white. Tail black. A black patch on the nose. A black 

 narrow streak from the anterior corner of each eye towards the angle 

 of the mouth. Suborbital sinuses very small; in dried skins not 

 observable ; nor does the animal dilate them unless very much 

 alarmed. Limbs long and slender ; black tufts at the knees. Body 

 light. The female has horns, but they are slender, cylindrical, and 

 without rings. The buttocks present a heart-shaped patch of white. 

 Unlike the Ant. Cervicapra it carries its tail erect when in rapid mo- 

 tion. It stands as high as the Bahmunnee Hum, but has less bulk* 



There is another Antelope found in Dukhun, which Major Sykes 

 has not yet identified, on account of the immature age of his 

 specimen. It is brown above, whited brown below. Horns cylin- 

 drical, pointed, without rings. Its general appearance is that of 

 the Ant. rufescens and Ant. silvicultrix. 



Capra Hircus, Linn. Bukee of the Mahrattas. — The goats in 

 Dukhun are gaunt, stand high on their legs, have the sides much 

 compressed, and are covered with long shaggy hair, which in most 

 is black. Ears nearly pendent, hides ochrey yellow or reddish 

 yellow. Tail always carried erect in movement. 



Ovis Aries, Linn. — The variety of Sheep most extensively bred 

 in Dukhun, has short legs, short thickish body, and arched 

 chaffron. The wool is short, crisp and coarse, and is almost univer- 

 sally black. In most individuals there is a white streak or line from 

 the anterior angle of each eye towards the mouth, and a white 

 patch on the crown of the head. 



Ant.picta, Pall. Damalis risea, H.Smith. Rooee of the Mah- 

 rattas. Nylghau of the Persians. — This animal is an inhabitant of 

 the Western Ghauts of Dukhun. 



Bos Taurus, var. Indicus. (Bos Indicus, Linn.) Pohl and Byl of 

 the Mahrattas. — This animal, remarkable for its hump, is when 

 early trained to labour or to carriage nearly destitute of it. Dwarf 

 cattle are not met with in Dukhun. 



Bos Bubalus, Br. Male called Tondgah ; Female, Muhees of the 

 Mahrattas. — The Buffaloe of Dukhun is the long-horned variety, 

 and is mostly bred in the Mawals or hilly tracts along the Ghauts. 



Major Sykes subsequently called the attention of the Committee 

 to a Monkey presented by him to the Society, and now living at 

 the Gardens. It was obtained at Bombay, where it was believed 

 t6 have been taken from Madagascar; and as it has some characters 

 in common with the Cercopitheci (especially with the group of which 

 the Cere. Sabceus forms a part) and the Semnopitheci of India, it 

 was remarked that it may ultimately prove to be a connecting link 

 between the African and Asiatic monkeys. It wants the long limbs 

 of the Semnopitheci; and although its tail is very long, it is not par- 

 ticularly thin. Major Sykes referred it provisionally to the Semno- 



