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evidence of the new skin and Pere Heude's figures, it appears that this species 

 differs from the Sumatran and Himalayan serows in the dark colour of the 

 back and sides, which extends downwards on the legs more or less completely 

 to the knees and hocks. In the new specimen the general colour of the upper 

 parts is black mingled with rufous, but in some of Pere Heude's figures the 

 coat is represented as almost completely black, while in one some white is 

 shown in the mane. The Anam animal is of considerable interest as helping to 

 complete the transition from the Himalayan serows, in which the limbs are 

 chestnut above and dirty white below, to the Malay serow, in which they are 

 wholly black, and thus serves to confirm the view that all these serows are 

 local forms of one variable species. The white-maned Chinese serow, it may 

 be added, forms another connecting link, having the dark area reaching to the 

 knees in the fore-limbs, but the hind limbs, wholly rufous. 



(The above is taken from the " Field " of 16th November 1907.) 



No. VIII.— MALFORMED SAMBAR HORN. 



The accompanying photograph is that of a Sambar head which a Danish 

 Gendarmarie Officer had in his possession and which was obtained from the 

 North of Siam. 



The head was being sent away to Denmark so that I had no time to 

 take measurements, &c, and was only able to photograph it. 



E. W. TROTTER, 

 Acting Commissioner of Police. 

 Bangkok, Siam, 10th November 1907. 



