522 " ' Major-General Harhwick^'s Desc7'iptions 



The general colour of the animal is an uniform bright bay on all 

 the upper parts ; and below, i. 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, Tab. XV. The 

 female. Tab. 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. 



