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MEASUREMENTS OF SOME OF THE HORNS IN THE COLLECTION 

 OF THE BOMBAY NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY. 



BY 

 N, B. KiNNEAE. 



In 1885 the Society purchased a collection of heads from M. Dauvergne which, 

 according to the old minute book, consisted of " 4 Capra sibirica, 4 Capra 

 megaceros, 3 Ovis vignei, 6 Ovis natura, 2 Ovis hodgsoni, 1 Nemorhcedus bubalina, 

 6 Pantholops hodgsoni, 3 Cervus caslimirianus and 1 Cervulus aureus^ A few 

 months later in the same year fifteen skulls and horns were preseuted by Mr. 

 J. Shillingford of Purneah and among them were the skulls of an Indian Ele- 

 phant and an Indian Rhinoceros and horns of Buffalo, Swamp, Hog and Spotted 

 Deer. These two collections of horns, though they are not all mentioned in 

 the list, only the best ones being given, were the foundation of the Society's 

 collection. Since 1885 many members and others have presented specimens, 

 the principal benefactors being Vet, Major G. Evans, Messrs. T. J. Campbell, 

 T. J Spooner, T. R. Bell, Col. C. W. Ravenshaw, and the late Mr N, S. 

 Symons, Unfortunately there is no history as to where many of the heads 

 have come from or by whom they were presented. 



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