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The skin is sparsely covered with short bristly hair, 1| in. long, the inner 

 half of which is white and the outer half black. The cheeks, throat, knees, 

 belly, and back of the lower parts of the legs are ruddy brown. The flanks 

 ash brown. The nose, face, and horns jet black. The eyes are large, lustrous, 

 and dark blue in colour. Hoofs black, very large and clumsy looking. A 

 mane of strong bristly black hair 4| in. in length runs from the nape of the 

 neck to the withers. This mane is erected when the animal is excited. Its 

 tail b^ in. long is black above and ash brown underneath. Viewed from a dis- 

 tance of ten or twelve yards the animal seems to be wholly black in colour. 



The measurements are as follows : — From crown of head along back to foot 

 of tail, 4 ft. 3 in. ; nose to tail, 5 ft. ; height at shoulder, 3 ft. 6 in. ; girth at 

 shoulder, 3 ft. 7 in. ; girth at flank, 2 ft. 10 in. ; length of face, 10 in. ; girth of 

 fore leg at shoulder, 15 in. , girth of fore leg above knee, 9 in ; girth of fore 

 leg below knee. Gin. ; ears, 8| in. ; horns, 8j in. ; circumference at base, 4^^ in. ; 

 weight when shot, 230 lbs. 



This was an adult animal, and a large old male would stand 3 in. higher at 

 the shoulder and weigh considerably more. One shot near KyoukJongyi, on 

 the Bernardmyo Hkabine road, weighed a little over 300 lbs., and its horns were 

 more massive. 



This little known animal is found in suitable localities throughout the North- 

 ern Shan States, and it must be common in the Chinese Frontier States, for 

 every mule driver has a serow's horn amongst the various articles attached to 

 his waistbelt. It lives in families of four or five individuals in the most retired 

 recesses of thickly wooded precipitous gorges, whose boulder-strewn slopes and 

 shallow caves afford shelter from the weather, and may be found morning and 

 evening feeding on the rank herbage of the more open slopes. One seldom 

 sees more than one individual at a time, but I have seen as many as four feeding 

 in different parts of one ravine within a few hundred yards of one another, and 

 a sportsman on finding one Serow should always try the same gorge over again 

 on the chance of finding another. They are most fiequently found in the ever- 

 green forest between 4,.500 ft. and 6,000 ft., but they are also to be met with as 

 low down as 800 ft. near Male Gale in the Ruby mines district. 



Although of retiring habits, they are comparatively fearless of man, and 

 their curiosity is such that they will often allow the sportsman to approach 

 fairly near them before dashing off. When shot and missed, they do not travel 

 far. On one occasion I found and missed an old buck, followed him up, and 

 killed him within fifteen minutes, although he saw me when I first shot at him 

 at a short range. The Serow will not run from a dog, and the Leeshaws take 

 advantage of this characteristic. They hunt it with a trained dog. which holds 

 it at bay, whilst they sneak up quietly and shoot it at close range with their 

 cross bow and poisoned arrows. 



Although known as a wild goat, in appearance it is more like a cross between 

 a deer and a donkey, being heavy and unwieldy in front, with high withers 

 sloping very much towards the hind quarters. Its favourite pose is to stand on 



