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Game of India, the two volumes to which they are most likely to have 

 access for reference. In this paper, therefore, as in my previous ones, 

 I follow Gray in calling the Serows Capricornis and the Goials 

 NoemorJiedtis. With regard to the generic name Bvdorcas for the 

 Takins there has happily been no difference of opinion amongst authors. 



Genus Budorcas, Hodg. 



Hodgson, Journ. Asiatic Soc, Bengal, xis, p. 65, pis. I — III, 1850 : 

 A. M. Edward's Rech. Mamm. 



A large heavily built aberrant genus of " goat-antelopes " which by 

 the structure of the skull seems to be an exaggeration rather of the 



or? 



Goral (JS'cemorhediis) type than of the Serow (Capricornis) type. As in 

 the Goral, for example, the face-gland is absent and the lacrymal bone 

 has no pit for its lodgment. Moreover the upper portion of the maxilla 

 between the upper end of the premaxilla and the lacrymal is 

 much narrowed and forms no decided sutural union with the nasal, 

 although almost in contact with it ; the nasal itself projects fairly 

 forward from its deeply emarginate suture with the frontal which is 

 separated from the maxilla by a narrow space occupied by a piece of 

 the lacrymal. In other particulars, however, the skull differs con- 

 siderably not only from that of the Goral but also from that of the 

 Serow, the differences being chiefly due to variations connected 

 with the exceptional size and shape of the horn. Thus instead of 

 forming a continuous curve with the frontal and occipital regions as 

 in the other two genera mentioned, the area between the horns is 

 elevated to form a stout, strong crest, which descends vertically behind 

 them in the direction of the occipital ridge. From the sides of this crest 

 arise the horns which are thickened and n'early in contact at the base 

 where they move outwards, downwards (or forwards), then take an 

 abrupt curve upwards (or backwards) in the same direction as the plane 

 of the face. Viewed from above also the outline of the skull is more 

 Goral-like than Serow-like owing to the prominence of the orbits 

 making a constriction in front of them, and this is followed 

 by another constriction of the maxilla just in front of the upper 

 row of cheek teeth. The shape of the head follows that of the 

 skull, the nasal region being high and erected and the mouth 

 heavy with thick lips. The legs are remarkable for their stout- 

 ness, especially those of the front pair, the portion below the knees 

 being exceptionally short and thick ; the hoofs are broad and the 



