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NOTE ON THE SEROW {NCEMORHEDUS BUBAL 1- 

 NUS) FROM THE CHUMBI VALLEY. 



BY 



Captain F. M. Bailey. 

 ( With a Plate.) 



The three photographs of Serows on Plate B were taken in the 

 Ghumbi Valley where the animal is not uncommon. 



No. 1 is of a young animal captured on 16th July 190}s. 1 was 

 only able to keep it in captivity for a short time as it esca^iej . 

 Nos. 2 and 3 are of an adult male captured on the 22nd April this 

 year. Th is animal only lived for two days and was very wild and 

 dangerous, making sudden rushes at any one who approached, and 

 striking with his horns which were very sharp. The photographs 

 show the characteristic attitude which this animal adopts ; the legs 

 appear to be sprawling about, the clefts in the hoofs are much opened, 

 and the head is thrust forward with the horns lying back along the 

 neck. The skin and skull of the animal in the photograph has been 

 given to the Edinburgh Musemn and a description of it by Mr. 

 Pocock, F.Z.S., is to appear in this journal. The following are the 

 measurements of this specimen : — Head and body 52". Tail without 

 end hairs 4^", ear 6i", height at shoulder 34". 



On the 2Gth June 1907 an adtjjt female was captured, which 1 war- 

 able to keep for about a fortnight, after which she died when giving 

 birth to a single young one. This animal although it would eat from 

 the hand was also very dangerous, and it was unsafe to approach 

 within reach of its tether. The three Serows mentioned above were 

 captured at an altitude of about 10,000 feet. The Tibetan name for 

 the Serow is " Gva-ra." 



