32 ARKIV FÖR ZOOLOGI. BAND 8. NIO 23. 



During my journey Barking Deer were often heard, and 

 especially in the Northern and Central parts of the country 

 they seemed to be rather common. But as they are very 

 shy and have the habit of always keeping in the day- 

 time in the thickest parts of the forests, where the high 

 undergrowth is so dense that it is almost impossible to make 

 out an animal before it is to late, they are seldom observed 

 or shot by Europeans. When making an excursion north of 

 the Meh Lem river I found a carcass of a Barking Deer 

 which had probably been killed by a tiger or a leopard a 

 few dags before. 



In Siamese this species is called »I keng» and it is often 

 kept in cages by the natives. 



43. Bos gaurus Ham. Smith. — This fine wild ox occurs 

 here and there on suitable localities in different parts of 

 Siarn. But as well as other big game the »Ngoa kating» is 

 seldom shot by European hunters. 



Near the Meh Song river in Northern Siarn a fine old 

 bull was killed by a party of natives, who had been out for 

 it for more than a week. As I then had my camp a few 

 miles from there I at once hurried to the nearest village in 

 order to buy the horns and the skin, but before my arrival 

 the Laos people, who highly value these parts of a Gaur had 

 already burnt the animal to make a sort of medicine. 



I myself was unlucky in all my efforts to shoot a Gaur, 

 though I several times followed fresh tracks for many hours 

 through the dense forests. During the hot season this 

 species chiefly lives in the hill-forests, but during the rainy 

 season — as I was told by the natives — it now and then 

 descends into the lower plains to feed on the fresh sprouting 

 grass. 



The race inhabiting Siarn probably belongs to the sub- 

 speeies which has been described by Lydekker under the 

 name of Bos gaurus readi. 



a. Bos banteng porteri Lydekker. — Lydekker: 

 Proc. Zool. Soc. 1909 p. 669. — Like the preceeding species 

 the Banteng, or »Ngoa deng» as it is called in Siamese, is to 

 be found on suitable localities in the northern parts of the 

 country, but it is also seldom seen or shot by the Europeans. 



