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From one cause or other, no two observers agree as to the colour of a gaur, 

 Mr. Martin's notes on this adult bull are therefore interesting and instruc- 

 tive : — 



" SJatey grey on the dorsal ridge, deepening to intense on the sides and 

 shoulders ; coffee-browu on the hind quarters, turning to bhick on the flanks; 

 hoofs white ; legs white to two inches above the knees and hocks on the 

 outside, and to one inch above the knee and hocks on the inside ; hair inside 

 the thiglis and armpits bright chestnut ; neck black with a large dewlap, cov- 

 ered with coarse black liair hanging down to a little below the level of the 

 knees ; head, frontal ridge, slatey grey, black down the front and sides of the 

 face ; the muzzle bare and dark slate. Colour of the iris of the eye mottled 

 light brown ; pupil slatey blue. But these dififer in colour in accordance with 

 age, the very old being b.r.ck, v^ith the exception of the stockings and fore- 

 head, which are dirty white." 



In another instance a large bull gaur was caught in an elephant-pit on the 

 Annemallie Hills, and this animal took water freely from a bamboo spout. 

 The gentleman who caught it, not being in a position to keep and tame the 

 bull, released it ; but it was ungrateful and resented its capture by charging 

 down on its captor whilst the latter was taking its photograph as it emerged 

 from the pit, and he had to fly ignominiously ; but not before lie succeeded in 

 photographing the animal. 



Whether the gaur would interbreed with tame cows like the gayaj remains 



to be proved ; but I see no reason why it should not, I believe that there are 



hybrids on the continent between the Java variety of tsine and tame cattle ; 



but I do not think a tsine has ever been on show in our Zoological Gardens. 



Measttbements op an Indian Bitll and a Bukmese Bull and Cow Gaur. 



The ears of No. 1 werp much torn and split, and the tips of the horns had disappeared 

 altogether. Those of 2\os. 2 and 3 were perfect, as were their horns also, 



(C-Ionel Pollok in « The ZooJoghtr) 

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