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quite rcscniLlo the figure of one from Formosa, wliich is styled C. Swinhoei. Mason 

 also states that it is common on the mountains of Toung-ngoo, and Cantor obtainid 

 it from those of the Malayan Peninsula. The ' wild goat ' mentioned hy Crawfurd, 

 as stated by the Siamese ' to be found in some of the mountains of their country, 

 and to be shot for their horns, which are prized by the Chinese for certain alUgtd 

 restorative properties,' can hardly be any other. On comparison of skulls from 

 Sumatra, Arakan, and Mergui, I could detect no distinguishing character, and they 

 ditfer little from those of C. buhalina of the forest region of the Himalaya, except 

 in being considerably smaller. The genus is a very peculiar one, by no means so 

 nearly related to the Goats and Gorals as is generally supposed, but examples of 

 it should be studied in captivity before it can bo thoroughly understood." 



Capea, Linncnis. Ovis, Linnaeus. 



Domestic goats, Dr. Mason observes, thrive well in Burma, but the reverse is 

 the case with sheep, and Dr. Mason records that Major Macfarquhar, who formerly 

 owned the only sheep in the province of Tavoy, during one rainy season lost forty 

 out of a hundred and fifty. At Maulmain they appear to do a little better, and 

 at Thayet-myo, where there is less rain, they are said to do well. At Thayet-myo, 

 however, the sheep are now lodged in raised houses, where they are well protected 

 from the damp of the rainy season. Formerly many sheep were carried off by 

 leopards, which brutes however steadily avoided entering a large trap which was set 

 and baited for thera. They were in the habit of leaping the thom fence surrounding 

 the fold and carrying off their prey in spite of it. A clever sergeant, however, hit 

 on the happy thought of surrounding the trap with a high hedge of thorns similar 

 to that round the fold. This was accordingly done, and the same night a leopard 

 leaped over the hedge and entered the trap, which had been vainly set for him before. 



Family BovidaB. 



Gav^sus, Ham. Smith. 



Horns slightly flattened on one side. Spinous processes of the dorsal vertebia; 

 greatly developed. 



G. GACEUS, Ham. Smith. 



The Gour. Pyoung. 



Colour dark chestnut or coffee-brovm. Legs below the knee white. Horns 

 pale-greenish, tipped with black. Similar in shape in both sexes, but much more 

 massive in the male. 



Length 9 or 10 feet ; tail 34 inches. Height at shoulder to 6i feet. 



The cranium of a Burmese bull, without the lower jaw, weighed 34 lbs. 



In the male a hump, which is absent in the female, rises over the shoulder. 



The ' Pyovng ' is diliused throughout Burma, and extends as far south as 

 Singapore, the animal reaching perhaps to a fuller development in the forests of 

 Burma than in India. 



G. SoNDAicus, S. Miiller. 



The ' Ba7iting.^ Lesser Burmese wild bull. Tsein or Sain. 



Horns of the male resemble those of the ' gour,^ but in the female are slender 

 and lyrate. Colour chestnut, with white stockings. Blyth remarks that "the 

 ' banting ' has bred in the Zoological Garden of Amsterdam, where I have seen 

 bull, cow and calf in fine condition. The bull more especially has an indication 

 of a hump, which however must be specially looked for to bo noticed, and he has 

 a broad and massive neck like the Gaur, but no raised spinal ridge, nor has cither 

 of the.so species a deep dewlap like Gayal. The cow is much slighter in build, with 

 small horns that incline backwards ; and she retains her bright chestnut colour 

 permanently, while the bulls become black as they attain maturity, excepting 

 always the white ' stockings,' and also the white patch on each buttock, which 

 is characteristic of the species. In the old bull the cuticle between the bases of 



