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are informed there: »that the ad alts (of the Tamarou ') 

 are had black , with whitish markings upon the face , neck , 

 legs and undersurface" ^). As to the bony parts Mr. Steere 

 remarked : »the chief sexxial differences ^) noted were the thicker 

 neck and horns of the bull , the bases of the horns being 

 also nearer together than in the female". He adds, »that 

 a calf apparently of five or six months old is chestnut in 

 color". It is evident that Mr. Steere merely has seen the 

 mentioned calf, for his collection contained (P. Z. S. L. 

 1888, p. 414) only adult specimens and no calf viz.: an 

 old bull — length from point of nose to tip of tail eight feet 

 one inch ; an old cow — length eight feet; a fuUgrown young 

 bull — length eight feet two inches. 



Description of the old male and female of about the size 

 of Mr. Steere's specimens : hair short , appressed and of a 

 black color; innerside of lower part of the legs blackish 

 brown ; the hairs along the spine are somewhat longer and 

 more closely set. The direction of the hairs on the back is 

 a highly interesting one , viz. : the hairs of the anterior 

 part are directed foreward , those of the middle backward 

 and those of the posterior part successively foreward, down- 

 ward and backward , resulting from whirls of hairs placed 

 to the right one halfway between the shoulderblade and 

 the haunch and one just before the haunch; to the left 

 one above the shoulderblade , a smaller one between the 

 shoulderblade and the haunch and a third one just before 

 the haunch. The hairs along the spine are directed fore- 

 ward till between the whirls before the haunches and from 

 there backwards and continuous with the thinly spread 

 hairs of the basal part of the tail. Above each hoof on 

 all feet a large whitish patch , two on each leg. Outer side 

 of ears black haired , long white hairs protrude from the 

 innerside of the ears. At a distance behind the angle of 



1) Tamaron as well as Tamarou is wrongly written, the native-name is 

 Tamarao. 



2) I italicize. 



Notes from tbe Leyden JMuseuxu, "Vol. X"VI. 



