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are said to be entirely chestnut, and the cows to have the chestnut of the 

 stockings, belly, and inner sides of the legs darker and richer coloured 

 than in the bulls." 



From this description it would appear probable that the sapio is really the 

 banting, although it seems somewhat remarkable that no mention is made 

 either ot the light patch on the buttocks, or of the horny boss on the 

 vertex of the head between the bases of the horns. Mr. Blanford [Proc. 



Fig. 5. — Frontlets and horns ot three male specimens ot" the Bornean Banting, ot different ages. 

 From the collection of Sir E. G. Loder. 



Zoo/. Soc. 1890, p. 599), who inclines to the same view, remarks that he 

 has seen a bull gayal with yellow stockings, which, from a periodical 

 exudation, may occasionally assume a ferruginous tinge. 



From the black coloration of the upper-parts the Malay so-called 

 sapio seems to be akin to the present race of the banting, but it remains 

 to be determined whether or no its chestnut stockings entitle it to be 

 ranked as a separate local form. 



In the typical Javan race the horns spread outwards to a considerable 

 extent, much as in the Burmese head shown in Fig. 6. In many skulls 



