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surface are mostly abraded. The Btihaliis centralis of Gray is typihed by a 

 skull in the British Museum (No. 65, 3, 30, i), with the right horn 

 preserved, obtained from some part of West Africa.^ It belongs to a 

 younger bull, the point of the horn being sharp, and directed backwards. 

 A comparison of these two specimens shows that they certainly belong to 

 the same form ; the horns in both being quite different in shape from 

 those ot the type of B. cajfcr luinus, and much more like those oi (Vquiuoctialis. 



Fig. 19. — Frontlet and horns of aged bull of the Senegambian Buffalo. From the tvpc specimen 

 in the British Museum. 



A third pair of horns belonging to an adult (Fig. 20), although not aged, 

 bull, are in the possession of Sir R. B. Llewelyn, the Governor of the 

 Gambia, from which colony they were obtained. They are in a fine state 

 of preservation, with the points sharp and slightly directed backwards ; 

 and are important as indicating that the tvpes o\ phinlccros and centralis 

 were likewise obtained from Senegambia or the adjacent districts. 



A young bull from Senegal mounted in the Paris Museum appears 

 likewise referable to the present race, although it is labelled B. puiwlus. 

 On the fore-quarters the colour of the hair is reddish-brown, but elsewhere 



• In the Ihuid-liit of 1873, erroneously stated to have been collected by Dr. Baikie. 



