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Plate XXVI. 



Characters. — Size large, the height at the shoulder ranging between 

 36 and 40 inches. Build somewhat heavy and clumsy, with the face 

 long, narrow, and straight. Horns almost or quite touching at the base, 

 greatly compressed, flattened on each side from a short distance above the 

 base, the sides distinctly ridged transversely, and the front inner angle 

 forming a sharp nodular keel, diverging from the base and curving 

 backwards sharply, but somewhat convergent at 

 the tips. Head covered with short hair ; the 

 hair on the body soft and much longer, and on 

 the neck, shoulders, and chest elongated so as in 

 old males to form a shaggy mane reaching at 

 least as low as the knees. General coloui' rich 

 dark or reddish-brown, darkest in old males, hut 

 in some cases paler, and the tore part oi the 

 mane in old males generally whitish or hoary ; 

 the intiividual hairs pale at their bases and dark 

 brown towards tlie tips ; tace and front surface 

 of the legs very dark brown, sometimes almost 

 Fk;. -8.— Head of male Hima- black ; a dark Streak down the middle of the 

 layanTahr. {V^z,^, Records \^^^^^ which is. however, very indistinct in old 



of Big Game.) 



males ; hinder surfaces of the limbs pale or rusty 

 red in the males ; immature individuals grayish-brown, and kids very pale- 

 coloured. Tail short, flattened, and naked on the under surface ; knees 

 and chest furnished with callous pads ; and the females with four teats. 

 An adult male will weigh about 200 lbs. 



The distinctive features of this, the typical, species are the large size, 

 the sharply-keeled nodose, compressed horns, the long soft mane of the 

 males, and the four teats of the females. 



