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The following names, in addition to those already cited, 

 liave been proposed by Heude, Mem. Hist. Nat. Eiivp. Chinois^ 

 for members of this group : — 



Urotragus galeanus, vol. ii, p. 175, 1894; Sowerhy, in ClarJc and 



Soiverhifs " Through Shen-Kan," p. 175, 1912. 

 Kemas niger, vol. ii, p. 241, 1894. ) Probably identical; vide Pocock, 

 Kemas fargesianus, loc. cit. ) Proc. Zool. Soc. p. 201, note. 



IV. Genus BUDORCAS. 



Budorcas, Hodgson, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, vol. xix, p. 65, 1850 ; 

 Gray, Cat. Ruminants Brit. Mrs. p. 32, 1872; Biitimeyer, Ahh. 

 scliweiz. jjal' Ges. vol. iv, p. 102, 1877 ; Pocock, Proc. Zool. Soc. 

 1910, p. 856, Journ. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. vol. xix, p. 812, 

 1910. 



Build heavy and size large ; limbs stout, especially the 

 front shanks, with the cannon-bones short and broad ; muffle 

 small, the summit of the muzzle above nostrils being hairy ; 

 a beard ; no face-glands, foot-glands, or glands behind the 

 horns ; interdigital cleft shallow ; four teats ; tail short ; horns 

 massive, directed outwardly at base, then slightly downwards, 

 and finally upwards ; with a hind keel at base, which curves 

 oblicjuely across front of horizontal portion. In young 

 animals the horns form simple upright spikes, representing 

 the smooth tips of those of adults. 



The structure of the skull approximates very closely 

 to that of Ncinorhcedus, such differences as 'exist, like the 

 slighter curve of the fronto-parietal region, being due to the 

 more massive horns. 



The distribution extends from Bhutan and the ^lishmi 

 Hills of the Eastern Himalaya through Yun-nan to Sze- 

 chuan, Kan-su, and Shen-si. 



The three species (or perhaps races) may be distinguished 

 as follows : — 



A. Dark dorsal stripe. 



a. Dorsal stripe extending from occiput to tail ; ears 



and entire head in front of them black B. taxicolor. 



b. Dorsal stripe not extending in advance of withers ; 



black on head confined to back of ears, a ring 

 round each eye, front of face in advance of the 

 same, and tip of chin B. tibetanus. 



B. No darlc dorsal stripe. 



Whole face orange-yellow B. bedfordi. 



