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same country, and one of whose distinguishing features is the 

 absence of a dewlap ; Blyth in his earlier writings also seems to 

 have believed in the wild Gayal ; later, however, (Mammals of 

 Burma) he seems to have come to the conclusion that the Gayal 

 was a purely domestic race, in which view he is supported by 

 Jarbo and Anderson. 



a. Skull, horns ...... No history. 



b. Skull, horns ...... No history. 



c. Skull, juv. $ E. Blyth, 1857, A.S.B. 



horns. 



d. Skull,horns^ W. Hodge, 1870. 



e. Skull, horns^ R. W. G. Frith, i8.=;o, A.S.B. 



/. Skull, horns. R. W. G. Frith, 1851, A.S.B. 



juv. 

 (hybrid) 

 g. Skeleton, 5 ,...,. Zoological Gardens, 1880. ' 



skin. 



juv. 

 h. Skeleton $ Chittagong Zoological Gardens, 1878. 



(hybrid) 



j. Stuffed juv. W. Rutledge. 



k. Skull, horns E. Blyth, 1857, A.S.B. 



(dom. var.) 



I. Skin, skull $ Zoological Gardens, 1889. 



m. Skin, skull No history, A.S.B. 



Bos sondaicus. 



"Banteng" Raffles Hist, of Java, i.,p. 11 1 (1817). 



Bos leucoprymnus, Quay et Gaimard Astrolabe Zoologie, i., p, 140 (1830) 



[hybrid with B.taurus]. 

 Bos sondaicus, Schlegel and Mullet Tern. VerhandL, p. 195, pis. xxxv to 



xxxix (1B40) ; Blyth J. A. 5. 5., xi, p. 445 ; Blyth j. A.S.B., xxxi, p. 



336 ; Blyth J. A. S.B., xliv, Burma List, p. 48 ; Pollok Sport in Brit. 



Burma, i, p. 105. 

 Bibos banteng. Gray Knowsley Menagerie, p. 48 (1850)* ; Horsfield Cat.E, 



I. Mus., p. 183 ; Gray Cat. Mamm. B. M., iii, p. 35. 

 Gavseus sondaicus, Blyth, J. A.S. B., xxix, p. 296 (i860) ; id. Cat., p. 160; 



McMaster Notes on Jerdon, p. 131 ; Sterndale Mamm. Ind., p. 488. 



The Banteng ; Tsoing, Burmese. 



Distribuiton. — From Arrakan (Blyth) southwards though Burma 

 (Pollok) to the Malay peninsula, and in the Islands of Java, Bali 

 (Raffles) and Borneo (Miiller). 



The horns of the Banteng are more rounded in section than those 

 of the Gaur and Gayal, and their circumference is much less in 

 proportion to their length as will be seen by the table of measure- 

 ments below ; the colour of the horns are greenish with black tips. 

 The skull is long, resembling that of the Gaur in general shape 

 rather than that of the Gayal ; the forehead is much flatter than 

 that of the Gayal and Gaur, and the premaxillary bones reach and 

 •touch the nasals, while in the Gour and Gayal there is a gap of 

 about an inch between these two bones. 



