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MISCELLANEOUS NOTES. 
No. I.—DISTRIBUTION OF CERTAIN ANIMALS IN SIAM. 
A Rep ty. 
Referring to a number of queries which appeared on page 53 
of the last Journal, I see you ask for information on the following 
points :-— 
Bos sondaieus. Eastern limit. They are reported in Annam 
near the coast between Nah Trang aud Phan Rang. I saw three, 
apparently all bulls, on 5th June 1913, in about EK. Long. 107°, N. 
Lat. 12°—18°, in Cambodia. I also saw a fine head of B. sondaicus 
owned by Mons. Rauffman at Ban Methuot in Annam about 106° E. 
Long. 
It is interesting to note that what may prove to be a variety 
of B. sondaicus has been provisionally named B. sondaicus porteri by 
Lydekker in his “ Ox and its Kindred.” Twas with Mr. Porter when 
he shot the animal. It was very dark coloured and spotted closely with 
small, pure white spots about 4 inch in diameter, more especially on 
the neck, and the horns appeared to drop lower on each side of the 
head than those of the ordinary ‘tsine.” I have since shot a bull with 
the same characteristics. 
The skull and part of the skin of Mr. Porter’s animal] were sent 
to the British Museum. 
Does Bos frontalis exist in Siam? I have not yet seen a head. 
Bos bubalus. In Cambodia I saw the tracks of buffalo about H. 
Long. 105°, and the guides with me stated that these were wild animals. 
Bos gaurus. The Comte de Honditot of Phan Rang told me 
that the Gaur was found in the Annamite mountains. 
Cyon rutilans. I have shot three of these in the Meh Woong 
and one this year (1914) on the right bank of the Meh Khong between 
Luang Prabang and Pak Lay. I sent the skull and skin of the latter 
to the Bombay Natural History Society as they had asked for one. 
The Secretary informed me that it does not differ from the Burmese 
variety. 
Canis aureus. I should like to know if the jackal is found in 
Siam ; and if so, if it has the same distinctive cry as the Indian animal, 
