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wards at first, subseąuently witli their points bending forwafd: 

 ringed for i of tlieir lengtii. The whole upper surface and out- 

 eide of the limbs rufous or red brown. Under surface and inside of 

 the limbs white. Tail black. A black patch on the nose. A black 

 narrow streak from the anterior corner of each eye tovvards the angle 

 of the raouth, Suborbital sinuses very small; in dried skins not 

 observable ; nor does the animal dilate them unless very much 

 alarmed. Limbs long and slender ; black tufts at the knees. Body 

 light. The female has horns, but they are slender, cylindrical, and 

 without rings. The buttocks present a heart-shaped patch of vvhite. 

 Unlike the Ant. Cervicapra it carries its tail erect when in rapidmo- 

 tion. It stands as high as the Bahmunnee Hurn, but has less bulk. 



There is another Antelope found in Dukhun, which Major Sykes 

 has not yet identified, on account of the immature age of bis 

 specimen. It is brown above, whited brown below. Horns cylin- 

 drical, pointed, without rings. Its generai appearance is that of 

 the Ant. rufescens and Ant. iilvicultrix. 



Capra Hirciis, Linn. Buhee of the Mahrattas. — The goats in 

 Dukhun are gaunt, stand high on their legs, have the sides much 

 compressed, and are covered with long shaggy hair, which in most 

 is black. Ears nearly pendent. Irides ochrey yelIow or reddish 

 yellow. Tail alvvays carried erect in movement. 



Ovis Aries, Linn. — The variety of Sheep most extensively bred 

 in Dukhun, has short legs, short thicklsh body, and arched 

 chafFron. The wool is short, crisp and coarse, and is almost univer- 

 sally black. In most individuals there is a white streak or line from 

 the anterior angle of each eye tovvards the mouth, and a white 

 patch on the crown of the head. 



Ant. pieta, Pall, Damalis risea, H. Smith. ižooee of the Mah- 

 rattas. Nylghaū of the Persians. — This animal is an inhabitant of 

 the Western Ghauts of Dukhun. 



Bos Taurus, var. Indicus. (Bos Indicus, Linn) Pohl and Byl of 

 the Mahrattas. — This animal, remarkable for its hump, is when 

 early trained to labour or to carriage nearly destitute of it. Dvvarf 

 cattieare not met vvith in Dukhun. 



Bos Buhalus, Br. Malė called Tondgak; Female, Muhees of the 

 Mahrattas. — The Bųffaloe of Dukhun is the long-horned variety, 

 and is mostly bred in the Mavvals or hilly tracts along the Ghauts. 



Major Sykes subsequcntly called the atlention of the Committee 

 to a Monkey presented by him to the Society, and novv living at 

 the Gardens. It was obtained at Bombay, vvhere it was believed 

 t6 have been taken from Madagascar; and as it has some characters 

 in commoD vvith the Cercopitheci (especially vvith the group of which 

 the Cerc. Sabceus forms a part) and the Semnopitheci of India, it 

 was remarked that it may ultimately prove to be a connecting link 

 betvveen the African and Asiatic monkeys. It wants the long limbs 

 of the Semnopitheci; and although its tail is very long, it is not par- 

 ticularly thin. Major Sykes referred it provisionally to the Semno- 



