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and the thinner undeveloped horns, exist in various specimens of the 
Mishmi takin, and there can be no question but that the animals are 
identical. 
“The slaty colour of Wolf’s drawing is probably due to an incorrect 
conception of Hodgson’s term grey, which he defines as a yellowish- 
rey. 
“The takin is essentially a serow (Vemorhedus), with affinities to the 
bovines through the musk ox (Ovibos moschata), and other relationship 
to the sheep, goat and antelope. The development of the spurious 
hoofs would indicate that it frequents very steep ground.” —/. C. 
GENUS GAZELLA—THE GAZELLES. 
These are small animals of slender frame; bovine muzzle ; of sandy 
colour above and white underneath; small annulated horns, curved 
gracefully backwards, and in some species so elegantly formed as to take 
the shape of a lyre on looking at them full in front. The females of 
some have smaller, smoother horns, but others are hornless. The skull 
has an anteorbital vacuity, with a small anteorbital fossa. The auditory 
bullee are large ; ‘‘ eye-pits small ; groin-pits distinct ; large feet-pits in all 
feet; knees tufted” (/erdon). ‘The face has a white band. running from 
the outer side of the base of each horn down to the muzzle, the space 
between forming a dark triangular patch bordered with a deeper 
tint. Sir Victor Brooke classifies the twenty or so known species as 
follows :— 
I.—Back UNSTRIPED. 
fo ou oe OMe as 3 
Dentition :—Inc. gi can. 7; prem. 3; molars, - 
A.—The white colour of the rump not encroaching on the fawn of the 
haunches. 
a BOTH SEXES WITH HORNS. 
Horns lyrate or semi-lyrate: Gazella dorcas; G. Isabella; G. rufi- 
jrons ; G. levipes ; G. melanura. 
Horns non-lyrate: Gazella Cuviert; G. leptoceros; G. Spekii; G. 
Arabica; G. Bennetti; G. fuscifrons. 
b, FEMALES HORNLESS. 
Gaszella subgutterosa ; G. gutterosa; G. picticaudata, 
B.— White of rump projecting forwards in an angle into the fawn colour of 
the haunches. 
Gazella dama ; G. mohr ; G. Semmerringii ; G. Grant, 
