The Himalayan Gorals 



Woburn Abbey there have, however, been numerous 

 living examples. 



In spite of the insignificant character of the horns as 

 trophies, goral-shooting has a considerable attraction 

 for sportsmen, especially those who dislike the weary 

 mid-day halts inseparable from most kinds of big-game- 

 stalking, or who object to sleeping out on the hill-sides. 

 As General Macintyre remarks, on the precipitous and 

 broken ground of the middle Himalayan ranges this 

 kind of stalking is perhaps one of the pleasantest 

 descriptions of sport. When the goral are taking 

 their mid-day nap, the sportsman can nearly always 

 return to his tent tor lunch ; and, in any case, he can 

 make sure of a night in bed. In good localities blank 

 days are, moreover, few and far between ; the writer 

 last mentioned having bagged no less than sixty head 

 of these game ruminants during a single season's 

 shooting. 



THE BURMESE GORAL 



(Urotragus evansi) 



This species resembles the grey Himalayan goral 

 in the absence of a black dorsal stripe, but differs by 

 the general colour being a more brownish grey, heavily 

 suffused with chocolate-brown ; while there is no white 

 on the cheeks, no dark mark on the upper surface of 

 the muzzle, and the throat- patch is yellowish. The 

 tail is blackish brown throughout ; and the legs are 

 coloured exactly the reverse of those of the typical 

 goral, being dark brown behind and rufous fawn in 

 front. The horns are very small, nearly straight, and 

 almost smooth. 



It may be briefly diagnosed as follows : Colour 

 brownish grey-fawn suffused with brown ; throat-patch 

 small and yellow ; no stripe on muzzle or back ; tail 



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