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it bears a much stronger resemblance to our figure of 

 the Gaur, which was taken from the stuffed specimen 

 in the British Museum (see p. 97), than it does to the 

 Gyall (Bos front alis of Lambert, see p. 51), or to the 

 Gayal, which died in the Zoological Gardens in 1846, 

 from which our figure was taken, which is given on 

 p. 68. 



Dr. Roxburgh, who undertook, at the solicitation of 

 Mr. Colebrooke, to describe the Gayal, appears to have 

 done so by the very simple method of copying 

 Mr. Macrae's description of the Gyall, which appeared in 

 the ' Linnean Transactions/ in 1804, to which he has 

 added, that the dewlap is deep and pendant; and this, 

 according to every other account, is not the fact. 



With respect to the account given by Dr. Buchanan, I 

 have thought it best to quote it in full; because 

 (although it repeats several of the characteristics already 

 given,) it appears to flow from the pen of one who really 

 observed what he describes. 



He says : " The Gayal generally carries its head with 

 the mouth projecting forward, like that of a Buffalo. The 

 head, at the upper part, is very broad and flat, and is 

 contracted suddenly towards the nose, which is naked, 

 like that of the common cow. From the upper angle of 

 the forehead proceed two thick, short, horizontal pro- 

 cesses of bone, which are covered with hair ; on these are 

 placed the horns, which are smooth, shorter than the 

 head, and lie nearly in the plane of the forehead. They 

 diverge outward, and turn upward with a gentle curve. 

 At the bases they are very thick, and are slightly com- 

 pressed, the flat side being toward the front and the tail. 

 The edge next the ear is rather the thinnest, so that a 



