CATALOGUE 



OF THE 



HUME BEQUEST 



OF 



INDIAN BIG GAME 



FAMILY BOVID^ffi. 



"THE GAUR. 



BOS (BlBOS) GAURUS. 



Bos gaurus, Hamilton Smith, in Griffith's Animal Kingdom, vol. iv, 

 p. 899, 1827 ; Blanford, Fauna Brit. India, Mamm. p. 484, 

 1891 ; Lydekker, Game Animals of India, etc. p. 50, 1907 ; 

 Ward, Records of Big Game, ed. 6, p. 440, 1910. 



1. 12. 10. 31. 81.* Skull, with horns. Northern 

 Travancore ; collected by Mr. A. W. Turner. Outer length 

 of horns <5l,t girth 16j, tip-to- tip interval 29 inches. 



2. 12. 10. 31. 82. Skull, with horns. Southern Mishmi 

 Hills. Outer length of horns 29, girth 15f, tip-to-tip 

 interval 36J inches. 



3. 12. 10. 31. 80. Skull, with horns, female (fig. 1). 

 Northern Travancore ; collected by Mr. A. W. Turner. Length 

 of horns 24, girth 13, tip-to-tip interval 13 inches. This 

 specimen stands No. 65 in Mr. Ward's list, where it is the 

 record for its sex. 



" This means the 81st specimen registered on October 31, 1912. 



f This indicates the maximum length along the outer curve. If 

 in this and the following specimens there is any difference in the size 

 of the two horns, the dimensions refer to the larger one. 



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