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351. Hemitragus hylocrius. The Nilgiri ivild Goat. 



Kemas hylocrius, Ogilby, P. Z. S. 1837, p. 81. 



Capra (Ibex) warryato,' Gray, A. M. N. II. x, p. 267 (1842). 



Hemitragus hylocrius, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xxviii, p. 291 ; id. Cat. 



p. 175 ; Jeraon, Mam. p. 288. 

 Capra hylocrius, Sclater, P. Z. S. 1886, p. 318 ; W. Sclater, Cat. 



p. 146. 



Warri-ddu, Warri-dtu, Tarn.; Kard-ardu, Can.; Mutta-dtu, Mai.; 

 Ibex of European sportsmen. 



Hair short, thick, and coarse. A short stiff mane in males on 

 the ridge of the neck and withers. Knees callous. The face 

 slightly concave at the end of the frontals, nasals a little convex 

 in front. Horns almost touching at the base and subparallel for 

 some distance, then curved back and diverging slowly ; they are 

 transversely wrinkled, flat inside, convex outside, rounded behind, 

 with a low compressed keel inside at the front. Mammae two. 



Colour dark yellowish brown, with a greyish tinge in females 

 and young ; a dark band down the back ; lower parts paler. Old 

 males are dark sepia-brown, almost black on the face and limbs ; a 

 broad band on each side of the face, and an area behind the eye 

 grizzled and paler, fawn-coloured around the eye ; a large area in 

 the lumbar region and the legs grizzled white, the latter dark 



Fig. 169. Head of H. hylocrius*. 



brown in front, paler behind. The lumbar tract is almost white 

 in very old animals, and from its being conspicuous at a distance 

 adult males are known as " saddlebacks." 



Dimensions. According to Col. Douglas Hamilton old males 

 measure from 39 to 42 inches at the shoulder, nose to tail (straight) 

 50|, tail 3. Females measure up to 35 inches at the shoulder. 



* I am indebted to Mr. E. A. Sterndale for making and sending to me 

 the drawing from which this cut is taken. 



