514 BOYIDJ:. 



legs dirty white ; inside o ears, chin in front and at the sides, also 

 white. A black line down the back cannot always be distinguished. 

 Horns black. 



Dimensions. An adult male measured : height at shoulder 37 

 inches, length of head 11|, horns to root of tail 49, tail with hair 

 6|, without 3|, total length 67, ear 7f , girth of body 38 (Hodgson). 

 Basal length of skull 10-5, zygomatic breadth 4-9 ; horns in male 

 9 to 10 long, 5 to 6 in girth, maximum recorded 13'5 and 6*5 in 

 males, 875 and 4-75 in females. Weight over 200 lb. 



Distribution. Throughout the Himalayas from Kashmir to the 

 Mishmi hills at elevations between 6000 and 12,000 feet. Also 

 obtained by Anderson in Yunnan. 



Strictly, the specific name that- has priority over bubalinus, having 

 been published earlier in 1832 (in the first notice of the " bubaline 

 antelope " published in the ' Gleanings in Science ' no Latin name 

 was given), but as the term thar or tahr is commonly applied to 

 Hemitrayus jemlaicus its employment for the serow would lead to 

 confusion. The use of native names for animals is generally to be 

 avoided ; thus the term Sarao or Sara, used in parts of the Himalayas 

 for the present species, is applied in the Suliman range to Capra 

 falooneri and in Sind to C. cegagrus, whilst in the Sutlej valley it 

 is used for the goral. 



Habits. Kinloch says : " The serow has an awkward gait, but in 

 spite of this it can go over the worst ground, and it has, probably, 

 no superior in going down steep hills. It is a solitary animal, and 

 is nowhere numerous." It is generally found in thick forest, but 

 often on rocky hill-sides, and " its favourite resting places are in 

 caves, under the shelter of overhanging rocks or at the foot of 

 shady trees. It constantly repairs to the same spot, as testified 

 to by the large heaps of its droppings which are to be found in 

 the localities above alluded to." 



" Although very shy and difficult to find, the serow is a fierce 

 and dangerous brute when wounded and brought to bay " . . ." When 

 disturbed the serow utters a most singular sound, something be- 

 tween a snort and a screaming whistle, and I have heard them 

 screaming loudly when they had apparently not been alarmed." 



Hodgson says a single young one is born in September or 

 October after 8 months' gestation, but Adams states that the young 

 are born in May or June. The flesh is coarse. 



353. Nemorhsedus sumatrensis. The Burmese Goat-antelope. 



Antilope sumatrensis, Shaw. Gen. Zool. ii, pt. 2, p. 354 (1801): 



Raffles, Tr. L. S. xiii, p. 266. 

 Antilope (Nemorhsedus) sumatrensis, Ham. Smith, Griffith's An. 



King, iv, p. 277 (1827). 

 Nemorhsedus sumatrensis, Cantor, J.A.S.B. xv, p. 272 : Beavan, 



P. Z. S. 1866, p. 4 ; W. Sclater, Cat. p. 150. 

 Capricornis sumatrensis, Gray, P. Z. S. 1850, p. 135 ; Blyth, Cat. 



p. 1 74 ; id . Mam. Birds Burma, p. 46 ; Bock, P. Z. S. 1879. p. 308. 

 Capricornis rubida, Blyth, Cat. p. 174. 



