NEMOKH^DUS. 515 



Capricornis milne-edwardsii, David, Nouv. Arch. Mtis. v, p. 10 (1869) 

 Antilope (Nemorhaedus) edwardsii, M.-Edw. Rech. Mam. p. 364' 



pis. Ixxii, Ixxiii. 

 Nemorhedus edwardsii, Anderson, An. Zool. Res. p. 335. 



Tau-tshiek, Burmese (Tau-myin in Pegu) ; Kanibing-utan, Malay. 



This appears only to differ from N. bulalinus in being more rufous. 

 The present species is said to be smaller, but there is very little, if 

 any, difference in size. 



Colour varying from rufous-brown to black, the black sometimes 

 with a white nape. A black dorsal stripe in brown examples. 

 Legs always rufous from the thigh and forearm downwards. 



Dimensions. An adult female from near Moulmein measured in 

 height at the shoulder 34| inches, from nose to root of tail 49, 

 tail without hairs 5, with hair 7, girth of body 34, ear 8| (Beavan). 

 Basal length of a large female "skull 10-5, extreme length 11-25, 

 zygomatic breadth 4-9. Horns 8 to 9-5 long. 



Distribution. From the Eastern Himalayas, Moupin, and Yunnan 

 to Sumatra, throughout the Assam Hills, Burma, Siam, and the 

 Malay Peninsula, on hills. An animal intermediate in colour be- 

 tween N. sumatrensis and N. bubalinus was killed by Col. Kiuloch 

 near Darjiling, whilst N. bubalinus inhabits the interior of Sikhim. 



I am far from satisfied that this goat-antelope and N. bubalinus 

 are really distinct, or, if they are, whether the Arakan N. rubidus 

 belongs to the present form. I follow Blyth in uniting N. rubidus 

 and N. sumatrensis, but N. swinhoei from Formosa, also united by 

 Blyth, is a perfectly distinct species. The habits of N. sumatrensis 

 resemble those of N. bubalinus, but the former inhabits less elevated 

 ground. 



A very remarkable animal, Budorcas taxicolor, the Takin of the 

 Mishmis, is found on ranges within sight of Upper Assam, but not 

 within our limits. It has been well described by Hodgson (J. A. 

 S. B. xix, p. 65, pis. i-iii ; see also M.-Edw. Eech. Mam. p. 367, 

 pis. Ixxiv-lxxix, and Hume, P. Z. S. 1887, p. 483). It is a heavily- 

 made animal, much larger than a Serow, with stout limbs, large 

 hoofs to the lateral digits, a short tail like a goat's, a large head, 

 convex profile, and thick horns in both sexes, arising close together 

 in males and curving outwards at first, then making a sharp 

 turn and pointing backwards; whilst in females, according to 

 Hume, the horns arise further apart and curve outwards and then 

 backwards without any sharp twist. According to other writers, 

 female horns resemble those of males in shape, but are smaller. 

 Colour of the body varying from yellow dun to deep reddish 

 brown mixed with black ; head always black. Length from snout 

 to vent 6| feet, height at shoulder 3, tail 3 inches Jong; skull 18 

 long and 7f wide, horns 20 to 24 long in males, 12 in females, 

 girth of each 9 to 10. Budorcas is found in herds or singly at 

 high elevations in the Mishmi hills and Eastern Tibet, and is 

 probably one of the peculiar Tibetan types like Pantholops ; it is 

 evidently, like Nemorhcedux, allied to both goats and antelopes ; I can 

 not see the bovine affinities attributed to it. 



