THE THAR. 99 



Duvancellii, Smith, which he hints may be a variety 

 of General Hardwicke's Goral : 3. The Goral, which 

 he considers extremely goat-like in form, allied to 

 the antelopes only by its round and ringed horns ; 

 and, 4. A new species, N. Thar, Hodgson, the 

 Thar of the Nepalese, closely allied to the Cambing- 

 ootan, and furnished with a suborbital sinus, which 

 secretes a viscid humour, as in that animal. It is a 

 large animal, standing about thirty- eight inches high, 

 and weighing about 200 Ib. The hair is scanty, 

 harsh, and applied to the skin. The colour of the 

 animal above, with the entire head and neck is jet- 

 black, on the flanks mixed with deep clay-red. The 

 limbs and hams outside, as far down as the great 

 flexures, clay-red, nearly or wholly commixed ; the 

 rest of the limbs hoary, or rufescent hoary. Out- 

 sides of the ears dark. Chest pale. No stripes 

 down the legs. Lips and chin dull hoary, and a 

 stripe of pure hoary running backwards over the 

 jaws from the gape. Horns, hoofs, and muzzle 

 black. 



It inhabits the precipitous and wooded mountains 

 of the central region of Nepaul, up and down which 

 it rushes with fearful rapidity, though it does not 

 spring or leap well, nor is it speedy. * 



The Rupricaprine group, consisting of a single 

 animal, well known by name, " The Chamois," fol- 



* Hodgson, Proceedings of the Zool. Soc. August 12. 

 1834. 



