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RECORDS OF BIG GAME 



Skull and Horns of Gaur shot by H.H. the Maharaja of Cooch Behar. 



The GAUR or INDIAN BISON (Bos [Bibos] gaurus). 



This splendid wild ox, the so-called bison of Anglo-Indian sports- 

 men, is the typical representative of a group of oriental species nearly 

 related to the domesticated ox, but presenting certain well-marked 

 points of difference. Among these may be noted the shorter head and 

 tail, the frequently elliptical section of the horns, and, above all, the 

 presence of a more or less distinct ridge running from the withers to 

 the middle of the back, where it terminates in a sudden step. In the 

 gaur this ridge is very strongly developed, but the most distinctive 

 feature of the animal is the great arch on the crown of the head 



