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the Cape species, but with far longer horns, which did not, however, meet in a 

 helmet-like mass on the forehead. In an Algerian specimen the length of the bony 

 horn-cores measured along the curve is fully 11 feet, while in one from the Cape 

 the length is estimated at upwards of 14 feet. When covered with their horny 

 sheaths, the horns would of course be still longer. 



THE INDIAN BUFFALO (Bos bubalus). 



The Indian buffalo, or arna, as the male is called in India, is a very different 

 animal in appearance from either of the African species. It is characterised by the 



THE INDIAN BUFFALO, FERAL RACE 



liat. size). 



much greater proportionate length of the head, of which the profile is nearly 

 straight and the centre of the forehead markedly convex. In the skull the sockets 

 of the eyes are very prominent, and the nasal bones are of much greater length 

 than in the African species. The ears are also much smaller and less open, 

 with only a very slight fringe of hair on their edges. Still more distinctive 

 are the horns, which are very long, much flattened, and angulated throughout the 

 greater part of their length, with strongly-marked transverse wrinkles, and a 



