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curved, at first obliquely backwards, then up, and 

 the points inclining rather forward are very bulky ; 

 at base oval, 15 to 20 inches in circumference, 

 smooth, greenish, with black tips, 24 to 30 inches 

 on the curve ; and, internally, the horny sheath is 

 provided with two strong ridges, ascending from 

 base to tip. 



Bos gaurus. The Gaur. Eighteen hands and 

 more at the shoulder ; several inches lower at the 

 croup ; crest of the frontals bluish-grey ; general 

 colour rich purple-brown ; the four legs dirty white. 



The Asl Gayal of Hardwicke, Bibos cavifrons, 

 Hodgson, Great Bison Gaour, Gor, Bison of Dan- 

 dely, are all names of varieties, or of the same animal, 

 occupying many glens in the mountain forests of 

 India and Indo China. 



Bos Sondaicus, B. leucoprymnus. The Banting. 

 Little, if at all inferior in size, with horns more 

 spread out laterally, similar colours or reddish, and 

 always with a white oval disk on each buttock. It is 

 an admitted fact, that this giant species will breed 

 with the domestic cattle of Java. 



Bos Sylhetwus, or Gayal of Sylhet, described in 

 Vol. XVIII. of this work, likewise breeds with the \ 

 domestic Indian races ; and it is doubtful whether 



Bos gayaem of Tenasserim, the Ceylonese Wild 

 Bull, that of the Mahabalishwar Hills, and others 

 indicated in the drawings and papers left by the 

 late General Hardwicke, are of one or more distinc 

 species. 



