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MAMMALIA. 



Two skulls of the adult male. The Tarai. Presented by B. 

 H. Hodgson, Esq. 



Skull, half-grown, male. The Tarai. Presented by B. H. 

 Hodgson, Esq. 



Skull and some bones of foetal specimen. Presented by B. H. 

 Hodgson, Esq. 



Skeleton, imperfect. Presented by B. H. Hodgson, Esq. 



DRAWINGS. 



Assal Gyal, Hardw. Icon. ined. B. M. n. 10,975. t. 168. 



True Asseel Gayal, Hardw. Icon. ined. B. M. n. 10,794. 1. 106, 

 head copied from former. 



Drawing of two males. Hodgson, Icon. ined. B. M. t. 135. 

 Presented by B. H. Hodgson, Esq. 



Drawing of two males. Hodgson, Icon. ined. B. M. t. 136. 

 Presented by B. H. Hodgson, Esq. 



Drawing of two males. Hodgson, Icon. ined. B. M. t. 137. 

 Presented by B. H. Hodgson, Esq. 



Drawing of a male. Hodgson, Icon. ined. B. M. t. 138. f. 2. 

 Presented by B. H. Hodgson, Esq. 



Drawing of horns. Hodgson, Icon. ined. B. M. 1. 145. f. 5, 6. 

 Presented by B. H. Hodgson, Esq. 



Dr. Hamilton Buchanan's figure in the Library of the India 

 House (marked Bos Guavera, Penn. t. 7) was the first and is the 

 best. 



The Gavi or Gobi is more than half redeemed from the wild 

 state, like the Yak of Tibet. Hodgson, I. c. 22. 



The Jungly Gau (Bos Sylhetanus] of M. F. Cuvier's Mamma- 

 lia is from a tracing made by M. Duvaucelle from a drawing in 

 General Hardwicke's collection (marked " Gyale at Barrackpoor," 

 Icon. ined. B. M. n. 10,975. t. 169, 170), taken from a hybrid 

 specimen bred between a Domestic Gyal and a Zebu. It has 

 a larger, deeper and more waved dewlap than the wild species, 

 and differently shaped horns. It was never alive in Paris, nor 

 even seen alive by M. Duvaucelle. 



ft Forehead concave. Horns pale, rather depressed at the base. 

 Back with a prominent keel over the shoulder, and another 

 on the middle of the back. Bibos, Hodgson. 



2. BIBOS GAURUS. The GOUR or GAUR. 



Hind hoof only half the size of the front. Brown ; legs 

 white. 



