184< CATALOGUE. 



Genus POEPHAGUS, Gray, Cat. Mamm. Br. Mus. Syst. List, 

 XXVI. 



Bovis Species, Linn., Erxl., Zimmerm., Pallas, Cuv., et al. 

 BISONUS, Hodgson. 



266. POEPHAGUS GRUNNIENS, Linn., Sp. 



Bos grunniens, Linn., Syst. Nat. 12, /. p. 99. Erxl., 



Syst. p. 237. Zimmerm., G. G. II. p. 38. Blu- 



menb., Abbeld. t. 25. Cuv., Ossem. fossil. 4 me ed. VI. 



p. 261. 

 Bos poephagus, Ham. Smith, Griffith, An. Kingd. V. 896. 



Pallas, Zool. Ross. Asiat. 249. 

 Bisonus poephagus, Hodgson, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. XVI. 



pt. II. p. 708. 

 Poephagus, Aelian, Anim. XV. et XVI. Fischer, Synops. 



Mamm. p. 496. 



Grunting Ox, Pennant and Shaw. 

 YAK, of Tartary, Turner, Asiat. Research. IV. p. 351. 

 BUBUL, Bell's Travels, I. p. 212. 

 SOORA-GOY, or bushy-tailed Bull, of Tibet, Turner, Asiat. 



Research. IV. p. 351. 

 YAK, or CHOURI-GAU, Hodgson, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 



XVI. pt. II. p. 708. 

 DONG, Tibetan, Strachey. 



HAB. Tibet, Turner. Ladakh, Strachey. High Asia, 

 between the Altai and the Himalaya, the Belut Tag, and 

 the Peling Mountains, Hodgson. 



A. Specimen of the Yak from the plains of Ladakh, 



from Capt. R. Strachey 's Collection. 



B. Specimen of the Hybrid Yak, presented by the 



Asiatic Society of Bengal. 



C. and D. Horns of the Hybrid Yak, presented by the 



Asiatic Society of Bengal. 



E. A Chamar, or state fly-whisk, formed of the hair of a 

 Yak's tail, presented by C. Russell, Esq. 



The specimen of the Tibetan Yak from Captain R. Strachey's Col- 

 lection, exhibited in the Company's Museum, was prepared from a dry 

 skin, in good preservation. In size it is somewhat less than the 

 common or domestic ox. The head is large, and the neck proper- 



