186 CATALOGUE. 



the Himalayas, beyond the immediate vicinity of the snows (Journ. As. 

 Soc. Beng. XVI. p. 709). Lieut. Wood, as referred to by Mr. Blyth, 

 states, " Wherever the mercury does not rise above zero is a climate 

 for the Yak." (J. A. S. B. XV. p. 144.) 



The Yak is mentioned by writers and travellers from yElian down- 

 wards to the present time, and the details of his sagacity and ferocity 

 when wild, and of its mode of life, use, and capacity of training in a 

 domestic state, are innumerable. 



Dimensions. Ft. In. 



Length, from the nose to the insertion of the tail 9 3 



Do. of the tail 2 8 



Height at the withers 4 6 



Do. at the croup 4 



Girth, at the posterior part of abdomen 7 



THE DEER, Gray, Knowsley Menagerie, p. 55. 



Genus CERVUS, Linn, et al. 



CERVUS et PSEUDO-CERVUS, Hodgson, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 

 X.p. 914. 



267. CERVUS WALLICHII, Cm., Ossem.foss. 4 ed. VI. 

 p. 88. Hodgson, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. XVI. p. 689. 



Gray, Gat. Hodgs. Col. p. 32 ; Knowsley Menag. p. 60. 



GIANA, Tibetan, Hodgson. 

 HAB. Nepal, Saul forests, Hodgson. 



A. B. Horns, presented by Dr. Hugh Falconer. 



Genus RUCERVUS, Hodgson. 



CERVI Species, Cuvier et al. 



268. RUCERVUS DUVAUCELLII, Cm., Sp. 



Cervus Duvaucellii, Cuv., Ossem.foss. 4 me 6d. VI. p. 89. 

 Rucervus Duvaucellii (vel elaphoides), Hodgs. Journ. As. 



Soc. Beng. XVI. p. 689. Gray, Cat. Hodgs. Coll. 



p. 33 ; Knowsl. Menag. p. 61. 

 BARA-SINHA, vel BURAIYA, Bengal. 



HAB. Eastern and northern skirts of Bengal and Hindostan, 

 Hodgson. 



A. Horns, presented by General T. Hardwicke. 



B. Horns, presented by B. H. Hodgson, Esq. 



