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Mamm. in B. M.). But, whatever tlie reason for his action 

 may have been, 1 do not see how his decision, since the choice 

 rested witii him, can possibly be set on one side. In his 

 subsequent works (Anu. & Maf^. Nat. Hist. xiii. p. 232, 

 1846 ; List Ost. Spec, in B. M. 1847, p. 57 ; P. Z. S. 1850, 

 pp. 135-136 ; and Cat. Mamm. Ung. iii. pp. 110-114, 1852) 

 he confirmed his verdict and brouglit his system into con- 

 formity with modern views. He correctly withdrew suma- 

 trensis from Ncemorhedus, ranged it with thar { = bubalina) 

 under Capricorm's, and left goral witli duvaucelii as its 

 synonym as the sole representative of Ncemorhedus. 



It was subsequently stated by Jerdon (' Mammals of 

 India,' 1867, p. 283), and, following him, by W. L. Sclater 

 (Cat. Mamm. Ind. Mus. p. 147, 1891), that sumatrensis is 

 the type of Ncemorhedus. I can find no evidence for, much 

 less proof of, the truth of this statement. If true it would 

 invalidate Gray's nomenclature. Since it appears to be 

 unfounded; I see no escape from the adoption of that author's 

 settlement of the question. 



Of authors who succeeded Gray, some — like Ilorsfield 

 (P. Z. S. 1856, p. 403), Adams (P. Z. S. 1858, pp. 522-523), 

 and Blyth (Cat. Mamm. As. Soc. p. 174, 1863, and Burma 

 List, p. 46, 1875) — followed his nomenclature; others — like 

 Turner (P. Z. S. 1850, p. 173), Jerdon, M.-Edwards (Rech. 

 Mamm. 1868-1874), and W. L. Sclater— reverted to the 

 original view of H. Smith and Hodgson that the Gorals and 

 Serows are congeneric and to be entitled Ncemorhedus. 



In 1891, however, Dr. Blanford (Mamm. Brit. India, 

 pp. 513 & 516) pointed out tliat Ogilby was right in sepi- 

 rating the two, and, agreeing apparently with Jerdon that 

 sumatrensis was the type of Ncemorhedus, he adopted the 

 inadmissible name Cemas for the Gorals and Ncemorhedus 

 for the Serows, entirely ignoring Gray's previous settlement 

 of the question. Without further inquiry into the matter, 

 Trouessart adopted Blanford's view (Cat. Mamm. i. p. 964, 

 1898), merely compromising the question by classifying the 

 species under Ncemorhedus with Kemas and Ncemorhedus 

 (s. s.) as subgenera. 



In 1900 Mr. Lydckker (' Great and Small Game of India,' 

 p. 136) complicated the subject still further by following 

 Blanford, but with the substitution of Urotragus for Cemas, on 

 the grounds of the inadmissibility of Cemas or Kemas for 

 the Gorals. This system of nomenclature was adopted by 

 Trouessart in 1905 (Cat. Mamm., Suppl. p. 734), and it 

 reappears in the second edition of Mr. Lydekker's above- 

 quoted work published in 1907.' Urotragus^ it should be 



