484 BOTID.TE. 



tropical or subtropical, and was regarded by Blytli as proba1)ly 

 African. No ancestral form bas been discovered amongst Indian 

 fossil bovines, which, as already mentioned, comprise species allied 

 to the gaiir and buffalo. Humped cattle have run wild at times 

 in many parts of India (Oudh, Kobilcund, Surat, Mysore, Nellore, 

 Char Sidhi, at the mouth of the Megna, &c. : see Blyth, J. A. S. B. 

 xxix, p. 288, and Jerdon, Mam. p. 301). 



338. Bos gaurus. The Gaur. 



Gour, Trail, Udiiib. Phil. Jour, xi, p. 384 (1824). 



Bos gaurus, Ha7)i. S?nitli, Griffillis C'uv. An. Kinqd. iv, p. 399 



(1827) ; Evans, J. A. S. B. vi, p. 223, pi. xvi ; Elliot, J. A. S. B. 



X, p. 579 ; Bli/th, J. A. S. B. xi, p. 444, xxi, p. 433, xxxi, p. 336 ; 



id. Mam. Birds Burma, p. 47 ; W. Blanf. P. Z. S. 1890, p. 592, 



pi. xlix ; W. Sclafer, Cat p. 124. 

 Bos gour 07ul B. gayfeus, Hardwiche, Zool. Jour, iii, p. 233 (1828). 

 Bibos subhemachaliis, Hodgson, J. A. S. B. vi, p. 409 (1837). 

 Bibos cavifrons, Hodgson, J. A. S. B. vi, p. 747 (1837), x, p. 449, pi., 



xvi, p. 70G ; Bli/ih, J. A. S. B. xi, p. 588 ; Elliot, Mad. Jour. L. S. 



X, p. 227 ; Horsfield, Cat. p. 181. 

 Bos gour, Cujitor, J. A. S. B. xv, p. 272. 

 Bibos asseel, Horsfield, Cat. p. 181 (1851). 

 Gava'us gaurus, Bh/th, J. A. S. B. xxix, p. 282 ; id. Cat. p. 101 ; 



Jerdon, Mam. p. 301. 



Gaur, Gauri-gai, H. ; Gdydl, in Orissa, &c. ; Gaor S > Gaib 5 , in 

 Chutia Nagpiu' (commonly Ban-hoda, Ban-parra, liaii-hila, Ban-pado, 

 Jan f/li-hhul</a, and even Ban-hhainsa and Arna, all signifjing wild buffalo, 

 in various parts of the Peninsula); Sainal, Ilokol ; Gaviya,ls\ii\\\'.; Vcra- 

 Mao, Goud. in the South ; Katu-erimai, Tani. ; Karkona, Karti, Kard- 

 yemmc, Kard-Jcorna, Doddu, Can. ; Karthu, Paothu, Mai. ; Mitlian, 

 Assam ; Seloi, Cbittagong ; Byoung, Bm-mese ; Saladang, Malay. The 

 Bison or Indian Bison of European sportsmen. 



General form massi\'e : body deep, limbs and hoofs small. Ears 

 large. A higb ridge along the anterior half of the back termi- 

 nating abruptly about halfw ay between the shoulder and the tail, 

 and caused by the spinous processes of the dorsal vertebrae being 

 long and those of the lumbar vertebrae short, the change in length 

 taking i)]ace suddenly. Skull bearing a high ridge, convex on tbe 

 vertex between the horn-cores ; in front of tliis ridge the forehead 

 is deeply concave. Horns considerably flattened towards the 

 base, curved throughout; the tips turned inwards and slightly 

 back\Aards. Thirteen pairs of ribs. Tail just reaching the hocks. 

 No distinct dewlap. Hair short, very thin on tbe back in old 

 bulls. 



HkuUs from the Duars of Bhutan, the Mislnni hills, and tlie 

 Malay Peninsula are much broader in proportion across the fore- 

 bead than those from the Indian Peninsula; but I cannot say 

 whether the broad-headed type is alone found east of the Bi\y of 

 Bengal. I think not. There is in the fine collection ]iresent(Hl by 

 Mr. Hume to tbe British Museum a very broad skull from Salem, 



