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MISCELLANEOUS NOTES. 



No. I.— DISTRIBUTION OF CERTAIN ANIMALS IN SIAM. 



A Reply. 



Referring to a number of queries which appeai'ed on page 5S 

 of tlie last Journal,, I see you ask for information on the following 

 points : — 



Bos sondaicus. Eastern limit. They are reported in Annam 

 }iear the coast between Nah Trang aud Phan Rang. I saw three, 

 apparently all bulls, on 5th June 1913, in about E. Long. 107°, N. 

 Lat. 12° — 18°, in Cambodia. I also saw a fine head of B. sondaiais 

 owned by Mons. RaufFman at Ban Methnot in Annam about 106° E. 

 Long. 



It is interesting to note that what may prove to be a variety 

 of i?. sondaicus has been provisionally named B. sondccicus porteri hy 

 Lydekker in his " Ox and its Kindred" I was with Mr. Porter when 

 he shot the animal. It was very dark coloured and spotted closel}^ with 

 small, pure white spots about ^ inch in diameter, more especially on 

 the neck, and the horns appeared to drop lower on each side of the 

 liead than thoae of the ordinary " tsine." I have since shot a bull with 

 the same characteristics. 



The skull and part of the skin of Mr. Porter's animal were sent 

 to the British Museum. 



Does Bos frontalis exist in Siam ? I have not yet seen a head. 



Bos buhal'us. In Cambodia I saw the tracks of buffalo about E. 

 Long. 105°, and the guides with me stated that these were wild animals. 



Bos gaurus. The Comte de Honditot of Phan Rang told me 

 that the Gaur was found in the Annamite mountains. 



Ci/on ridiUMis. I have shot three of these in the Meh Woong 

 and one this year (1914) on the right bank of the Meh Khong between 

 Luang Prabang and Pak Lay, I sent the skull and skin of the latter 

 to the Bombay Natural History Society as they had asked for one. 

 The Secretary informed me tliat it does not differ from the Burmese 

 variety. 



Canis aureus. 1 should like to know if the jackal is found in 

 Siam ; and if so, if it has the same distinctive cry as the Indian animal^ 



