846 JOURNAL, BOMBAY NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY, Vol. XVII. 



No. XXXVI— MALFORMED SAMBAR AND GAUR HORNS. 



The illustrations given below and in the accompanying plate are further 

 interesting examples of malformation in horns. 



The Sambar (No. 1) is especially so as it shows a third horn growing on a 

 separate pedicle. It was shot by me some 20 years'ago here at Koppa. 



No.l. 



The young bull bison (No. 2) with the malformed head was shot some 

 20 years ago by a native shikari. 



No. 3 is the head of a bull bison shot by Mr. F. I. Parton at Koppa. 



All the illustrations are from excellent photographs which were most care 

 -fully taken by Miss Brett. 



O. SCOT SKIRVING. 



- Koppa, Mysore Province, July 190G. 



