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The little one was recovered by the coolies who went after it by 

 being let down the face of the cliffs by ropes. These red goats 

 were very shy indeed. It was difficult to get within shot at all 

 and though we were on the ground some days we never saw them 

 in groups but singly or a female with her young one almost 

 invariabl}^" 



For the record of the red Serow from Salween we are indebted 

 to Mr. G, W. Bird, who says it is common in the limestone hills of 

 the Salween Valley {Field, Jan. 9th, 1909, p. 62). 



Sub-species : milne-echvardsii, David. 



Cajrncornis milne-edwardsii, David, Nouv. Arch. Mus. V, p. 10, 

 1869. 



Antilope (Nemorhcedus ) edwardsii, M. Edwards, Rech. Mamm., 

 p. 364, pis. LXXII-LXXIII. 



Nemorhcedus edwardsii, Anderson, An. Zool. Res., p. 335. 



Nemorhcedus sumatrensis, Blanford, Faima of British India : 

 Mammalia, pp. 514-515, 1891 (in part). 



Colour brownish-black or blackish with some reddish hairs in- 

 termixed on the outer side of the thighs, the legs below the knees 

 and hocks rusty-ied throughout both externally and internally. 



Distribution. — Moupin in Eastern Tibet ; Yunnan ; Burma, 

 Moulmein and Pegu. 



Evidence for, but not proof of, the existence of this race in 

 British Burma is supplied by Beavan who described a specimen 

 from Zwagaben, a limestone hill near Moulmein, and declared he 

 had seen Serows like it at Thayet-mayo in Pegu. The prevailing 

 colour was black with a tinge of hoar}^, the belly and tibi« \^sic^ 

 being rufous ; the throat was rufous and white tipped, the buttocks 

 rufous and white ; the inside of the ears white with black tips and 

 edges. It may be inferred that by " tibiae " the writer meant the 

 area of the legs below the knees and hocks, and presumably the 

 expression " white-tipped " as applied to the throat referred to 

 the ends of the hairs. The upper lip, lower lip and chin, a narrow 

 band behind the muzzle and the Avhole of the inferior edge of the 

 lower jaw as far back as the throat whitish. 



The description of these animals (Proc. Zool. Soc. 1866, p. 4) is 

 not sufficiently detailed to make their identification absolutely 

 certain ; but so far as it is possible to judge, thej seem to resemble 

 the Moupin and Yunnan form more nearlj^ than any other. 

 At all events the evidence that a blackish Serow with red 

 legs inhabits the southern portions of British Burma is complete 

 and its coloration serves to affiliate it with the Moupin race 

 rather than with those inhabiting the Straits Settlements and 

 Sumatra. 



A closely allied form apparently resembling typical tnilne- 

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