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to Sze-chuen and hedfordi which ranges eastwards to Shen-si. The 

 possibility of this must be admitted : but, however strong a sus- 

 picion one may have that sinensis and hedfordi will prove to be 

 indistinguishable the available material does not warrant their sys- 

 tematic fusion; but the inference that they are merely racially 

 separable is quite justifiable. 



If then we regard all the described Takins as belonging to one 

 species, Budorcas taxicolor, the races may be tabulated as follows : 

 Sub-species taxicolor, Hodgson, 1850, Mishmi Hills, 



,, ivhitei, L5^dekker, 1907, Bhotan. 



,, tibetanus, M. Edwards, 1874, Sze-chuen. 



,, sinensis, Lydekker, 1907, Kansu. 



,, hedfordi, Thomas, 1911, Shen-si. 



EXPLANATION OE COLOURED PLATES. 



N. B. — The illustrations on the coloured plates representing 

 Serows and Gorals have all been traced from photo- 

 graphs. The shapes and attitudes of the animals are 

 therefore correct. The coloration is not however in all 

 cases quite accurate. 



Serows from Burma and Malacca. 



Fig. 1 .--The red Burmese Serow (^Capricornis suraairaensis ruhidus). 

 In this figure the white on the throat is overdone and 

 the area above the nostrils should have been black. 



Fig. 2. — Robinson's Malayan Serow (Ca'priccrnis swnatraensis 

 rohinsoni). The colour of the eye is doubtful and there 

 should have been more black above the nostrils. 



Serows from the Himalayas. 



Fig. 1. — Jamrach's Serow (fJapricornis sumatraensis janiracJii) 



from Darjeeling. 

 Fig. 2.— Rodon's Serow (Capricornis sumatraensis rodoni) from 



Chamba. 

 The Nepal Serow (Caiyricornis sumatrasnsis thar') is intermediate 

 between these two in colour. 



Gorals from India and Burma. 



Fig. 1.— The Biu-mese Goral (Ncemorhedus f/riseus not) N. cinereus 



as labelled on plate. 

 Fig. 2. — The Brown Himalayan Goral (Ncemorhedits hodr/soni) 



from Nepal and Sikkim. 

 Fig. 3. — The Grey Himalayan Goral (Ncemorhedtts (joraV) from 



Chamba. 



