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finally became the pale colour normal in does and immature bucks. The 

 story was obviously true, since the villagers could not possibly have connect- 

 ed the two things. One has often heard of malformation of horn as a result 

 of injuries to the testicles, but I have never heard of such injuries or of 

 complete castration affecting colouration. 



Perhaps some other members can tell us of similar cases. 



K. A. WILSON, i.c.s. 



Yeotmal, 1st August 1913. 



No. VIII.— REMARKABLE VARIETY OF AN ASTOR MARKHOR 

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1 shot the Markhor, a photograph of which is shown above, in the 

 Mayadass Nullah in Astor. On the 23rd April last I went out about 

 6 a.m., and about 7 a.m. my shikari saw a herd of about eleven males ; 

 they were very low down near the Indus, and at first we did not see the 

 freak. Suddenly my shikari said he thought there was a Bhurrel among 

 them; but, of course, that was impossible as they are never found in that part 

 of the country. We watched the herd for about two hours when they 



