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Tliese variations are, no doubt, greatly influenced by the different 

 climatic conditions under which they exist. The colour may vary from a 

 grizzled-black, or blackish-grey-roan, to a rufous-brown. In the darker 

 specimens, the mane, head and neck are blackish with a hoary tinge; 

 the hair (coat) on the upper parts is a grizzled-black. The colour of 

 the hair about the muzzle, under the chin, and sometimes for a 

 short distance under the abdomen is a dirty yellowish-white, as 

 also is the hair inside the ears ; these latter are tipped with black. 

 The throat, inside of flanks and thighs is of a tan or reddish-brown 

 eolour, which is also the case with the limbs from just above 

 the knees- and hocks down to the feet [tan stockings]. Most of 

 the red hairs are tipped with white. On the quarters the colour 

 fa rufous, with white and black hairs running through it. In 

 the lighter-coloured examples the blackish colour passes into 

 a rusty-grey intermingled with black on the sides, quarters, chest, 

 inside thighs, &c. A dorsal stripe may also be noticed in such 

 specimens. 



Horns are common to both sexes, and there is scarcely any differ- 

 ence in size and appearance. They are black in colour and conical in 

 shape. They are closely and irregularly ringed for three-quarters of 

 their length. This is best seen on the posterior surface. In young 

 animals the rings are often complete, but as the animals grow older 

 they become effaced on the anterior surface, excepting perhaps for an 

 inch or so from the base ; this is probably due to butting or rubbing 

 their horns on rocks, trees, &c. In some specimens the rings are 

 broken by longitudinal strise. The horn cores spring fairly close 

 together, are continuous with the facial plane, then taking a slight 

 backward curve, and diverging towards the tips. This, of course, is 

 also the case with the horns which are invariably sharp-pointed. In 

 length they may run to ten or eleven inches and more. The best 

 head I have seen measured was nine and three-quarters inches. 

 This head was from one of the red specimens, and was shot by 

 a Chin Chief at a considerable elevation in the Southern Chin 

 Hills. From numerous heads measured 1 am inclined to think that 

 anything over eight inches might be considered a good head. The 

 circumference at the bass of the horns of a good bead measures 

 from 4| to 5 inches. 



