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noticeable round the eyes, forehead, and about the muzzle where it is 

 dirty white. Under the abdomen and down the inside of the legs the 

 colour is also dirty white. 



Heads. — Compared with those of the gaur, they are compara- 

 tively longer and decidedly narrower and are altogether lighter, 

 and the ridge between the horn cores is but slightly developed, as 

 also is the convexity at the vertex. The concavity of the forehead, 

 which is such a prominent feature in the skull of the gaur, is almost 

 wanting in these animals. As in the case of gaur the solitary 

 bulls appear to carry the best heads. The horns are flattened at the 

 base, the anterior faces being often very rugged. The direction 

 usually taken is outwards ; and upwards towards the tips they take an 

 inward or backward curve. In young bulls and cows the horns are 

 cylindrical ; in the latter they are generally directed upwards, inwards 

 and backwards, and are often lyrate. 



These measurements were taken with the utmost care, a tape mea- 

 sure being employed. Owing, however, to the positions in which these 

 animals often fall when shot, they may be fractions of an inch out. 



The accompanying sketches are from photographs supplied to me 

 by Mr. J. D. Rees and Mr. A. G. Trapmann. 



