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ME. R. I. POCOCK ON 



[Mar. 17, 



changed at all in the matter of colour. She stands about 3 feet 

 high at the withers, but from the size of her hoi'ns which measure 

 6 inches long, with a basal circumference of 4^ inches, I judge 

 her to be not yet fully adult. 



Text-fig. 34. 



Capricornis sumafraexsis Jcunrachi Poc. 

 Photograpli of specimen from Kalimpoiig-, now living in the Society's Gardens. 



In the Mammal Gallery of the Natural History Museum there 

 is a mounted male specimen of this same race of Serow, 

 which was presented by the Duke of Bedford, and is labelled 

 Nemorhcedus sicmatrensis. According to Blanford's ' Mammals 

 of British India,' this determination is correct ; but the animal 

 is obviously quite different from the typical Cajjricornis sunia- 

 traensls of Bechstein, Avhich has a grey mat-like mane on the 

 withers and much darker lower legs. From information kindly 

 supplied to me by the Duke of Bedford and Mr. Jamrach, I have 

 been able to ascertain that this animal also came from Kalimpong. 

 Except that there is a noticeable quantity of rusty yellow in the 

 hairs of the forehead, this specimen does not appear to differ in 

 any important particular from the female now living in the 

 Gardens. As in the latter, the horns are rather small, measuring 

 156 mm. ( = 6| inches) long, with a basal circumference of 



