1908.] SZE-CHUEX AND BHUTAN TAKINS. 797" 



height not ascertainable, owing to the bad mounting of the- 

 British Museum specimen. General colour (apparently in both 

 S8xes) of upper-parts cigar-brown, with an elongated tawiiy- 

 " saddle " on the back, becoming much darker on the under- 

 parts, and passing into deep blackish brown on the limbs ; the 

 ears and the whole of the head in advance of the same, together- 

 with the entire under surface of the lower jaw, and a dorsal 

 stripe extending from the occiput to the root of the tail, black. 

 Ko distinct beard in male ; and tail apparently not distinctly 

 tufted, and brown in colour. 



Horns (text-fig. 168) stout, elevated into a strong, oblique,, 

 prominent, longitudinal ridge at the base, with the long smooth 

 tips situated in a plane different from that of the basal portion,, 

 and generally directed (when fully adult) almost straight ujDwards, 

 but inclining somewhat backwards at the extreme tips. 



2. BuDORCAS TiBETANUS. — Size probably equal to that of the 

 last ; height at shoulder of subadult male 40;^ inches. General 

 colour of upper-parts of subadult animals in winter coat orange- 

 or grey, strikingly different in the two sexes ; dorsal stripe not 

 extending further forwards than the withers ; under-parts lighter 

 than back ; black on head confined to the backs of the ears, a ring 

 round each eye, the front of the face in advance of the eyes, and 

 the extreme tip of the inferior surface of the lower jaw. thus 

 forming a striking contrast to the light area. A distinct beard 

 on the throat of the male ; tail strongly tufted, and blackish in 

 colour. 



Horns (text-fig. 169, p. 798) more slender than in taxlcolor,. 

 with much less development of the oblique basal prominence, and 

 the long tips in the same plane as the basal portion; these 

 tips inclining somewhat inwards and also decidedly backwards 

 throughout their length. 



In the male, the whole of the fore-quarters, exclusive of the 

 black areas, bright golden-yellow, gradually becoming more and 

 more grey posteriorly till it passes on the hind-quarters into 

 grizzled grey, which is continued on to the limbs, and also foi-ms 

 a vertically elongated patch on the lower part of the shoulder. 

 Dorsal stripe extending as far forwards as the withers. 



In the female (which, as in the type species, has much smaller- 

 horns) the yellow on the fore-q\iarters of the male replaced by 

 dirty white ; and the limbs a darker grey, becoming nearly black 

 on the knees and hocks. Dorsal stripe not extending further 

 forwards than the middle of the back. 



These differences are, in my opinion, amply sufficient to justify 

 the recognition of the Sze-chuen Takin as a species distinct from 

 the typical Mishmi animal and its smaller Bhutan representative. 

 With its bright golden-yellow or white fore-quarters, contrasting 

 strongly with its black face, ears, and eye-rings, the former is 

 indeed a much more strikingly coloured animal than the latter, — 

 a feature in which it agrees w-ith several of the other Sze-chuen 

 mammals. 



