1908.] TWO CHINESE SEROW-SKULLS. 943 



■one of the dark- coloured races of iV. sumatre7isis allied to the 

 Malay representatives of that species, the scalp-skin accompanying 

 the skull being of a dark type. 



The skull and photograph indicate a Chinese representative of 

 the ordinary Serow, which is doubtless the one to which P6re 

 David gave the name ^V. milne-edwardsl. The following 

 dimensions are taken from the skull : — 



Extreme basal length 11 inches. 



,, zygomatic width 5;^ „ 



Length of nasals 4^ ,, 



Width of nasals 21 „ 



This skull and scalp belong, it should be added, to a female. 

 Of a very different type are the male and female skulls from 

 Towquan, these (text-fig. 191, B, p. 941) being narrower and 

 longer with longer and narrower nasals. The dimensions of these 

 two skulls are as follows : — 



Male. Female. 



Extreme basal length 12 11-5- inches. 



,, zygomatic width 5 4| ,, 



Length of nasals ". 4^ 4^- ,, 



Width of nasals l| ij „ 



From this it will be evident that while in the White-maned 

 Serow the basal length and the nasal length exceed the corre- 

 sponding dimensions in the ordinary species, the width of the 

 nasals is less. A further important difference is to be found in 

 the basisphenoidal region, which is much narrower in the White- 

 maned than in the ordinar}^ species ; while the premaxillse are 

 also longer and narrower in the former than in the latter. 



The following measurements of the two animals taken im- 

 mediately after death have been supplied by Mr. Brooke. In 

 taking the measurements the tape is stated to have been laid 

 flat on the body without pulling. 



Male; shot March 30th, 1908. 



Height at shoulder from back of foot 44". 



Nose to root of tail 68". 



Lip (upper) to horn 11|". 



Ear 8|" (length), ear 7" (widest part). 



Circumference of hind-leg level with the point where the 



loose skin from the belly joins the leg 23". 

 Widest part of body {i. e. just behind withers and over 



breast-bone under body) 45:|". 

 ISTeck where it joins the body 27". 

 Narrowest part of body in front of hind-legs 38^". 



Eemale ; shot April 1st, 1908. 



Height at shoulder from back of foot 43 1". 

 Nose to root of tail 61g". 

 Bottom of upper lip to root of horn 13''. 

 Proc. Zool. See— 1908, No. LX. 60 



