THE BORNEAN BANTIN. 



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horns of subadult Bornean Bantins in his private museum at 

 Leonardslee. 



As_ regards the colour of the Bornean Bantin I know nothing 

 definite; but, in the absence of any statement to the contrary, 

 1 presume it is approximately similar to that of the typical 

 Javan race ; that is to say, adult bulls are blackish brown or 

 black with a large white rump-patch and white " stockings," while 

 tJie cows and young bulls have the dark area rufous or chestnut. 



In all the above-mentioned Javan specimens in the Museum 

 the horns are of the type of those shown in text-fig. 123, which 



Text-fig. 123. 



Skull and horns of male Javan Bantin {Bos sondaictis) in the 

 British Museum. 



represents the skull of a bull obtained from Leiden in 1846. At 

 their origin the horns are directed mainly outwards, but at rather 

 more than half their length they curve suddenly inwards with 

 a somewhat forward and finally a backward inclination. This 



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