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Records of the Indian Mt-tseum. 



251 



Serial 

 No. 



Length 

 of horn. 



Length of 



anterior 



hoof, 



front face. 



Colour. 



4 



21 in. 



3 in. . . 



Whole of back yellow, varying from straw colour 

 nearer the dorsal streak to chestnut on the 

 sides. Crescentic patch on forehead and the 

 lining to ears straw colour. Rest of head, as 

 also flanks, very dark brown. Under parts 

 dark brown, the hairs of legs tipped black. 



S 



22 in. 



3-25 in. 



Altogether duller ; the dorsal streak beginning to 

 disappear. General colour of the upper parts 

 drab straw colour with a slight greenish tinge. 

 Under parts almost black. Nearest to the 

 Tibetan specimen in colour, and also to Hodg- 

 son's original description of the type, although 

 it is not the same specimen. 



The two females in the collection also show a decided differ- 

 ence inter se, no doubt due to age. In both the dark dorsal stripe 

 present in the males is faint and nearly absent; the younger ani- 

 mal exhibits the browner tendencies shown in the younger males, 

 while the older one is greyer in appearance. Both skins are larger 

 than any male skin in the Museum's possession. This indicates 

 that the female may be larger than the male, if the evidence of the 

 dry skins is anything to go upon. 



The Tibetan skin shows the following coloration, approaching 

 the oldest Mishmi example in appearance : — 



General colour above yellowish fawn inclining to gre^^, the 

 hairs at their bases being straw colour ; hair of back lighter 

 straw colour along the edges of the dorsal streak, the 

 hair of which is dark brown with black tips. Dorsal 

 streak extending from root of tail, which is black, to the 

 middle of the shoulders, where it gives way to a straw 

 coloured stripe extending across the occiput to the fore- 

 head ^ behind the ears and between the eyes. A small 

 light patch at the anterior corner of the eye, and the 

 interior of the ears straw coloured ; hair of the muzzle and 

 sides of head black, some of the hairs being different shades 

 of brown and straw colour at their bases ; long hairs at 

 sides of body light dull grey with long black tips ; a small 

 russet-brown patch above each hoof. 



The following is an abstract of Mr. Lydekker's description of 

 Budorcas taxicolor whitei in the Field of November i6th, 1907, this 

 sub-species having been formed on four specimens from Bhutan. 



1 Hodgson had a model of the Mishmi Takin sent him. This was made by a 

 Mishmi chief, and had a light yellow half-moon mark on the forehead ; vide J our 11. 

 Asiat. Soc. Bengal, vol. xix, p. 69. 



