NEW SPECIES OF OX. 203 



* The ga7/dl genernlly carries its head with the moitfh pro* ^'?' ^r Euclia- 

 jecting forward like that of a buffalo. The head, at the up- 

 per part, is very broad and flat, and is contnrted suddenly 



towards the nose, which is naked, like that of the com men 

 cow. From the upper angles,of the forehead proceed two 

 thick, short, horizontal processes of bone, which are covered 

 with hair. On these are placed the horns, which are smooth, Horns. 

 shorter than the head, and lie nearly in the plane of the 

 forehead. They diverg^e oat-vard, and turn up with a gentle 

 curve. At the base they are very thick, and are shivhtly 

 compressed, the flat sides being toward the front and the 

 tail. The edge next the ear is rather the thinnest, so that a 

 transverse section would be somewhat ovate. Toward their 

 tips, the horns are rounded, and end in a sharp point. The 

 eyes resemble those of the common ox; the ears are much 

 longer, broader, and blunter than those of that animal. 



* The neck is very slender near the head, at some distance jvfeclc. 

 from which a dewlap commences; but this is not so deep, 



nor so much undulated, as in the bos zehv^ or Indian ox. 

 The dewlap is covered with strong longish hair, so as to form 

 a kind of mane on the lower part of the neck; but this is 

 not very conspicuous, especially when the animal is young. 



' In place of the hump, which is situated between the Body. 

 shoulders of the zebu, the gaydl has a sharp -ridge, which 

 commences on the hinder part of the neck, slopes graduaUj 

 up till it comes over the shoulder joint, then runs horizon- 

 tally almost a third part of the length of the back, where it 

 terminates with a very sudden slope. The height of this 

 ridge makes the neck appear much depresswl, and also adds 

 _greatly to the clumsiness of the chest, which, althougli nar- 

 row, is very deep. The sternum is covered by a contiiiuatioa ^ 

 of the dewlap. The belly is protub&iant, but in its hinder 

 partis greatly contracted. The vn nip, or oa- A«crwm, has a 

 more considerable declivity than that of the European ox, 

 but less than that of the zebu. 



* The tail is covered with short hair, except near the end. Tail 

 where it has a tutt like that of the common ox; but in the 

 gaydl, the tail descends no lower than the extremity of the 

 tibia. 



' The le^s, especially the fore ones, are thick and clumsy. Le^ 



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