40 W. T. Blanford— Zoology of SikJmrl. [No. 1, 



may occur near Cholamii only at particular seasons, but it is not probable that 

 Hooker was mistaken about so fine and conspicuous an animal. 



Nehobhcedtts bubai/dsttjs, Hodgs. Jerdon, Mam. Ind. No. 230, p, 283. 

 Gya, Biitia. HicMj Lepcba. 



The Serow is not rare in Sikkim, but like all other mammals, it shuns the 

 leech-infested belt between 5,000 and 10,000 feet during the rainy season, 

 at which period it is said in the outer hills to descend into the deep valleys. 

 I frequently saw the tracks of this goat-antilope in the forests around 

 Lachung which are out of the leech region at 8,000 to 10,000 feet. It 

 does not ascend to any great elevation. 



1ST. gobae, Hardwicke. Jerdon, Mam. Ind. No. 231, p. 285; " Ragen" 

 Hooker, Him. Jour. Vol. ii, p. 98. 



The goral is common on the grassy and rocky cliffs west of the Lachung 

 valley from Chiingtam to Lachung, and is also found in the Lachen valley. 

 At the period of my visit all were between 8,000 and 10,000 feet, but in 

 winter they are said to descend much lower. I could not hear of any being 

 found on the Chola range, and I siispect the animal is only to be met with 

 in the interior of Sikkim. I saw goral several times near Lachung. It 

 keeps to rocky cliffs and grassy slopes, and does not appear to inhabit 

 forest. 



Hemitbagtis jemlaicus, H. Smith.— Jerdon, Mam. Ind. No. 232 

 p. 286. 



I have been assured that the Tehr is found in Sikkim, but I did not 

 see it, nor has any one else whom I know. It is said to inhabit the forests 

 high up on the sides of the Tista valley near Chungtam. As it is welL 

 known to be a native of Nipal, its occurrence in Sikkim is highly probable. 



An animal was described to us by the Tibetans as inhabiting parts of 

 Tibet north of Jigatzi, which was probably the Himalayan Ibex, Copra 

 Sibirica. 



Ovrs nahuba, Hodgs. Jerdon, Mam. Ind. No. 237, p. 296. — Ovis 

 Ammon, Hooker, Him. Jour. Vol. ii, p. 132, wood-cut, p. 140. Ndo or 

 Gndo, Tibetan. 



Ovis ammon, L. Hooker, Him. Jour. Vol. i, (? p. 243), wood-cut, 

 p. 249, JSfyeng, Tibetan. 



The burhel is not known to occur on the Chola range to the southward, 

 but it is found near the Tankra pass, and scattered over the grassy hills in 

 the higher valleys of the Lachen and Lachung; In September and October 

 I never saw any below 14,000 feet. 



The burhel is undoubtedly the wild-sheep to which Hooker refers under 

 the name of Ovis Ammon, and of which he speaks as being seen occasionally 

 near Momay Samdong. That such is the case is proved by the name he 

 applies to it " gnow." I cannot help thinking it highly probable that he 



