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as it is of the forehead. But in Mr. Evans's specimen, so far from the 

 face being more curved and the forehead more projecting', the face is 

 quite straight and the forehead deeply concave. We may, therefore, 

 safely conclude, that Dr. Traill's Gaur and Mr. Evans's wore a very 

 different appearance. 



But the specimen in the Museum was marked as objected to by 

 Mr. Evans, on the authority of a paper, and figure of the horns and 

 part of the skull, published by Major-General Hardwicke, in the 3rd 

 volume of the Zoological Journal. General Hardwicke states, that, 

 " as no drawing of the animal has yet been given to the public, to 

 my knowledge, I am induced to offer to the Zoological Journal, for 

 publication, a figure taken from a pair of horns of the Gaur killed, I 

 believe, by the same hunting party described by Captain Rodgers, 

 and presented to me by the principal member of the party, the late 

 Major Roughsedge." This proves the source from whence General 

 Hardwicke obtained his specimen to be beyond dispute. And as he 

 is a first authority upon Indian Zoology, and had Dr. Traill's paper 

 before him, it is not likely he would have omitted any errors in the 

 description of the forehead and horns, had there been such to notice. 

 So far, therefore, the chain of evidence is complete. M. Geoffkoy 

 Saint Hilaire described the Gaur from a MS. by Major Rough- 

 sedgk ; Dr. Traill did the same from a MS. supplied by an officer 

 of the same party, (perhaps a copy of the same paper,) and from the 

 remarks of Captain Rodgers who had paid much attention to Indian 

 quadrupeds ; and Major-General Hardwicke publishes a drawing 

 of the very head and horns, which were described in the above-men- 

 tioned manuscript, as those of the specimen killed in their party. 

 This leaves no possibility of a doubt as to General Hardwicke's spe- 

 cimen having been the Gaur ; and his drawing in the Zoological Jour- 

 nal which I have the pleasure now of exhibiting, looks as if taken from 

 this very identical specimen in your museum*. For both the specimen 

 and the drawing shew the same rotundity of forehead, the same gentle 

 convexity on the top of the head, between the horns, (and not a bold 

 elevated crest or ridge, as in Mr. Evans's specimen,) and the same pro- 

 portionate size and curvature of hprns. And I am sure on making the 

 comparison you will think me fully borne out in concluding that the 

 specimen I have marked, and General Hardwicke has described, were 

 both, or neither, belonging to the Gaur. But if you think we are 

 mistaken, you must also hold the conjecture of Mr. Evans, that this 

 animal, which I have shewn to be identical with General Hard- 

 * See the copy of Hardwicke's sketch in PI. XVII.— Ed. 



