fSS cai'hi.vj;. 



Colonel Markhfim says that, " the Taliir in general haunts the rocky 

 faces and grassy slopes of hills free from forest, but occasionally one will 

 be found in a patch of forest. Seen at a distance it looks like a great 

 wild hog, but when near it is a noble beast. One shot fell 80 yards 

 perpendicular without touching, rebounded and fell again 15 yards more ; 

 he got up, went off and was lost. The flesh of the female is tolerable ; 

 that of the male scarcely eatable at any time." 



It is bold and pugnacious but easily tamed. It is living in the Zoolo- 

 gical Gardens, in London, and has been beautifully figured by Wolf. 



Hodgson relates that a male Jharal at Nepal, had intercourse with a 

 female spotted deer, which produced a hybrid of mixed appearance, more 

 like the mother than the father, which lived and grew up a fine animal. 

 The name Jemlaica (I may state) is taken from the Jumla valley, north of 

 Nepal. 



233. Hemitragus hylocrius. 



Kemas apud Ogilby. — Blyth, Cat. 542. — Capra warryato, Gray. — 

 Warra-ddii or Wnrri atu, Tam. — " Ibex" of sportsmen on the Neelgher- 

 ries.* — Figd. by Wolf, in " My Indian Journal," by Colonel W. Camp- 

 bell, p. 369. 



The Neelgherry Wild Goat. 



Descr. — Adult male dark sepia-brown with a pale reddish-brown 

 saddle, more or less marked, and paler brown on the sides and beneath ; 

 legs somewhat grizzled with white, dark brown in front, and paler pos- 

 teriorly. The head, is dark, grizzled with yellowish-brown, and the eye 

 is surrounded by a pale-fawn colored spot. Horns short, much curved, 

 nearly in contact at the base, gradually diverging; strongly keeled 

 internally, rpund externally, with numerous close rings, not so pro- 

 minent as in the last species. There is a large callous spot on the knees 

 surrounded by a fringe of hair, and the male has a short stiff mane on the 

 neck and withers. The hair is short, thick and coarse. 



Length of adult to root of tail 4 feet 2 to 4 feet 8 ; tail 6 or 7 ; height 

 at shoulder about 32 to 34 inches ; horns occasionally 15 inches, rarely mora 

 than 12. Colonel W. Campbell gives the length as 6 feet 5 inchesj (inclu- 



* Colonel W. Campbell states that It Is called the " Oinmou" by Madi-as sportsmen. This 

 name I never beard applied to it. 

 t (Jncry 6 feet 8 ? 



