CATALOGUE OF THE HUME BEQUEST 



Fig. 1. — Skull and Horns of Cow Gaur {Bos [Bibos] gaums). 

 Prom Ward's Records of Buj Game. 



THE GAYAL. 



Bos (BiBOS) FRONTALIS. 



Bos frontalis, Lambert, Trans. Linn. Soc, vol. vii, pp. 57, 302, 1804; 

 Slanford, Fauna Brit. India, Mainm. p. 487, 1891; Lydelcker, 

 Ganir Animals of India, etc. p. 64, 1907 ; Waid , Records of Big 

 Game, ed. 6, p. 446, 1910. 



Although long regarded as a distinct species, there is no 

 reasonable doubt that the gayal is merely a domesticated 

 breed of the gaur, some herds of which have reverted to a 

 wild condition. Unfortunately the name frontalis antedates 

 fjmiriis. 



4. —12. 10. 31. 88. Skull, with horns (fig. 1). Tenasserim, 



