■^■^ CATALOGUE OF THE HUME BEQUEST 



THE NILGIRI TAHR. 



Hemiteagus hylocrius. 



Kemas hylocrius, Ogilhy, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1837, p. 81. 



Hemitragus hylocrius, Blyth, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, vol. xxviii, 

 p. 291, 1859; Blanford, Fauna, Brit. India, Mamm. p. 511, 

 1891; Lydehher, Wild Oxen, Sheep, and Goats, p. 303, 1898, 

 Game Animals of India, etc. p. 137, 1907 ; Ward, Becords of 

 Big Game, ed. 6, p. 358, 1910. 



42.— 12. 10. 31. 48. Mounted head. Near Utacamund, 

 ISrilgiris ; collected by Mr. Ehodes Morgan. In this specimen, 

 which stands No. 3 in Mr. Ward's list, the horns measure 

 16| inches in length and 8|- in girth, with a tip-to-tip interval 

 of 5 1 inches. The record length is l7i inches. 



43.— 12. 10. 31. 50. Skull and horns. Travancore Hills ; 

 collected by Mr. A. W. Turner. Length of horns 13| inches. 



44.— 12. 10. 31. 49. Skull and horns. Near Utacamund ; 

 collected by Mr. Morgan. 



THE TAKIN. 



BUDOECAS TAXICOLOE. 



Budoroas taxicolor, Hodgson, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, vol. xix, 



p. 65, pi. i, 1850 ; Hume, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1887, p. 483 ; 



Lydehher, Game Animals of India, etc. p. 158, 1907, Proc. 



Zool. Soc. 1908, p. 795 ; Ward, Becords of Big Game, ed. 6, 



p. 349, 1910 ; Pococh, Journ. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 1910, 



p. 814, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1910, p. 856. 

 Budorcas taxicola. Gray, Cat. Ungulata Brit. Mus. p. 45, 1852, 



Oat. Buminants Brit. Mus. p. 32, 1872, Hand-List Buminants 



Brit. Mus. p. 101, 1873. 



Mr. Hume, in the paper cited above, expressed the 

 opinion that the horns of female takin differ essentially in 

 form from those of males, this opinion being based on a 

 pair of horns which are evidently those of an immature 

 male. 



45. — 12. 10. 31. 43. Imperfect skull and horns. Mishmi 

 Hills ; collected by Mr. Needham. This specimen, which is 

 probably the one represented in figure 1 of the plate accom- 

 panying Mr. Hume's paper, stands No. 11 in Mr. Ward's 

 list. The horns measure 20|- inches in length and 11-|- in 

 girth, with a tip-to-tip interval of 12^ inches. In a specimen 



