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P. S. — Since writing the above I have seen the sculls of a male and 

 female Gayal from Sylhet. The face is flat, the intercornual space is flush 

 as in Bos ; the horns are somewhat triangular at their base, tapering to 

 a sharp point, dark green, about 4| feet apart at the apices, and laterally 

 diverging from their base. The Gayal, Mr. Hodgson informs me, has 

 13 Ribs : its head it indisputably Bovine, much more so than in Bibos. 



a. a* 



Part II. Craniology of Bibos, Bison and Bubalus, the subjects 

 of examination being the Gouri Gao, the Gayal, the Yak and the 

 A ma. 



Adverting to the annexed table of admeasurements, I proceed to re- 

 mark upon the several sculls : 



Dimensions and weight of the sculls and horns of Bibos Cavifrons (\ ), Bos Gavceus 

 (2), Bisonus Poephagns or the Yak (3), and Bubalus Arna (4), Common Domestic 

 Bull of Mepal (5), 6, 7fcem of I and 2. 



Length fromSymph : inter- ) 

 max : to crown of fore- > 

 head, ) 



Greatest height, 



Greatest width of frontals } 

 hetween the orbits, .... 5 



Least ditto ditto, 



Greatest width of frontals, } 

 between anteal and infe- V 

 rior bases of horns, ) 



Height or length of posteal ^ 

 plane of scull from lower f 

 edge of foram : condyles f 

 to crest of forehead, . . . . ) 



Length of frontals from^ 

 line drawn through mid f 

 orbits to crest of fore- ( 

 head, ) 



Length of Nasals, 



Greatest breadth at Muzzle ) 

 ( intermaxill : ) 5 



Diameter of orbits, 



Symphysis of intermaxill : ) 

 to inferior edge of the ? 

 orbits, ) 



Thence to bases of horn, 



Basal circuit of the horns, . . 



Terminal interval of horns, . . 



Greatest interval of ditto, . . 



Length of horns greatest by •> 

 outer curve, 5 



"Weight of sculls and horns, 



Length of face fromSymph: 

 intermaxill: to lower edge 

 of orbits, 



Length of forehead from 

 lower edge 

 crown of 



10 1 



3 i 



11 

 8 1 

 2 



11 



9 i 



2 I 



1 7 I 



1 1 l 



10 ( 



7 \ 



1 1 i 



3. 



1 7 



9 | 



9 t 



7 I 



10 



8 6 



6 I 



i 



forehead from ~i 

 ge of orbits to \ 

 frontals, ) 



11 I 



6 



6 i 



8 



1 \ 



1 10 



JO 



11 



6 J 7 

 3 J 3 

 2 



10 



5 | 

 15 

 2 10 i 

 2 10 i 



1 8 



17 8 

 9 



2 



1 



4 



10 I 



1 3 

 1 7 



1 11 \ 



1 2 C 



8 i 



6 



10 t 



7 



5. 



1 5 



9 § 



7 I 



6 i 



7 i 



5 1 



10 I 7 ( 



4 i 3 

 2 







1 5 

 15 8 



11 | 



11 | 9 7 



2 1 



2 



5 



7 



9 







4 







2 i 



6. 



1 8 1 



1 I 



8 3 

 6 



11 i 



less 



9 



8 | 



7. 



5 | 



1 

 8 J 

 6 | 



1 



less 



7 



7 3 



8 | 

 3|0 

 2 i 



10 



5 | 



8 t 



1 7 (i 

 1 7 



9 \ 



9| lbs. 



10 



11 



6 J 



1 1 



8 



1 3 I 



1 5 

 ib\ lbs. 







09*080000 



5 i 



3 i 



2 I 



9 i 



5 | 



1 



9 



9 



3 











* These initials indicate the work of Dr. Campbell of Darjeeling, formerly my assist- 

 ant, and who was kind enough to afford me his aid on this, as on various other 



occasions. 



