462 Illustrations of the Genera of the Bovince, [No. 114. 



those with the shorter and more divergent horns. The horns are 

 inserted typically at the ends of the frontal line which usually lies evenly 

 between them, but is sometimes arched. They are so much depressed 

 that the width is more than double of the depth, and the depression 

 being at the same time oblique, the outer or anteal side presents a consid- 

 erable flat surface, while the inner or posteal one shows an edge only. 

 The horns are therefore strictly triangular and that invariably so, 4 or 5 

 inches only at the points being rounded, and there only the horns are 

 smooth, the rest of the surface being covered with close transverse wrin- 

 kles or rugae. 



With regard to the sculls of the domestic Ox and those of the females 

 of the Gouri and the Gayal, I will not fatigue the reader by any separate 

 remarks on them. They have been sufficiently mentioned incidentally. 



General dimensions, aspect and external characters of the Gouri Gao, 

 the Arna and the Yak. 

 (1) Gouri Gao, (2) Arna or wild Buffaloe. 



(1) (2) 



Nape to root tail, straight 7 6 f 7 9 



Height at shoulder ditto 5 8 5 4 | 



Ditto at croup ditto 5 5 5 f 



Depth of chest ditto 3 1 £ 3 £ 



Girth behind shoulder B 8 7 8 6 



Fore leg to line of Chest 230 240 



Tailonly 2 7 # 2 9 



Tailandtuft , 2 9 2 11 



Head, length from nape to snout along > 



the curve I 210 * 2 8 * 



Diito straight, snout to crown forehead. 1 10 f 1 10 | 



Ditto ditto Snout to fore angle of eye. . 10 12 



Thence to nearest base of horn 5 § 4 § 



Depth of head, greatest from crest of-^ 



forehead to edge jaw 3 » 



Breadth of forehead, greatest above or- 7 



bits... = s° n t ° 9 i 



Length of ditto from line of upper edge -> 



of orbits to crest of head 5 2 * 



Length of ears 10 | 11 £ 



Greatest width of 6 h 



Length of fore hoof 6 7 \ 



Greatest breadth of ditto 4 f 7 



