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side the scrotum before it begins to depend : a fifth is bastard and irre- 

 gular. The colour of the animal is black : but the forehead, the whole 

 limbs below the central flexures, the edge of the upper lip and the chin 

 are dirty yellow white: the scrotum, and insides of thighs near it, tan 

 colour : insides of fore legs near body, or sides of chest, also paled and 

 yellow grey : internal nude parts of lip and palate, fleshy white : in- 

 sides of ears, ruddy fleshy. 



Buffaloe wild. The head is as long as the Gouri's but not so massive. 

 Its entire facial line is straight : the forehead is much shorter and nar- 

 rower and convexed across. By reason of the shortness of the frontal 

 bones, the eyes are more raised and much nearer to the horns. In pro- 

 portion as the frontals are shortened, the nasals (or chaffron) are 

 elongated, giving the head a narrower longer look. The frontals are 

 not raised above the superior edge of the horns, and they pass with a 

 gentle curve to the occiput : Ears larger, narrower and more pointed : 

 muzzle larger and squared between superior edges of the nostrils, which 

 have a longitudinal direction not obliquely across, as in the Gouri. 

 The whole animal is clearly in make longer than the Gouri but not more 

 massive on the whole, more so in the hind quarters, less so in the 

 fore. The back is quite straight without osseous crest or fleshy 

 hump, and the neck and head are in line with it : the tail as short 

 as in the Gouri : skin nearly as thick. The Gouri has more massive- 

 ness in the head and shoulders, and its chest is quite as deep or 

 deeper, but the barrel and croup both follow much behind. As the 

 Gouri stands at ease, the crown of his forehead is as high as the 

 crest of his shoulders ; but there is a deep fall between the two, and 

 the back has a long and pretty equable slope from the withers to 

 the croup where there is a sudden droop. The limbs are shorter 

 but as strong though less gross than in Arna,and the hoofs are smal- 

 ler and less spread : tail similar in both : Ears shorter broader and less 

 drooped in the Gouri Gau. The Arna is longer and higher on the whole ; 

 is equally strong fore and aft ; and the line of the back is quite straight 

 from the head to the tail. Both have the knees and forehead tufted : but 

 the Gouri is uniformly and fully clad in short Bovine soft hair, while the 

 Arna has its head, neck, chest, shoulders and greater part of its body 

 above, scantly dressed in bristly hair, and the rest of the skin, more or 

 less denuded. 



June 1. — Fcetus in Utero of Gouri Gau. Snout to rump 16 inches. 

 Height at shoulder !<*, at croup 9|. Head (straight) from snout to fron- 

 tial ridge, 5. Tail 4, is probably not above 3 months old, nude, fleshy 



