582 On Bos Gaurus. [No. 115. 



size ; but on measuring his height we found him much taller than his 

 breadth at first led us to imagine. 



The head is very square, and shorter than in the common ox, the 

 forehead ample, the bony ridge rising about five inches in height from 

 the plane of the frontal bone over which it inclines. When viewed be- 

 hind it rises suddenly and abruptly from the nape of the neck, from 

 whence to the vertex it measures seven inches, the horns make a wide 

 sweep, in continuation of the arched bony ridge, and turn slightly back- 

 wards and upwards, forming an angle of about 35** with the frontal 

 bone, the whole of the head in front, above the eyes, is covered with a 

 coat of close short hair of a light greyish brown colour which below the 

 eyes is darker, approaching almost to black. The muzzle is large and 

 fullt^ of a greyish colour, the eyes are smaller than in the ox, with a 

 fuller pupil of a pale blue colour, the ears are smaller in proportion 

 than in the ox, the tongue is very rough and covered with prickles, 

 the neck is short, thick, and heavy, the chest broad, the shoulder very 

 deep and muscular, the forelegs short, the joints very short and strong, 

 the arm exceedingly large and muscular. Behind the neck and im- 

 mediately above the shoulder rises 2i fleshy gibbosity (?) or hump, the 

 same height as the dorsal ridge, which is thinner and firmer, rising 

 gradually as it goes backwards,^ and terminates suddenly about the 

 middle of the back. The hind quarters are lighter and lower than the 

 fore, falling suddenly from the termination of the ridge, the tail very 

 short, the tuft only reaching down to the hocks. 



The dimensions of this individual were carefully noted as follows : — 



feet inches. 

 Height at the shoulder 6 1| 



Do. at the rump (taken from hoof to insertion of tail). 5 5 

 Length from the nose to the insertion of the tail 9 6 J 



Do. do. to the end of the tail which was 2 ft. 10 in. 12 4| 



Do. of dorsal ridge including the hump 3 4 



Height of do. do 41 



Girth (t'j ken behind the forelegs) 8 



Breadth of the forehead 1 3^ 



* Less than ia Bos or Bubalus. — B. H. H. 



t Quere forwards ? The height of the true dorsal ridge declines from the third pro- 

 cess of the vertebrae, and the general appearance of the ridge therefore is a declination, 

 not a rise, towards the croup from the withers.— B. H, H. 



