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From the muzzle to the top of the arched bony ridge ... 2 1 j 



Distance between the points of the horns 2 1 



Circumference of horn at base 1 7| 



Between the roots of horns 13|- 



Length of the ear lOi 



Circumference of the neck 4 4 



Depth of the shoulder (from the elbow to the end of the 



spinal ridge) ».. 1 2^ 



From the elbow to the knee (i. e. the fore-arm) 4 5| 



From the elbow to the heel 2 7 



Circumference of the arm 2 6 



The skin on the neck and shoulders and on the thighs is very thick, 

 being about two inches in this one, which has already shrunk from 

 lying in the sun. It is used for making shields, which are much prized. 

 On examining the skeleton picked clean by the vultures, we could only 

 distinguish thirteen pair of ribs. 



The cows differ from the male in having a slighter and more grace- 

 ful head, slender neck, no hump, a less defined dew-lap, and the 

 points of the horns do not turn towards each other at the points, but 

 bend slightly backwards ; the horns are smaller too, and the frontal 

 bone narrower, but the coronal or ridge is distinctly marked. The 

 bulls have the forehead broader in proportion to their age. In the 

 young bull it is narrower than in the cow, and the bony ridge scarcely 

 perceptible. The horns too in the young specimen turn more up- 

 wards. 



The general colour is dark brown, the hair thick and short, but in old 

 individuals the upper parts are often rather bare. That on the neck 

 and breast and beneath is longer, the skin of the throat is somewhat 

 loose, giving the appearance of a slight dew-lap. The legs are white, 

 with a rufous tint on the back and side of the forelegs. The skin of 

 the under parts when uncovered, is a deep ochry yellow. The cow has 

 the legs of a purer white. 



The breeding season is said to be early in the year, and the calves 

 are born after the rains. The bulls are often found separate from the 

 herd, which consists generally of from ten to fifteen cows and a bull. 

 They generally feed during the night, browzing on the young grass and 

 the tender shoots of the bamboos, of which they are very fond. In the 



