THE BURMESE WILD BULL. 



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The section of a horn represents more an oval than a cylinder. 

 The general colour of the horns is of a semi-transparent green, 

 except the tips, which are jet black for about six inches, and the 

 bases, which are very rough, irregular, gnarled, ringed, and rugged, 

 and also black in colour. The horns gradually taper to a very 

 sharp point; their direction being — (1) backwards and outwards; 

 (2) forwards and upwards ; (3) backwards, the tips looking almost 

 directly back. 



Description and Details of Cow Tsoing. 



The description is taken from a Cow which I shot at Tammu 

 (Kubo-Kale Valley) on the 28th of June, 1896. It was an 

 extremely handsome, well-bred looking beast, in appearance half 

 Antelope, half Cow. 





Fig. 2. — Skull and Horns : Cow Tsoing. Length of left horn, 15 in. 

 Length of right horn, 15^ in. Girth of left horn, 7| in. Girth of right horn, 



The general colour was light red, but as the upper parts near 

 the back and buttocks were approached the red became darker, 

 being almost a reddish brown. As the under parts were reached the 

 red colouring became fainter and fainter, gradually merging into 



