THE BURMESE WILD BULL. 497 



FT. IN. 



Girth of right horn (base) 7£ 



Girth of left horn (base) 7£ 



Distance between tips 7£ 



Distance between convexities 16| 



Length of the ear 11 



The colour of the horns was of a semi-transparent blackish 

 green ; the colour of the tips for about four inches was of a jet 

 black. On minute examination numerous fine greyish white 

 lines were seen running longitudinally downwards through the 

 dark horny material ; posteriorly near the base of the horns the 

 colour was almost yellow. At the bases the horns were distinctly 

 ringed in a regular manner ; the horns above these rings were 

 beautifully smooth, and terminated in fine tips. In the fresh 

 specimens, each horn terminated at the base in a bulbous promi- 

 nence, owing to its being covered by a soft pachydermatous skin 

 devoid of hair, and from which the horn was evidently secreted. 

 The direction of the horns was : — (1) upwards and outwards ; 

 (2) inwards; (3) upwards and slightly backwards. In an older 

 Cow which I shot, this backward direction of the horn was well 

 marked ; the same tendency — as noted before — occurs in the 

 Bull. 



The chief points of difference between the Bull and Cow will 

 be found in the following table : — 



Bull. Cow. 



1. Colour dark red; parts, espe- 1. Colour light red generally ; under 



cially about head, greyish white. parts white. 



2. No dark line extending from ter- 2. Dark line present. 



mination of dorsal ridge. 



3. Ear short. 3. Ear long, expanded. 



4. Length short. 4. Longer in proportion to height. 



5. White patches on buttocks poste- 5. White patches present. 



riorly absent. 



6. Black colouring on anterior as- 6. Black colouring absent. 



pect of fore legs present. 



7. Black tip and anterior edges of 7. The same absent. 



ears present. 



8. Chaplet of thick cuticle over 8. The same absent. 



frontal bone present. 



9. Eyes ordinary. 9. Eyes large and prominent. 



