2 THE ZOOLOGIST. 
and of a greyish black colour, the general surface smooth, but in 
patches very warty, like the skin of a Rhinoceros.” Could this 
have been caused by the animal rubbing his forehead to get rid 
of parasites ? as all Sambur have in May a bare spot about the 
size of a shilling on the neck, caused, the Burmese said, by their 
rubbing it on fallen trunks to rid themselves of parasitic pests. 
There is a dorsal ridge, of course, like in the other wild cattle, but 
not nearly so pronounced as in the Gaur or Gayal, and not more 
than in the Wild Buffalo. Mr. Carter, a well-known naturalist and 
sportsman (“‘ Smoothbore,” of ‘The Field’), wrote as follows :— 
“Colonel Pollok, when referring to the Tsine, says that it 
has a slight dewlap, which is not always apparent,’ whilst 
Jerdon, writing of the same animal, says it resembles the Gaur 
more than the Gayal, and it wants the dewlap.” 
I do not think Jerdon had ever seen a Tsine. I can see no 
resemblance between a Tsine and a Gaur, but a very great one, 
especially at a distance, between the Gaur and the Gayal. I am 
glad to see that the doctor says the bull he shot had a slight 
dewlap, about three inches in its greatest breadth. But whilst 
his bulls were wanting in the white patches on the buttocks, 
mine had them very distinctly. The bulls are certainly savage, 
and attack most pluckily after being wounded,—at least mine did. 
The first and only one I shot for years was in company with Capt. 
Hill (now Governor of H.M.’s Jail, Manchester), and he came at 
us with a will, but had no chance, as Hill used a breech-loading 
rifle of mine, and I had two heavy two-grooved No. 10-bore rifles 
by Joseph Lang. 
THe Gaur (Bos gaurus). 
This Wild Bull is found, not only in Southern India and the 
Trans-Gangetic provinces, but it has been shot at the foot of the 
Himalaya Mountains, usually called the Terai. I have seen 
splendid heads brought down from the Mishmee Hills. There 
are thirteen pairs of ribs. The chest is broad, the shoulder deep 
and muscular and the fore legs short, with the joints very short 
and strong, the arm exceedingly large and muscular. The skin 
on the neck, shoulders, and thighs is very thick—about two 
inches—and is very valuable for the soles of shooting-boots. 
Many old bulls have so little hair that they appear as if they 
had been shaved. When the bull arrives at maturity, which is at 
