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Species of Bovine Animals. 



6i The dimensions of this individual were carefully noted as 

 follows : — 





Feet. 



Inches. 



Height at the shoulder .... 



6 



H 



at the rump, taken from hoof to insertion of tail 



. 5 



5 



Length from nose to insertion of tail . 



9 



6i 



of tail ..... 



. 2 



10 



of dorsal ridge, including the hump 



3 



4 



Height of dorsal ridge, including the hump 



. 





Girth, taken behind the fore-legs 



8 







Breadth of the forehead .... 



1 





From muzzle to top of arched bony ridge 



2 



4 4 



Length of ear ..... 



. 





Circumference of horn at base 



1 



1\* 



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. 



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

 ful head, slender neck, no hump, a less defined dewlap, and the tips 

 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 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 upwards. 



" 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, and the skin of the throat is 

 somewhat loose, giving the appearance of a slight dewlap. The legs 

 are white, with a rufous tint on the back and side of the fore legs. 

 The cow has the legs of a purer white. The skin of the under parts 

 where uncovered is of a deep ochry yellow. 



"I saw," continues Mr. Elliot, " a young gaour-calf in the possession 

 of some Gowalahs, the owners of large herds of buffalos. It was 

 caught when just dropped in the month of May, and when 1 saw it was 

 seven months old, very tame and gentle, though timid, licking the hands 

 of the Gowalahs, and frisking about with the buffalo calves. It was 

 the same colour as the old animal, very dark brown, with white legs. 



* Query, 1 foot I V inch. 



