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GREAT GAME ANIMALS. 



[Case 52.] and its favourite resting places are under overhanging rocks or 

 in caves. The Suraatran N. sumatrensis (1 1 07) is nearly allied, 

 and very probably only a local race. The white-maned N. ar- 

 gyrochates (1106, fig. 10) of Central China is noticeable for its 

 brilliant colouring. Other species occur in Tibet and the Malay 

 Peninsula. 



Gorals. ^ e Asiatic Grorals are nearly allied to the Serows, 

 Genus fr° m which, in addition to certain peculiarities in 

 Urotraps, the form of the skull, they are chiefly distinguished by 

 Or Cemas. p 0Sse ssing a gland below each eye, and a corresponding- 

 depression in the skull. Several species are known. Of these, 

 the Brown Himalayan Goral (U. goraT), commonly found in 

 small parties, but sometimes in pairs, usually frequents grassy 

 hills, or rocky ground clothed with forest ; in fine weather feeding 

 only in the mornings and evenings, but when the sky is cloudy 

 grazing throughout the day. The Grey Himalayan Goral (U. 

 bedfordi, 1110) is nearly allied ; and the group is represented in 

 Burma by U. evansi, and by other species in Tibet. In common 

 with Serows, Gorals have the cannon-bone long and slender in 

 both the front and the hind limbs. 



The Chamois. The Chamois, Gems, or Izard — as it is called 



Genus in various parts of Europe — {Rupicapra tragus 



Rupicapra. or R t rupicapra, 1113), is the typical repre- 

 sentative of the group of Goat-like Antelopes, or Rupicaprinte, 

 and differs from all the others by the distinct hook formed by the 

 tips of the black horns. Chamois inhabit most of the mountain- 

 ranges of Central and South Europe, the Pyrenean form (Izard) 

 being a smaller animal, with shorter horns and a more foxy-red 

 colour than the typical Gems of the Alps. They are generally 

 found in the highest Alpine forests, although during summer a 

 certain number of individuals leave the main flock to spend a few 

 weeks or months among the snow-fields and glaciers. As a rule, 

 Chamois associate in flocks of from fifteen to twenty head; but 

 for most part of the year the old bucks live apart from the does. 

 Their food consists of the scanty mountain-herbage and lichens. 

 Generally the female gives birth to a single offspring, although 

 there may be a pair. The young are able to follow their parents 

 almost anywhere when but a day old. 



