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under surface is lighter and almost grey, while the 
muzzle is greyish black and the neck reddish brown. 
The lips are greyish white, covered with black 
bristles, and the lower lip has a fringe of long grey 
hairs projecting from its under surface. The tail 
has a distinct reddish - brown tuft. The ears are 
comparatively small, when compared with those of 
the cow, their upper part being reddish brown, while 
behind they are greyish white, with the tips and 
anterior edges jet black. Greyish - white hairs of 
considerable length project inwards from the anterior 
border, and the interior of the ear is saffron. The 
colour of the eyes is brown, and that of the cornea 
bluish white. On the upper part of the head over 
tiie frontal region, instead of skin covered with hair, 
is a thickened horny mass of a greyish black in 
colour; its general surface is smooth, but in patches 
very warty like the skin of a rhinoceros. This horny 
mass extends like a chaplet over the head, so 
that the area it occupied would be represented in 
the dry skull by lines drawn between the upper part 
of the orbit and between the bases of the horns at 
the vertex of the skull. Between the horns this horny 
tract forms a distinct projection or crest ; it was 
soft on pressure and slightly moveable. This skin 
evidently forms a most excellent cushion for breaking 
the shock of any concussion on the forehead, e.g.^ 
as in fighting. 
It will be noticed that in this description no 
mention is made of a white rump-patch ; and none 
is visible in a photograph of the spotted Siamese 
tsaine. The range of the bantin includes Java, ap- 
parently the Malay Peninsula, Siam, Anam, Yun-nan, 
Upper Burma, and some of the adjacent countries ; 
