ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. 
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In the Chittagong hill-tracts and among the Cacharis, and 
the Mishmis and other wild tribes of Assam. In its wild 
state, the species is found in Pegu, Tenasserim, the 
Malayan Peninsula, Sumatra and Borneo. The horns of 
this animal more resemble those of the Gaur than of the 
Mithun, but they have this peculiarity, that in old bulls 
the horns become connected at their bases in front by a 
great horny thickening under the skin. 
Some examples of the humped breeds of Indian cattle, 
Bos indicus , are generally to be found in these cattle pad- 
docks. This breed which is erroneously considered by 
some as specifically distinct from the humpless cattle, 
presents a great many varieties, some of which like the 
Plansi breed are gigantic white animals with drooping 
ears, while others are quite dwarfed; the colours also are 
most varied. In some parts of Bengal the cattle are 
small and appear to be deteriorating from bad treatment 
and scant and inferior food, and because the calves are 
generally very early deprived of their mother’s milk. 
Those in the deltaic portion of the country appear 
also to be losing their horns, probably owing to the 
circumstance that there is a deficiency of earthy salts in 
their food, and this cause also doubtless contributes to 
dwarf their bones. 
Along with the domestic cattle in the Garden may be 
seen a humped cow of a greyish hue, with black points on 
the limbs, similar to those on the limbs of the Beisa ante¬ 
lope. Blyth has noted the fact that some Indian cattle pre¬ 
sent markings like those which occur on the feet of the 
Nilgai, which resemble those on the feet of the Beisa ante¬ 
lope. Curiously enough this cow was received from Aden 
along with the calf of the Beisa antelope of which it was 
