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heavy body ; coarse, thin hair of moderate length with a crest from the nape 
to the withers. It is blackish grey above with a black head and nec^, 
darker colour merging into rusty red on the sides and insi es o 1 , ’ 
belly being a dirty white, muzzle and chin the same colour. Horns black. 
It has an awkward gait, but is a good climber It is solitary as a rule; 
found in thick forest or rocky hill sides, and it shelters in caves, under tiees 
and overhanging rocks. Shy and difficult to stalk, it is fierce and dangerous 
when brought to bay. Its alarm cry is a combination of steam whistle and 
snort. Its flesh is coarse. 
Measurements .—Average height at shoulder, 3b ins. , average ^orn 
measurements, 10 ins.; girth, 5 to 6 ins.; length from horns to root ot tail, 
50 ins.; weight over 200 lbs. 
Keeord Heads.- Mr. E. C. Stuart Baker, the well-known Indian sports¬ 
man and naturalist, holds the record with a head that measures as follows . 
right horn L2| ins., left horn 12| ins , girth 6 ins Col. A E Ward m his 
Sportsman’s Guide, records 12 ins., shot in 'he Ganges \alley, and Mr. . 
P. Davis sends me the following particulars of a fine head shot in Gurhwal, 1 g 
horn lOi ins., left horn 9J ins., girth 5| ins., tip to tip 3j ms. a™ ®pe - 
mens in the British Museum of 9| and 9£ ms. Baldwin, in his old fashioned 
book of sport, talks of a 13! specimen. 
