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PORTRAIT  OF  A.  0.  HUME,  C.B. 


CATALOGUE 

OP   THE 

HEADS  AND  HORNS 

OF 

INDIAN  BIG  GAME 

BEQUEATHED  BY 

A.   O.   HUME,   C.B., 

TO   THE 

BRITISH  MUSEUM  (NATURAL  HISTORY). 


By  R.  LYDEKKER,  F.R.S. 


LONDON : 

PRINTED   BY   ORDER   OF   THE    TRUSTEES   OP  THE 
BRITISH   MUSEUM. 

SOLD  BY 
LONGMANS,  GREEN  &  Co.,  39,  PATERNOSTER  Row,  E.G. 

B.    QUARITGH,    11,   G-RAFTON   STREET,   NEW   BOND    STREET,    W. 

DULAU  &  Co.,  LTD.,  37,  SOHO  SQUARE,  W. 

AND   AT   THE 

BRITISH  MUSEUM  (NATURAL  HISTORY),  CROMWELL  ROAD,  S.W. 

1913. 

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PRINTED  BY  WILLIAM  CLOWES  AND  SONS,  LIMITED, 
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PREFACE 


A  GENERAL  account  of  the  remarkable  series  of  specimens 
described  in  the  following  pages  is  given  by  Mr.  Lydekker 
in  his  Introduction. 

The  late  Mr.  Allan  Octavian  Hume,  C.B.,  who  bequeathed 
the  Collection,  had  been  a  benefactor  of  the  Museum  for 
many  years.  The  Indian  Mammals  which  he  had  presented 
were  specially  valuable,  while  his  collection  of  skins  and 
eggs  of  Birds  from  various  parts  of  the  Indian  Empire,  given 
nearly  thirty  years  ago,  consisted  of  some  82,000  specimens, 
and  was  described  by  the  late  Dr.  E.  Bowdler  Sharpe  as 
"  one  of  the  most  splendid  donations  ever  made  to  the 
Nation." 

Mr.  Hume  kept  the  finest  specimens  of  the  heads  of  Big 
Game  in  his  own  possession  uotil  his  death,  and  it  is  these 
specimens  to  which  the  present  work  principally  refers.  It 
is  hoped  that  the  Catalogue  will  be  useful  to  sportsmen  and 
others  who  are  interested  in  the  larger  Mammals  of  our 
Indian  Empire,  but  it  will  in  any  case  serve  the  purpose 
of  directing  attention  to  the  gifts  of  a  generous  benefactor 
and  of  associating  his  name  permanently  with  the  official 
publications  of  the  Museum. 

The  thanks  of  the  Trustees  are  due  to  Eowland  Ward, 
Limited,  for  permission  to  use  Figs.  I,  2,  6,  7,  8,  9,  10,  11, 
12,  13,  14,  15,  16,  which  were  taken  from  the  specimens  in 
question,  while  they  were  still  in  Mr.  Hume's  possession,  for 
the  illustration  of  Records  of  Big  Game. 

SIDNEY  F.  HAEMEE, 

Keeper  of  Zoology. 

BRITISH  MUSEUM  (NATURAL  HISTORY), 
LONDON,  S.W. 

February,  1913. 

268083 


CONTENTS 

PAGE 

PREFACE  .         .         .         .         .         .         .  .  v 

INTRODUCTION.         ....'.....      xi 

Family  BOVID^:       .          .          .          .          .          .          .  1 

The  Gaur.     Bos  (Bibos)  gaurus  .          .          .          .          .1 

The  Gayal.     Bos  (Bibos)  frontalis 2 

The  Yak.     Bos  (Poephagus)  grunniens         ....       3 

The  Indian  Buffalo,  or  Arna.     Bos  (Bubalus)  bubalis  .          .       4 

A. — Typical  Eace.     Bos  bubalis  bubalis         ...       4 

B. — Assam  Dun  Buffalo.     Bos  bubalis  fulvus         .          .       5 

The  Argali.     Ovis  ammon.          ......        5 

A. — Tibetan  Argali.     Ovis  amnion  hodgsoni.          .          .        6 
B. — Kashgarian  Argali.     Ovis  ammon  humei         .          .       6 
C. — Pamir  Argali.     Ovis  ammon  poli    .          .          .          .8 

The  Urial,  or  Sha.     Ovis  vignei  ......       9 

A. — Astor  and  Ladak  Urial.     Ovis  vignei  vignei     .          .       9 

B. — Punjab  Urial.     Ovis  vignei  punjabiensis  .          .     10 

C. — Afghan  Urial.     Ovis  vignei  cycloceros     .          .          .10 

The  Bharal,  or  Blue  Sheep.     Pseudois  nahoor     .    •      .          .11 

The  Sind  Wild  Goat.     Capra  hircus  blythi  .          .          .          .12 

The  Asiatic  Ibex.     Capra  sibirica        .          .          .          .          .13 

A. — Kashmir  Race.     Capra  sibirica  sakeen   .          .          .13 

B. — Lahul  Eace.     Capra  sibirica  filippii        .          .          .14 

The  Markhor.     Capra  falconeri  ......      14 

A.— Astor  Markhor.     Capra  falconeri  falconeri       .          .     15 
B. — Pir-Panjal  Markhor.     Capra  falconeri  cashmiriensis     16 
C. — Gilgit    or    Hazara  (?)    Markhor.     Capra    falconeri, 

subsp.  ........     17 

D. — Cabul  Markhor.     Capra  falconeri  megaceros  .          .     18 

E. — Suleman  Markhor.     Capra  falconeri  jerdoni   .          .     20 

The  Tahr.     Hemitragus  jemlaicus       .          .          .          .          .21 

The  Nilgiri  Tahr.     Hemitragus  hylocrius    .          .          .          .22 

The  Takin.     Budorcas  taxicolor.          .          .          .          .          .22 

The  Serow,  or  Sarao.     Capricornis  sumatrensis    .          .          .23 
A. — Himalayan,  or  Nepal,  Serow.      Capricornis    suma- 
trensis bubalinus.          .          .          .          .          .          .23 

B. — Kashmir  Serow.  Capricornis  sumatrensis  humei  .  24 
C. — Arakan  Serow.  Capricornis  sumatrensis  rubidus  .  25 
D. — Sze-chuan  Serow.  Capricornis  sumatrensis  milne- 

edwardsi  .     25 


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PAGE 

The  Goral.     Nemorhsedus  goral  .          .          .          .  .26 

The  Nilgai.     Boselaphus  tragocamelus         .          .          .  .27 

The    Chousingha,   or    Four-horned    Antelope.       Tetraceros 

quadricornis        .          .          .          .          .          .          .  .27 

The  Chiru,  or  Tibetan  Antelope.     Pantholops  hodgsoni  .     28 

The  Blackbuck,  or  Indian  Antelope.     Antilope  cervicapra  .     28 

The  Chinkara,  or  Indian  Gazelle.     Gazella  bennetti     .  .     30 

The  Goa,  or  Tibetan  Gazelle.     Gazella  picticaudata     .  .     30 

The  Goitred,  or  Persian  Gazelle.     Gazella  subgutturosa  .     31 

The  Saikik,  or  Yarkand  Gazelle.     Gazella  yarkandensis  .     31 

Family  CERVIDJS .         .  .32 

The  Shou.     Cervus  wallichi        .          .          .       .'...<,."  .32 

Sikkim,  or  True,  Shou.     Cervus  wallichi  affinis      .  .32 

The  Hangul.     Cervus  cashmirianus     .          .         .         .  .     33 

The  Yarkand  Stag.     Cervus  yarkandensis   .        • .         .  .34 

The  Barasingh,  or  Swamp-Deer.    Cervus  (Eucervus)  duvauceli    36 

The  Thamin.     Cervus  (Eucervus)  eldi          .         .         .  .36 

The  Sambar.     Cervus  (Eusa)  unicolor          .          .    •     ;  .36 

A. — Indian  Sambar.     Cervus  unicolor  unicolor      .    •      .37 

B. — Malay  Sambar.     Cervus  unicolor  equinus        .  .38 

The  Chital,  or  Axis  Deer.     Cervus  (Axis)  axis      .         .  .38 

The  Para,  or  Hog-Deer.     Cervus  (Hyelaphus)  porcinus  .     38 

The  Muntjac.     Cervulus  muntjac         .  .40 

The  Kastura,  or  Musk-Deer.     Moschus  moschiferus     .  .     40 

Family  EHINOCEROTID^E   ......  .         .     41 

The  Great  Indian  Ehinoceros.     Ehinoceros  unicornis  .          .     41 

AFEICAN   SPECIMENS 41 

The  Aoul,  or  Sommerring's  Gazelle.     Gazella  soemmerringi .     41 
The  Gerenuk.     Lithocranius  walleri    .          ...  .42 

The  Beisa.     Oryx  beisa      .         .         .         .         .         .         .42 


LIST    OF   ILLUSTRATIONS 

Portrait  of  A.  O.  Hume Frontispiece 

PAGE 

Fig.  1.— Skull  and  Horns  of  Cow  Gaur.  Bos  (Bibos)  gaurus. 

(From  E.  Ward's  "  Eecords  of  Big  Game  ")  .  .2 

,,      2. — Skull  and  Horns  of  Yak.     Bos  (Poephagus)  grunniens  .       3 

,,  3. — Skull  and  Horns  of  Kulja  Argali.  Ovis  ammon  little- 

dalei 7 

,,      4. — Skull  and  Horns  of  Pamir  Argali.     Ovis  ammon  poll    .       9 

,,  5. — Skull  and  Horns  of  Afghan  Urial.  Ovis  vignei  cyclo- 

ceros  .........  11 

,,  6. — Skull  and  Horns  of  Sind  Wild  Goat.  Capra  hircus 

blythi.  (From  E.  Ward's  "  Eecords  of  Big  Game  ")  12 

,,  7. — Frontlet  and  Horns  of  Astor  Markhor.  Capra  falconeri 
falconeri.  (From  E.  Ward's  "Eecords  of  Big 
Game") 15 

,,  8.— Skull  and  Horns  of  Pir-Panjal  Markhor.  Capra  fal- 
coneri cashmiriensis.  (From  E.  Ward's  "  Eecords 
of  Big  Game ") 16 

,,  9. — Frontlet  and  Horns  of  Gilgit  or  Hazara  (?)  Markhor. 
Capra  falconeri,  subsp.  (From  E.  Ward's  "  Eecords 
of  Big  Game") 17 

,,  10. — Skull  and  Horns  of  Cabul  Markhor.  Capra  falconeri 
megaceros.  (From  E.  Ward's  "Eecords  of  Big 
Game") 19 

,,  11. — Skull  and  Horns  of  Suleman  Markhor.  Capra  fal- 
coneri j&rdoni.  (From  E.  Ward's  "  Eecords  of  Big 
Game") 20 

,,  12. — Skull  and  Horns  of  Blackbuck.  Antilope  cervicapra. 

(From  E.  Ward's  "  Eecords  of  Big  Game  ")  .  .29 

„  13. — Skull  and  Antlers  of  Sikhim  Shou.  Cervus  wallichi 

affinis.  (From  E.  Ward's  "  Eecords  of  Big  Game  ")  33 

„  14. — Skull  and  Antlers  of  Yarkand  Stag.  Germs  yarJcan- 

densis.  (From  E.  Ward's  "  Eecords  of  B  g  Game  ") .  35 

,,  15. — Skull  and  Antlers  of  Indian  Sambar.  Cervus  (Busa) 
unicolor  unicolor.  (From  E.  Ward's  "  Eecords  of 
Big  Game") 37 

,,  16. — Skull  and  Antlers  of  Chital.  Cervus  (Axis)  axis.  (From 

E.  Ward's  "  Eecords  of  Big  Game  ")  39 


INTRODUCTION 

BY  the  kind  permission  of  the  Editor,  the  following  obituary 
notice  of  Mr.  Allan  Octavian  Hume,  C.B.,  is  reproduced, 
with  some  slight  abbreviations  and  verbal  alterations,  from 
The  Times  of  August  1st,  1912. 

"  Born  on  June  6,  1829,  Mr.  Hume  was  one  of  the  six 
children  of  Joseph  Hume,  the  reformer,  who  entered  the 
medical  service  of  the  East  India  Company  before  the  close 
of  the  18th  century,  and  came  home  in  1808  the  possessor 
of  a  large  fortune.  He  was  at  the  height  of  his  fame  when 
Allan,  early  in  1849,  passed  out  of  the  East  India  College, 
Haileybury,  into  the  Indian  Civil  Service,  and  was  posted 
to  the  North- West  Provinces.  The  system  of  departmental 
examinations  introduced  soon  after  enabled  Hume  so  to  out- 
distance his  seniors  that  when  the  Mutiny  broke  out  he 
was  officiating  Collector  of  Etawah,  which  lies  between  Agra 
and  Cawnpur.  Eebel  troops  were  constantly  passing  through 
the  district,  and  for  a  time  it  was  necessary  to  abandon 
headquarters ;  but  both  before  and  after  the  removal  of  the 
women  and  children  to  Agra,  Hume  acted  with  vigour  and 
judgment.  The  steadfast  loyalty  of  many  native  officials 
and  landowners,  and  the  people  generally,  was  largely  due 
to  his  influence,  and  enabled  him  to  raise  a  local  brigade  of 
horse.  In  a  daring  attack  on  a  body  of  rebels  at  Jaswant- 
nagar  he  carried  away  the  wounded  joint  magistrate, 
Mr.  Clearinont  Daniel,  under  a  heavy  fire,  and  many  months 
later  he  engaged  in  a  desperate  action  against  Firoz  Shah 
and  his  Oudh  freebooters  at  Hurchandpur.  Company  rule 
had  come  to  an  end  before  the  ravines  of  the  Jumna  and 
the  Chambul  in  the  district  had  been  cleared  of  fugitive 
rebels.  Hume  richly  merited  the  C.B.  (Civil  division) 
awarded  him  in  1860.  He  remained  in  charge  of  the  district 
for  ten  years  or  so  and  did  good  work.  Humeganj,  a  hand- 


Xll  INTRODUCTION 

some  square  forming  the  centre  of  Etawah  city,  is  but  one 
of  many  examples  of  his  zeal  for  building. 

"  Hume's  appointment,  in  1867,  to  be  Commissioner  of 
Customs  in  Upper  India  gave  him  charge  of  the  huge  physical 
barrier  *  which  stretched  across  the  country  for  2,500  miles 
from  Attock,  on  the  Indus,  to  the  confines  of  the  Madras 
Presidency.  He  carried  out  the  first  negotiations  with 
Eajputana  Chiefs,  leading  to  the  abolition  of  this  barrier, 
and  Lord  Mayo  rewarded  him  with  the  Secretaryship  to 
Government  in  the  Home,  and  afterwards,  from  1871,  in  the 
Ee venue  and  Agricultural  Departments.  Leaving  Simla, 
he  returned  to  the  North- West  Provinces  in  October,  1879, 
as  a  member  of  the  Board  of  Ee  venue,  and  retired  from  the 
service  in  1882. 

"  Instead  of  coming  to  England  he  went  back  to  the 
large  house  he  had  purchased  at  Simla,  and  set  to  work  to 
form  some  organization  which  would  focus  the  aspirations 
of  advanced  Indians  throughout  the  country. 

"  Inheriting  also  his  father's  versatility,  Hume  was  well 
known  for  botanical  and  ornithological  work.  During  his 
long  career  he  devoted  most  of  his  spare  time  and  much 
money  to  collecting  material  for  a  great  work,  '  The  Birds  of 
India.'  By  his  own  efforts,  and  the  assistance  of  forty  or 
fifty  willing  helpers  in  all  parts  of  India,  he  succeeded, 
after  a  quarter  of  a  century's  work,  in  gathering  together  in 
the  museum  of  his  Simla  house  an  enormous  collection  of 
bird-skins  and  eggs.  The  manuscript  for  the  book  was 
almost  complete,  but  it  was  never  to  appear.  During  the 
winter  of  1884  the  greater  part  of  the  invaluable  papers  were 
stolen  from  his  museum  during  his  absence,  and,  it  is 
supposed,  destroyed.  He  had  to  give  up  what  had  been  the 
ambition  of  his  life.  His  collection,  consisting  of  63,000 
bird-skins,  in  perfect  condition,  and  19,000  eggs,  he  generously 
presented,  in  1885,  to  the  British  Museum  (Natural  History). 
So  important  and  valuable  was  the  gift,  that  the  late 

*  This  was  a  thorn-hedge  supplemented  by  walls  and  ditches, 
and  strongly  patrolled  for  preventing  the  introduction  into  British 
territory  of  untaxed  salt  from  native  states  (see  Sir  John  Strachey's 
"  India,"  London,  1888). 


INTRODUCTION  Xlll 

Dr.  Bowdler  Sharpe  was  sent  out  to  Simla  to  take  over  the 
collection  and  bring  it  to  London.  In  1891  Mr.  Hume  also 
presented  to  the  Museum  a  number  of  skulls  and  horns  of 
big  game  animals  of  the  Indian  Empire  and  the  neighbouring 
countries.  He  wrote  various  ornithological  monographs,  and 
in  collaboration  with  Colonel  C.  H.  T.  Marshall  (who  was 
responsible  for  the  illustrations  rather  than  the  text),  he 
brought  out  in  three  volumes,  'The  Game  Birds  of  India, 
Burma,  and  Ceylon,'  published  in  Calcutta  from  1879  to 
1881.  His  botanical  hobby  was  industriously  pursued  until 
his  last  illness.  He  founded  and  endowed  the  South  London 
Botanical  Institute  at  Tulse  Hill,  and  gave  it  his  collection 
of  from  30,000  to  40,000  sheets  of  preserved  British  and 
casual  alien  plants,  brought  together  chiefly  by  his  own 
labour,  from  all  parts  of  the  British  Isles. 

"  He  married  Mary  Anne  Grindall,  who  died  in  1890,  and 
their  only  child  is  the  widow  of  Mr.  Eoss  Scott,  sometime 
Judicial  Commissioner  of  Oudh." 

Mr.  Hume,  who  had  for  some  time  previously  been  in 
indifferent  health,  died  at  his  residence,  The  Chalet,  4,  Kings- 
wood  Koad,  Upper  Norwood,  on  Wednesday,  July  31st,  1912, 
at  the  age  of  eighty-three. 

By  his  will  Mr.  Hume  left  to  the  Trustees  of  the  Museum 
the  collection  of  skulls  and  horns  which  forms  the  subject 
of  the  present  Catalogue.  The  following  notice  of  the  bequest 
appeared  in  The  Times  of  November  1st,  1912,  and  is 
reproduced,  with  a  few  omissions  and  verbal  alterations,  by 
the  Editor's  permission  :— 

"  Taken  in  conjunction  with  Mr.  Hume's  gift  in  1891,  of 
the  bulk  of  his  collection  of  similar  objects,  it  constitutes 
one  of  the  most  valuable  acquisitions  of  the  kind  ever 
received  by  the  Museum.  Apart  from  the  collection  presented 
at  various  times  during  the  first  half  of  the  last  century  by 
Mr.  Brian  Hodgson,  the  Museum  before  1891  was  poor  in 
specimens  of  Indian  big  game,  whereas  it  now  possesses, 
thanks  to  Mr.  Hume,  a  collection  of  these  objects  which  is 
certainly  unsurpassed  and  probably  unrivalled.  When 
Mr.  Hume  gave  the  bulk  of  his  collection  to  the  Museum 
in  1891,  he  reserved  for  himself  a  certain  number  of  picked 


XIV  INTRODUCTION 

specimens,  and  it  is  these  that  have  now  become  the  property 
of  the  nation. 

"The  collection,  which  embraces  specimens  not  only 
from  India  proper,  but  from  the  Himalaya,  Kuen-lun,  the 
Pamirs,  Burma,  etc.,  was  made  at  a  time  when  the  big  game 
of  many  parts  of  this  area  was  more  abundant  than  is  the 
case  at  the  present  day,  and  consequently  includes  finer 
examples  of  many  species  than  are  now  obtainable.  And 
it  is  this  which  constitutes  its  chief  value  and  interest,  as 
it  would  nowadays  be  impossible  to  bring  together  a  similar 
collection.  Mr.  Hume  never  did  things  by  halves,  and 
when  his  collections  of  big-game  trophies  and  birds  were 
made  he  had  collectors  or  agents  at  work  in  all  the  countries 
accessible  from  India. 

"  Nowadays,  it  is  almost  superfluous  to  mention,  sports- 
men attach  a  high  value  to  heads  which  are  'records/  or 
nearly  such,  in  the  matter  of  horn-length ;  and  it  is  obvious 
that  as  many  specimens  as  possible  of  this  class — as  being 
the  finest  and  handsomest  of  their  kind — ought  to  be  in  the 
national  collection.  In  specimens  of  this  nature  the  Hume 
bequest  is  particularly  rich,  containing  four  which  appear  to 
be  '  records '  in  their  particular  species  or  race,  and  many 
others  which  approximate  more  or  less  closely  in  dimensions 
to  this  standard. 

"  Among  the  species  represented  by  unusually  fine  heads 
are  the  yak  of  Tibet,  the  chiru  antelope,  with  its  long 
V-shaped  black  horns,  of  the  same  area,  the  Goitred, 
Yarkand,  and  Indian  gazelles,  the  blackbuck  of  the  plains 
of  India,  the  markhor  goat  and  ibex  of  the  Himalaya,  the 
tahr  or  ibex  of  the  Nilgiris — which  survives  as  the  result 
of  Government  protection — the  gaur  of  the  Pachmarri  and 
other  Indian  hill-ranges,  and  the  buffalo  of  Assam.  Wild 
sheep  are  strongly  represented,  the  chief  species  and  races 
being  the  Tibetan  race  of  the  argali,  Marco  Polo's  sheep  of 
the  Pamir,  the  smaller  tirial  of  the  Punjab  and  Ladak,  and 
the  Tibetan  bharal,  which  stands  midway  between  sheep  and 
goats. 

"  Among  the  deer  tribe  the  place  of  honour  belongs  to 
the  Sikhirn  stag,  or  shou,  of  which  there  are  two  magnificent 


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XV 


heads,  one  being  the  actual  '  record.'  Till  Mr.  Hume  made 
his  collection  shou  heads  were  very  rare  in  Europe,  and  even 
now  they  are  much  thought  of  even  in  the  neighbourhood 
of  their  own  country.  Other  species  in  the  collection  include 
the  hangul  of  Kashmir,  the  sambar,  the  chital  or  spotted 
deer,  and  the  barasingh  of  the  plains  of  India,  the  thamin 
of  Burma,  remarkable  for  the  unique  form  of  its  antlers, 
and  the  Yarkand  stag,  which  is  the  more  valuable  on 
account  of  the  circumstance  that  examples  of  this  deer 
have  been  difficult  to  obtain  since  the  Chinese  occupation 
of  the  country." 

The  following  Table  exhibits  the  position  occupied  by 
the  finest  heads  in  the  bequest  in  Mr.  Kowland  Ward's 
'  Eecords  of  Big  Game,'  ed.  6,  1910  :— 


Species. 

Length  of 
Hume 
Specimen. 

Position  in 
Big  Game 
Records. 

Record 
Length. 

Yarkand  Stag       .... 

894 

4 

414 

Shou             ,         .          . 

66| 

1 

Sambar         , 

6 

55ff 

Chital           , 

38i 

4 

39 

Hog-Deer              .... 

19£ 

14 

Thamin 

38  £ 

6 

42 

Chiru.                   . 

27f 

1 

Blackbuck            .... 

28i 

3 

30  1 

Yarkand  Gazelle  .... 

16* 

2 

17 

Arakan     Serow    .... 
Himalayan  ,,       . 

94 

12J 

5 
1 

ion 

Tahr  

14J 

9 

i^1 

Nilgiri  Tahr         .... 
Punjal  and  Astor  Markhor    . 

16f 

3 

18 

17! 

63 

Cabul  and  Suleiman 

(  322 

11 

48^ 

I   31  ~ 

12 

^dO  i 

Leh  Ibex     . 

48i 

1 

2 

Sind  Wild  Goat  . 

52| 

3 

55  * 

Bharal         

30| 

3 

32^ 

Tibetan  Argali     .... 

48 

14 

57 

Pamir     „ 

66J 

17 

75 

Leh     Urial           . 

4 

QQ 

Baluchi  ,, 
Buffalo 
Yak    .          .          .          .          I 

331 

00  3 

12 
20 

O*7 

39| 

77f 

OOy 

39 

In  addition  to  the  specimens  comprised  in  the  bequest 
-105  in  number— the  present  Catalogue   includes  two  of 


xvi  INTRODUCTION 

the  specimens  presented  to  the  Museum  by  Mr.  Hume  in 
1891,  as  these  respectively  form  the  types  of  two  races. 

The  synononay  of  the  various  species  and  races  included 
in  the  Catalogue  makes  no  pretence  to  be  complete,  but  is 
merely  sufficient  to  explain  complicated  points  in  nomen- 
clature and  to  indicate  to  the  reader  where  to  refer  to 
descriptive  accounts  of  the  various  species  and  races.  Brief 
descriptive  notices  of  the  species  and  races  have  been 
introduced  where  it  appeared  desirable. 

Unless  the  contrary  is  stated,  the  heads  and  horns 
pertain  to  male  animals. 

It  may  be  mentioned  that  the  technical  names  employed 
in  this  Catalogue  are  mainly  based  on  priority,  and  that  in 
several  instances  they  differ  from  those  used  by  the  late 
Dr.  Blanford  and  by  the  author  in  other'  works. 

All  the  illustrations  are  from  specimens  in  the  collection 
described. 

E.  LYDEKKEE. 
February,  1913. 


CATALOGUE 

OF   THE 

HUME     BEQUEST 

OF 

INDIAN    BIG    GAME 


FAMILY  BOVID^ffi. 

"THE  GAUR. 

BOS   (BlBOS)   GAURUS. 

Bos  gaurus,  Hamilton  Smith,  in  Griffith's  Animal  Kingdom,  vol.  iv, 
p.  899,  1827  ;  Blanford,  Fauna  Brit.  India,  Mamm.  p.  484, 
1891  ;  Lydekker,  Game  Animals  of  India,  etc.  p.  50,  1907 ; 
Ward,  Records  of  Big  Game,  ed.  6,  p.  440,  1910. 

1.— 12.  10.  31.  81.*  Skull,  with  horns.  Northern 
Travancore ;  collected  by  Mr.  A.  W.  Turner.  Outer  length 
of  horns  <5l,t  girth  16j,  tip-to- tip  interval  29  inches. 

2.— 12.  10.  31.  82.  Skull,  with  horns.  Southern  Mishmi 
Hills.  Outer  length  of  horns  29,  girth  15f,  tip-to-tip 
interval  36J  inches. 

3.— 12.  10.  31.  80.  Skull,  with  horns,  female  (fig.  1). 
Northern  Travancore ;  collected  by  Mr.  A.  W.  Turner.  Length 
of  horns  24,  girth  13£,  tip-to-tip  interval  13  inches.  This 
specimen  stands  No.  65  in  Mr.  Ward's  list,  where  it  is  the 
record  for  its  sex. 

"  This  means  the  81st  specimen  registered  on  October  31,  1912. 

f  This  indicates  the  maximum  length  along  the  outer  curve.  If 
in  this  and  the  following  specimens  there  is  any  difference  in  the  size 
of  the  two  horns,  the  dimensions  refer  to  the  larger  one. 

B 


•  -g  s 


;  CATALOGUE  OF  THE  HUME  BEQUEST 


FIG.  1. — SKULL  AND  HORNS  OF  Cow  GAUR  (Bos  [Bibos"]  gaurus). 
From  Ward's  Records  of  Big  Game. 

THE  GAYAL. 

BOS   (BlBOS)   FRONTALIS. 

Bos  frontalis,  Lambert,  Trans.  Linn.  Soc.,  vol.  vii,  pp.  57,  302,  1804 ; 
Blanford,  Fauna  Brit.  India,  Mamm.  p.  487,  1891 ;  LydeJcker, 
Game  Animals  of  India,  etc.  p.  64,  1907  ;  Ward,  Records  of  Big 
Game,  ed.  6,  p.  446,  1910. 

Although  long  regarded  as  a  distinct  species,  there  is  no 
reasonable  doubt  that  the  gayal  is  merely  a  domesticated 
breed  of  the  gaur,  some  herds  of  which  have  reverted  to  a 
wild  condition.  Unfortunately  the  name  frontalis  antedates 
gaurus. 

4.  —12. 10.  31.  88.    Skull,  with  horns  (fig.  1).    Tenasserim, 


OF   INDIAN   BIG  GAME  6 

between  the  town  of  that  name  and  Lemyne  ;  shot  by  Mr. 
W.  Davison,  Mr.  Hume's  collector.  Length  of  horns  14J, 
girth  13J,  tip-to-tip  interval  28  inches.  This  specimen  stands 
No.  3  in  Mr.  Ward's  list.  It  is  mentioned  by  Blanford  as 
being  the  only  wild  gayal  with  which  he  was  acquainted. 


THE  YAK.      . 

BOS   (POEPHAGUS)   GEUNNIENS. 

Bos  grunniens,  Linn.,  Syst.  Nat.  ed.  10,  vol.  i,  p.  71,  1758,  ed.  12,  vol.  i, 
p.  99,  1766;  Blanford,  Fauna  Brit.  India,  Mamm.  p.  490, 
1891  ;  LydeJcTcer,  Game  Animals  of  India,  etc.  p.  76,  1907  ; 
Ward,  Records  of  Big  Game,  ed.  6,  p.  437,  1910. 

5.—  12.  10.  31.  85.      Skull,  with   horns  (fig.  2),  Angir- 
takshin  Pass,  Kuen-hm  Mountains  ;  shot,  in  the  'seventies, 


FIG.  2. — SKULL  AND  HOENS  OP  YAK  (Bos  \_Poephagus]  grunniens). 
From  Ward's  Records  of  Big  Game. 

by  Mr.  A.  Dalgleish,  who  in  the  early  part  of  that  decade  was 
attached  to  the  Central  Asian  Trading  Company,  and  was 

B  2 


4  CATALOGUE  OF  THE  HUME  BEQUEST 

subsequently  killed  in  Kashgaria.  Length  of  horns  38J, 
girth  18^,  tip-to-tip  interval  26  J  inches.  This  specimen 
stands  No.  2  in  Mr.  Ward's  list,  and  is  exceeded  in  horn- 
length  only  by  a  skull  in  the  Lucknow  Museum,  in 
which  the  horn-length  is  stated  to  be  39  inches ;  since, 
however,  the  two  specimens  were  not  measured  with  the 
same  tape,  it  is  qui^e  possible  that  re-measurement  with  a 
steel  tape  would  reverse  their  respective  positions.  The 
next  best  specimen  is  one  also  from  the  Kuen-lun,  presented 
to  the  Museum  by  Mr.  Hume  in  1891,  in  which  the  horn- 
length  is  38  £  inches. 


THE  INDIAN  BUFFALO,  OR  ARNA. 

BOS  (BUBALUS)  BUBALIS. 

Bos  bubalis,  Linn.,  Syst.  Nat.  ed.  10,  vol.  i,  p.  71,  1758,  ed.  12, 
vol.  i,  p.  99,  1766 ;  Blanford,  Fauna  Brit.  India,  Mamm.  p.  291, 
1891;  LydekJcer,  Game  Animals  of  India,  etc.  p.  83,  1907; 
Ward,  Records  of  Big  Game,  ed.  6,  p.  427,  1910. 

Two  phases,  or  races,  of  this  buffalo  are  found  in  Assam, 
which  differ  in  the  shape  of  the  horns ;  those  of  the  typical 
form  curving  upwards  in  a  sub-circular  manner,  while  those 
of  the  other  are  directed  more  or  less  outwards.  In  addition 
to  these  is  the  dun  buffalo. 

A.— Typical  Race. 
Bos  bubalis  bubalis. 

6.— 12.  10.  31.  84.  Skull,  with  horns.  Dhubri,  Assam. 
This  specimen  is  No.  20  in  Mr.  Ward's  list.  Length  of 
horns,  outside,  56J,  girth  21J,  tip-to-tip  interval  40  inches. 

7.— 12. 10.  31.  83.  Skull,  with  horns,  female.  Gowhatti, 
Assam.  This  specimen  stands  No.  29  in  Mr.  Ward's  list. 
Outside  length  of  horns  54  J,  girth  12f,  tip-to-tip  interval 
69f  inches. 


OF   INDIAN   BIG   GAME  5 

B. — Assam  Dun  Buffalo. 

Bos  bubalis  fulvus. 

Bos    bubalis    var.   fulvus,   Blanford,   Fauna  Brit.    India,   Mamm. 

p.  492,  1891. 
Bos  bubalis  fulvus,  Lydelcker,  Wild  Oxen,  Sheep,  and  Goats,  p.  126, 

1898  ;  Game  Animals  of  India,  etc.  p.  88,  1907. 

As  one  of  the  two  type  specimens  was  presented  to  the 
Museum  by  Mr.  Hume  in  1891,  this  race  is  included  in  the 
present  Catalogue.  It  was  described  by  Dr.  Blanford  as 
follows : — "  There  is  a  very  distinct  race  of  a  dun  colour  that 
inhabits  Upper  Assam.  I  have  seen  two  heads  of  bulls,  one 
in  Mr.  Hume's  collection,  now  in  the  British  Museum,  the 
other  in  the  Indian  Museum,  Calcutta.  These  differ  (from 
the  normal  form)  in  the  much  more  convex  forehead,  and 
the  skull  is  remarkably  short  in  front  of  the  orbits,  the 
nasals  being  shorter  than  the  distance  from  their  posterior 
end  to  the  vertex,  whilst  in  ordinary  buffaloes  they  are 
larger."  This  communicates  a  concavity  to  the  profile,  which, 
together  with  the  shortness  of  the  preorbital  region,  recalls 
to  some  extent  the  skulls  of  African  buffaloes  (B.  coffer). 

91.  8.  7.  215.     Skull  and  horns.    Co-type.    Mishmi  Hills. 


THE  ARGALI. 

OVIS  AMMON. 

Capra  ammon,  Linn.,  Syst.  Nat.  ed.  10,  vol.  i,  p.  70,  1758,  ed.  12, 

vol.  i,  p.  97,  1766. 
Ovis   ammon,  Erxleben,  Syst.  Nat.,   Mamm.    p.  250,    1777;    Ward, 

Records  of  Big  Game,  ed.  6,  p.  398,  1910  ;  Ly&ekker,  The  Sheep 

and  Its  Cousins,  p.  268,  1912. 

All  the  big  wild  sheep  of  Central  Asia  allied  to  the 
argali  of  the  Altai  are  best  regarded  as  local  races  of  that 
species ;  an  almost  complete  gradation  connecting  the 
massive,  closely  curved  horns  of  the  typical  argali  with  the 
lighter  and  more  open  type  characterising  those  of  the 
Pamir  argali. 


6  CATALOGUE  OF  THE  HUME  BEQUEST 

A.— Tibetan  Argali. 
Ovis  ammon  hodgsoni. 

Ovis  hodgsoni,  Blyth,  Proc.  Zool.  Soc.,  1840,  p.  65  ;  Blanford,  Fauna 

Brit.  India,  Mamm.  p.  494,  1891. 
Ovis  ammon  hodgsoni,  LydekJcer,  Game  Animals  of  India,  etc.  p.  95, 

1907  ;  Ward,  Records  of  Big  Game,  ed.  6,  p.  399,  1910. 

8.— 12.  10.  31.  67.  Skull,  with  horns.  Ladak ;  collected 
by  A.  Dalgleish.  In  this  specimen,  which  stands  No.  14  in 
Mr.  Ward's  list,  the  length  of  the  horns  is  46  J,  the  girth  19£, 
and  the  interval  between  the  tips  20  inches ;  the  correspond- 
ing dimensions  in  the  record  specimen  being  57,  18f,  and 
29  inches. 

9.— 12.  10.  31.  68.  Skull,  with  horns,  Chantang,  Kudok, 
Western  Tibet,  near  Pangong  Lake. 

10.— 12.  10.  31.  69.  Skull,  with  horns,  Ma  Chan,  Gartok, 
Western  Tibet. 

11.— 12.  10.  31.  70.     Skull,  with  horns,  Hundes,  Tibet. 

B.— Kashgarian  Arg-ali. 
Ovis  ammon  humei,  subsp.  n. 

Ovis  poli,  Stoliczka,  Proc.  Zool.  Soc.,  1874,  p.  425,  pi.  liii,  nee  Blyth, 

1840;   Blanford,  Fauna  Brit.  India,  Mamm.  p.  496,  1891,  in 

part. 
Ovis  karelini,  BrooJce,  Proc.  Zool.  Soc.  1875,  p.  512 ;  Blanford,  Zool. 

2nd    Yarkand   Mission,    Mamm.    p.    80,    1878 ;    nee    Severtzoiv, 

1873. 

The  wild  sheep  obtained  by  the  Second  Yarkand  Expedi- 
tion from  the  north-west  of  Kashgar,  on  the  flanks  of  the  Tian 
Shan,  were  identified  by  Stoliczka  with  0.  poli.  Sir  Victor 
and  Mr.  Basil  Brooke  subsequently  referred  them  to  0.  kare- 
lini, Severtzow,  of  which  the  typical  locality  is  the  Ala-tau, 
north  of  Lake  Issik  (Issik  Kul),  in  the  Semiretcherisk  Altai, 
although  it  was  pointed  out  that  the  white  rump-patch 
is  considerably  larger  than  in  the  typical  karelini.  This 
identification  was  accepted  by  Blanford  in  the  "  Zoology  of 
the  Second  Yarkand  Mission,"  but  in  the  "  Fauna  of  British 
India  "  he  came  to  the  conclusion  that  karelini,  as  represented 
by  the  Kashgarian  specimens,  was  inseparable  from  poli.  In 


OF   INDIAN   BIG   GAME  f 

1902  the  present  writer*  described  a  sheep  from  the  south- 
east of  Kulja,  or  Hi,  in  the  Tian  Shan,  as  0.  sairensis  little- 
dalei, a  title  subsequently  changed  to  0.  ammon  littledalei,^ 
and  he  has  hitherto  been  in  doubt  whether  the  Kashgarian 
sheep  should  be  referred  to  this  race,  to  karelini,  or  to  a 
distinct  form.  A  re-examination  of  the  specimens  in  the 
Museum  (including  a  skin  of  littledalei  obtained  with  the 
type)  has  led  to  the  conclusion  that  the  Kashgarian  sheep 
represents  a  distinct  race,  for  which  the  name  of  0.  ammon 
humei  is  proposed;  the  type  being  a  mounted  ram  in  the 
Museum,  brought  home  by  the  Yarkand  Mission,  and 
described  by  Brooke,  \  with  which  the  under-mentioned 
pair  of  horns  may  be  associated. 

.  The  following  are  the  distinctive  features  of  these  races 
(of  which  only  the  last  is  included  in  this  Catalogue),  from 
specimens  in  the  winter  coats : — 

0.  a.  littledalei.     Horns  (fig.  3)  shorter  and  less  expanded 


FIG.  3.— SKULL  AND  HORNS  OP  KULJA  AEGALI  (Ovis  ammon  littledalei}. 

than  in.  poli,  forming  a  little  more  than  one  complete  turn. 
Head  brownish  grey,  with  a  nearly  pure  white  muzzle; 
throat-ruff  pale  yellowish  fawn;  general  colour  of  upper- 
parts  (including  nape)  bright  rufous  fawn,  rather  darker  on 
middle  of  back,  but  no  distinct  dorsal  line  or  flank-band; 
thighs  coloured  like  back ;  no  light  rump-patch ;  tail  pale 
yellowish  fawn,  with  a  whitish  tinge ;  fore-legs  whitish  grey 

*  Proc.  Zool.  Soc.,  1902,  p.  83. 

f  Lydekker,   Field,   vol.    cxiii,  D.  117,  1909,   The  Sheep  and  Its 
Cousins,  p.  277,  1912. 
$  Op.  cit.,  p.  513. 


8  CATALOGUE  OF  THE  HUME  BEQUEST 

in  front  to  knee,  where  there  is  a  yellowish  patch  ;  hind-legs 
whitish  grey  in  front  nearly  to  hoofs,  above  which  they  are 
light  fawn  ;  throat-ruff  coloured  much  like  tail. 

0.  a.  karelini*  Horns  f  of  the  general  type  of  littledalei, 
but  rather  heavier.  Head  pale  fawn  on  forehead  and  cheeks, 
shading  into  white  on  muzzle  ;  throat-ruff  white,  shaded  with 
grey  ;  general  colour  light  brown,  becoming  lighter  towards 
tail,  where  it  is  greyish  white  ;  a  distinct  dark  dorsal  streak 
and  broad  flank-band  ;  a  rather  small  white  rump-patch, 
which  includes  the  white  tail  ;  hind  surface  of  thighs  white, 
gradually  shading  into  fawn  of  fore  part  of  sides  of  same  ; 
upper  part  of  fore-legs  to  knees,  and  lines  on  outer  and 
inner  sides  of  hind-legs  to  hoofs  pale  fawn  ;  under-parts 
yellowish  white. 

0.  a.  Jiumei.  Horns  f  more  or  less  of  the  littledalei  type, 
but  with  the  outer  front  edge  rounded  in  adults.  Head 
greyish  brown  above  and  at  sides,  but  whitish  on  most  of 
face;  back  brownish  grey,  without  dark  dorsal  streak,  and 
no  distinct  flank-band  ;  under-parts,  limbs  (including  whole 
of  thighs),  a  large  rump-patch,  and  tail  pure  white. 

12.—  12.  10.  31.  87.  Frontlet  and  horns,  apparently 
belonging  to  an  immature  individual.  Paratype.  Tian  Shan, 
north  of  the  Maralbashi  Forest  ;  collected  by  Mr.  A.  Dalgleish. 
Length  along  outer  curve  47,  girth  13£,  tip-to-tip  40  inches. 


C.—  Pamir  Arg-ali. 
Ovis  ammon  poll. 

Ovis  poll,  Blyth,  Proc.  Zool.  Soc.  1840,  p.  62  (polii)  ;  Blanford,  Fauna 
Brit.  India,  Mamm.  p.  496,  1891  ;  Lydekker,  Wild  Oxen,  Sheep, 
and  Goats,  p.  188,  1898,  Game  Animals  of  India,  etc.  p.  89,  1907. 

Ovis  ammon  poli,  LydeTcker,  Field,  vol.  cxiii.  p.  117,  1909,  The  Sheep 
and  Its  Cousins,  p.  282,  1912  ;  Ward,  Records  of  Big  Game,  ed.  6, 
p.  405,  1910. 

13.—  12.  10.  31.  76.  Skull  and  horns  (fig.  4).  Valley 
between  Little  and  Great  Pamir.  In  this  head,  which  stands 
No.  17  in  Mr.  Ward's  list,  the  length  of  the  horns  is  66J,  the 

*  Severtzow,  Trans.  Soc.  Nat.  Moscow,  vol.  viii,  pi.  1,  1873. 
f  The  Sheep  and  Its  Cousins,  pi.  xxii,  fig.  1. 
j  Brooke,  op.  cit.,  p.  512,  figs.  2,  3. 


OF  INDIAN   BIG   GAME  y 

girth  13f,  and  the  tip-to-tip  interval  46J  inches.  The  record 
length  is  75  inches. 

14.— 12.  10.  31.  74.  Skull  and  horns.  Same  locality  ; 
collected  by  Mr.  A.  Dalgleish. 

15.— 12.  10.  31.75.  Skull  and  horns.  Same  locality; 
collected  hy  Mr.  Dalgleish. 

16.— 12.  10.  31.  79.  Skull  and  horns  (fig.  4).  Same 
locality. 


FIG.  4. — SKULL  AND  HORNS  OF  PAMIR  ARGALI  (Ovis  ammonpoli). 

THE   URIAL,   OR  SHA. 

OVIS   VIGNEI. 

Ovis  vignei,  Blyth,  Proc.  Zool.  Soc.  1840,  p.  70 ;  Blanford,  Fauna 
Brit.  India,  Mamm.  p.  497,  1891 ;  Lydekker,  Wild  Oxen,  Sheep, 
and  Goats,  p.  166,  1898,  Game  Animals  of  India,  etc.  p.  99, 
1907,  The  Sheep  and  Its  Cousins,  p.  261,  1912  ;  Ward,  Records 
of  Big  Game,  ed.  6,  p.  468,  1910. 

This  species  is  represented  by  several  local  races,  of  which 
three  are  represented  in  the  collection,  one  of  them  having 
been  named  by  Mr.  Hume. 

A. — Astop  and  Ladak  Uriah 
Ovis  vignei  vignei. 

Although  typically  from  the  Astor  district,  where  it  is 
known  as  urin,  this  race  is  taken  to  include  the  urial  or  sha 
—plural  shapo — of  Ladak. 

17.— 32.  10.  31.  99.  Skull  and  horns.  Near  Leh,  at  an 
elevation  of  10,000  feet;  collected  by  Mr.  JSTey  Elias,  the 
well-known  Central  Asian  traveller.  In  this  specimen,  which 
stands  No.  4  in  Mr.  Ward's  list,  the  horns  measure  36  J  inches 


10          CATALOGUE  OF  THE  HUME  BEQUEST 

in    length   by    11 J   in   girth,    with   a   tip-to-tip  interval  of 
4J  inches.     The  record  horn-length  is  39  inches. 

B.— Punjab  Urial. 
Ovis  vignei  punjabiensis,  nom.  n. 

Ovis  vignei  cycloceros,  Lydekker,  Wild  Oxen,  Sheep,  and  Goats, 
p.  172,  Game  Animals  of  India,  etc.  p.  101,  1907,  The  Sheep 
and  Its  Cousins,  p.  261,  1912;  Ward,  Records  of  Big  Game, 
ed.  6,  p.  410,  1910 ;  nee  0.  cycloceros,  Hutton. 

This  race,  the  true  urial,  is  a  rather  smaller  and  redder 
sheep  than  the  last,  with  the  girth  of  the  horns  seldom 
exceeding  10  inches. 

18.— 12. 10.  31.  65.  Skull  and  horns,  Salt  Eange,  Punjab  ; 
shot  by  Mr.  Hume.  Length  df  horns  33J,  girth  9£,  tip-to- 
tip  interval  12J  inches.  This  is  the  second  best  urial 
definitely  known  to  be  from  the  Salt  Range  in  Mr.  Ward's 
list ;  the  horn-length  in  the  best  being  34  inches. 

C.— Afghan  Urial. 
Ovis  vignei  eyeloeeros. 

Ovis  cycloceros,  Hutton,  Calcutta  Journ.  Nat.  Hist.,  vol.  ii,  p.  514, 

1842. 
Ovis  blanfordi,  Hume,  Journ.  Asiat.   Soc.  Bengal,  vol.  xlvi,  pt.  2, 

p.  327,  1877. 
Ovis  vignei  blanfordi,  LydeJcJfer,  Wild  Oxen,  Sheep,  and  Goats,  p.  174, 

Ib98,  Game  Animals  of  India,  etc.  p.  100,  1907,  The  Sheep  and 

Its  Cousins,  p.  264,  1912  ;   Ward,  Records  of  Big  Game,  ed.  6, 

p.  410,  1910. 

In  this  race  the  horns  (fig.  5)  are  thicker  than  in  the 
last,  and  tend  to  turn  outwards  at  the  tips,  forming  a  more 
open  spiral  than  in  the  other  races,  and  have  the  front  angles 
prominent  and  occasionally  showing  a  beaded  structure. 

The  urial  inhabiting  Waziristan  and  the  Trans-Indus 
districts  generally,  as  well  as  Baluchistan,  are  included  in 
this  race. 

19.— 12. 10.  31.  71.  Skull  and  horns.  Kelat,  Baluchistan. 
Type  of  blanfordi;  collected  by  Dr.  Duke.  Length  of 
horns  34 J,  girth  9,  tip-to-tip  interval  17  inches. 

20.— 12.  10.  31.  66.  Skull  and  horns  (fig.  5).  Haji 
Khan,  Kelat.  Length  of  horns  37^,  girth  10£,  tip-to-tip 


OF  INDIAN   BIG  GAME  11 

interval   12    inches.      These    dimensions    are   exceeded   by 
specimens  from  Waziristan. 

21.— 12.    10.    31.    73.      Skull   and   horns.      Seah   Koh, 
Afghanistan ;  shot  by  Col.  G.  de  Morton. 


FIG.  5.— SKULL  AND  HORNS  OF  AFGHAN  UBIAL  (Ovis  vignei  cycloceros). 

THE  BHARAL,  OR  BLUE  SHEEP. 

PSEUDOIS   NAHOOR. 

Ovis   nayaur,  Hodgson,  Asiatic  Researches,  vol.  xviii,  pt.  2,  p.  135, 

1833,  in  part. 

Ovis  nahoor,  Hodgson,  Proc.  Zool.  Soc.  1834,  p.  107. 
Ovis  burrhel,  Blyth,  Proc.  Zool.  Soc.  1840,  p.  67. 
Ovis  nahura,  Gray,  List  Mamm.  Brit.  Mus.,  p.  170,  1843  ;  Blanford, 

Fauna  Brit.  India,  Mamm.  p.  499,  1891 ;   Ward,  Records  of  Big 

Game,  ed.  6,  p.  387,  1910. 
Pseudois  nahoor,  Hodgson,  Journ.  Asiat.  Soc.  Bengal,  vol.  xv,  p.  343, 

1846. 
Pseudois  nahura,  Nathusius,  Zool.  Anz.  1888,  p.  333  ;   Ward,  Records 

of  Big  Game,  ed.  6,  p.  387,  1910  ;  Lydekker,  Wild  Oxen,  Sheep, 

and  Goats,  p.  231,  1898,  The  Sheep  and  Its  Cousins,  p.  309,  1912. 
Ovis  (Pseudois)  nahura,  Lydekker,  Game  Animals  of  India,  etc.  p.  105, 

1907. 
Pseudois  nayaur,  Pocock,  Proc.  Zool.  Soc.  1910,  p.  863. 

22.— 12.  10.  31.  77.    Skull  and  horns.     Garhwal.     This 
specimen  stands  No.  3  in  Mr.  Ward's  list.     Length  of  horns 


12          CATALOGUE  OF  THE  HUME  BEQUEST 

30|,  girth  12  J,  tip-to-tip  interval  21|.    The  record  horn-length 
is  32^  inches. 

23.— 12.  10.  31.  78.     Skull  and  horns.     Garhwal. 

THE  SIND  WILD  GOAT. 

CAPEA  mucus  BLYTHI. 

Capra  blythi,  Hume,  Proc.  Asiat.  Soc.  Bengal,  1874,  p.  240. 

Capra  segagrus,  Blanford,  Fauna  Brit.  India,  Mamm.  p.  502,  1891. 

Capra  hircus  blythi,  LydefcTcer,  Wild  Oxen,  Sheep,  and  Goats,  p.  264, 

1898,  Game  Animals  of  India,  etc.  p.  108,  1907 ;    Ward,  Records 

of  Big  Game,  ed.  6,  p.  378,  1910. 

This  race  was  named,  without  description,  by  Mr.  Hume 
in  order  to  distinguish  it  from  Capra  caucasica,  with  which 


FIG.  6. — SKULL  AND  HORNS  OF  SIND  WILD  GOAT  (Capra 

hircus  blythi). 
From  Ward's  Records  of  Big  Game. 

it  had  previously  been  confounded.    It  differs  from  the  Persian 
wild  goat  (C.  hircus  cegagrus)  by  its  smaller  size,  the  slight 


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development,  or  even  absence,  of  the  knots  on  the  front  edge 
of  the  scimitar-like  horns,  which  are  more  closely  approxi- 
mated at  the  tips,  and  apparently  also  by  the  paler  ground- 
colour of  the  coat. 

24.— 12.  10.  31.  62.  Skull  and  horns  (fig.  6).  Surjan 
Hills,  Sind ;  shot  by  Col.  F.  Marston.  Length  of  horns  on 
front  edge  52f ,  girth  7|,  tip-to-tip  interval  8J  inches.  The 
record  length  is  55J  inches. 

25.— 12.  10.  31.  63.  Skull  and  horns.  Twenty  miles 
north-west  of  the  Eric  Hills,  Sind. 

26.— 12.  10.  31.  64.  Skull  and  horns.  Mekran  Hills  ; 
shot  by  Mr.  J.  Stupp. 

THE  ASIATIC  IBEX. 

CAPKA  SIBIRICA. 

Capra  sibirica,  Meyer,  Zool.  Annal.  vol.  i,  p.  397,  1794 ;  Blanford, 
Fauna  Brit.  India,  Mamm.  p.  503,  1891  ;  Lydekker,  Wild  Oxen, 
Sheep,  and  Goats,  p.  255,  1898,  Game  Animals  of  India,  etc. 
p.  113,  1907  ;  Ward,  Records  of  Big  Game,  ed.  6,  p.  369,  1910. 

This  species,  the  finest  representative  of  the  true  ibexes, 
has  been  subdivided  into  a  number  of  local  races,  of  which 
the  typical  one  inhabits  the  Sayansk  Eange,  to  the  westward 
of  Lake  Baikal. 

A. — Kashmir  Race. 
Capra  sibiriea  sakeeiu 

Capra  sakeen,  Blyth,  Journ.  Asiat.  Soc.  Bengal,  vol.  xi,  p.  283,  1841. 

Ibex  sakin,  Hodgson,  Journ.  Asiat.  Soc.  Bengal,  vol.  xvi,  p.  700, 1847. 

Capra  sakin,  Blanford,  Fanna  Brit.  India,  Mamm.  p.  504,  1891. 

Capra  sibirica  sacin,  Lydekker,  Wild  Oxen,  Sheep,  and  Goats,  p.  284, 
1898,  Proc.  Zool.  Soc.  1901,  vol.  i,  p.  91,  pi.  x,  Game  Animals  of 
India,  etc.  p.  119,  1907 ;  Ward,  Eecords  of  Big  Game,  ed.  6, 
p.  369,  1910. 

This  race,  which  inhabits  the  mountains  bordering  the 
northern  and  eastern  sides  of  the  Valley  of  Kashmir,  from 
which  it  may  extend  eastwards  and  northwards,  is  distin- 
guished by  the  light  colour  of  the  back  and  the  lower  part  of 
the  back  of  the  neck,  which,  with  the  exception  of  a  narrow 
light  brown  dorsal  stripe,  is  pale  brownish  or  creamy  white. 

27.— 12.  10.  31.  60.     Skull  and  horns.     Kashmir. 


14          CATALOGUE  OF  THE  HUME  BEQUEST 

28.— 12.  10.  31.  59.  Skull  and  horns,  belonging  to  the 
Kashmir  or  an  allied  race.  Mushnai,  Khagan,  between 
Kashmir  and  Afghanistan. 

B. — Lahul  Race. 
Capra  sibiriea  niippii. 

Capra  sibiriea  filippii,  Camerano,  Atti  Ac.  Sci.  Torino,  vol.  xlvL 
p.  199,  1911. 

Distinguished  from  the  Balti  and  allied  races  by  horn- 
characters. 

29.— 12.  10.  31.  61.  Skull  and  horns.  Sutlej  Valley 
above  Eampur. 

The  following  specimens  may  belong  to  this  race  :— 

30.— 12.  10.  31.  58.  Skull  and  horns.  Upper  Shyok 
Valley,  Nubra,  north  of  Leh ;  collected  by  Mr.  Ney  Elias. 
This,  the  best  ibex-head  in  the  collection,  stands  No.  39  in 
Mr.  Ward's  list.  The  horns  measure  48J  inches  in  length 
and  9|  in  girth,  with  a  tip-to  tip  interval  of  30J  inches.  The 
record  length  for  Asiatic  ibex  (Tian  Shan  race)  is  58  inches. 

31.— 12. 10.  31.  57.  Skull  and  horns.  Near  Leh ;  collected 
by  Mr.  Elias. 

THE  MARKHOR. 

CAPRA  FALCONERI. 

-Sjgoceros  (Capra)  falconeri,  Wagner,  Munch,  gelehrt.  Anzeigei\ 
vol.  ix,  p.  430,  1839. 

Capra  falconeri,  Wagner,  in  Hugel's  Kasckmir,  vol.  iv,  579,  1848; 
Blanford,  Fauna  Brit.  India,  Mamm.  p.  505,  1891 ;  Lydekker, 
Wild  Oxen,  Sheep,  and  Goats,  p.  286,  1898,  Game  Animals  of 
India,  etc.  p.  121,  1907;  Ward,  Becords  of  Big  Game,  ed.  6, 
p.  360,  1910. 

All  the  forms  of  wild  goats  with  the  horns  twisted  in 
screw-like  or  corkscrew-like  fashion  are  included  under  this 
specific  title ;  the  variation  in  the  shape  of  the  horns  being 
taken  for  the  basis  of  division  into  local  races,  at  least  some 
of  which  appear  to  intergrade. 


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A.— Astor  Markhor. 
Capra  faleoneri  faleoneri. 

In  this,  the  typical,  race  the  horns  form  a  more  open 
spiral  and  are  more  divergent  than  in  any  of  the  others  ; 
their  length  being  also  great,  although  not  the  maximum. 

32.— 12.  10.  31.  55.  Frontlet  and  horns  (fig.  7).  Astor. 
In  this  specimen,  which  stands  No.  43  in  Mr.  Ward's  list,  the 


FIG.  7.  —  FRONTLET  AND  HORNS  OF  ASTOR  MARKHOR  (Capra  faleoneri 

faleoneri). 
From  Ward's  Records  of  Big  Game. 

horns  measure  49  inches  in  length  along  the  curve,  35  inches 
in  a  straight  line,  and  14  in  girth,  with  a  tip-to-tip  interval 
of  44  inches. 

33.— 12.  10.  31.  54.  Skull  and  horns,  provisionally 
referred  to  this  race.  In  Mr.  Hume's  MS.  list  this  specimen 
is  stated  to  come  from  Astor ;  but  in  Mr.  Ward's  list,  where 
it  stands  No.  18,  the  locality — on  Mr.  Hume's  own  statement 
—is  given  as  uncertain.  The  horns  measure  54^  inches  along 
the  curve  and  10J  in  girth,  with  a  tip-to-tip  interval  of 
26J  inches. 


16          CATALOGUE  OF  THE  HUME  BEQUEST 

B.— Pir-Panjal  Markhor. 
Capra  falconer!  eashmiriensis. 

Capra  falconer!  eashmiriensis,  LydeJclcer,  Wild  Oxen,  Sheep,  and 
Goats,  p.  290,  1898,  Game  Animals  of  India,  etc.  p.  124,  1907  ; 
Ward,  Records  of  Big  Game,  ed.  6,  p.  360,  1910. 


FIG.  8. — SKULL  AND  HORNS  OF  PIR-PANJAL  MAEKHOB  (Capra 

falconeri  eashmiriensis). 
From  Ward's  Records  of  Big  Game. 

The  horns  form  a  less  open  spiral  than  in  the  typical 
race,  and  in  fine  examples  show  two  complete  turns.  There 
is  probably  a  gradation  from  this  race  to  the  Astor  markhor 


OF  INDIAN   BIG   GAME 


17 


on  the  one  hand  and  the  Cabul  markhor  on  the  other.  The 
habitat  is  typically  the  Pir  Panjal  Kange  on  the  southern 
side  of  the  Kashmir  Valley,  but  also  includes  the  Kaj-nag 
Eange,  on  the  western  side  of  the  Jhelam. 

34.— 12.  10.  31.  56.  Skull  and  horns  (fig.  8).  Pir  Panjal. 
This  specimen  is  No.  53  in  Mr.  Ward's  list.  The  horns 
measure  48  inches  along  the  curve,  37f  in  a  straight ,  line, 
and  12£  in  girth,  with  a  tip-to-tip  interval  of  29  inches. 
The  record  length  for  this  race  is  63  inches. 

C.— Gilgit  or  Hazara(?)  Markhor. 

Capra  faleoneri,  subsp. 

35.— 12.  10.  31.  86.  Frontlet  and  horns  (fig.  9).  Locality 
unknown.  In  regard  to  this  specimen  Mr.  Hume  com- 


FIG.  9.— FRONTLET  AND  HORNS  OP  GILGIT  OR  HAZARA  (?)  MARKHOR 

(Capra  faleoneri,  subsp.). 
From  Ward's  Records  of  Big  Game. 

C 


18          CATALOGUE  OF  THE  HUME  BEQUEST 

municated  the  following  note:* — "The  horns  of  this  form, 
hitherto  never  seen  on  the  entire  skull,  but  usually  on  the 
frontal  bone  only,  are  brought  down  occasionally  to  Peshawar 
from  Cabul,  and  again  find  their  way  sometimes  into  the 
Srinagar  bazaar.  They  come  from  the  west  and  from  a  long 
way  off,  and  that  is  all  that  can  usually  be  learned  about 
them.  They  belong  to  the  cork-screw  group,  but  differ  from 
those  of  the  two  preceding  races  in  being  much  slenderer, 
and  also  in  the  greater  number  of  turns  put  in  by  their  main 
ridge  in  any  given  length  of  horn  measured  straight  from 
base  to  tip.  In  this  respect  they  are  to  the  Pir  Panjal  and 
Astor  races  what  the  Suleman  Eange  ones  are  to  those  of  the 
Cabul  Mountains.  The  horns  make  a  regular  V,  broader  or 
narrower,  but  the  tip-to-tip  measurement  never,  I  believe, 
exceeds  the  length  straight,  and  usually,  I  think,  falls  at 
least  one-sixth  short  of  this.  The  Cabuli  from  whom  the 
specimen  was  purchased  said  that  he  believed  they  came 
from  Hazara ;  at  the  time  I  thought  that  he  meant  British 
Hazara,  but  I  now  believe  he  meant  Afghan  Hazara.  I  have 
often  thought  that  perhaps  they  come  from  Kafiristan,  and 
that  they  form  a  connecting  link  between  the  Pir  Panjal  and 
Cabul  races." 

On  the  other  hand,  the  intermediate  character  of  the 
horns  is  suggestive  of  the  Gilgit  district. 

D.— Cabul  Markhor. 
Capra  falconer!  megaeeros. 

Capra  megaeeros,  Hutton,  Calcutta  Journ.  Nat.  Hist.  vol.  ii,  p.  535, 

1842. 
Capra  falconer!  megaeeros,  Lydekker,  Wild  Oxen,  Sheep,  and  Goats, 

p.  293,  1898,  Proc.  Zool.   Soc.,  1902,   p.   323,  pi.  xxvii,   Game 

Animals  of  India,  etc.  p.  127, 1907  ;  Ward,  Records  of  Big  Game, 

ed.  6,  p.  367,  1910. 

The  markhor  inhabiting  the  mountain  ranges  of  northern 
Afghanistan  forms  another  stage  in  the  gradation  from  the 
Astor  to  the  Suleman  race,  its  horns  being  intermediate 
between  those  of  the  latter  and  those  of  the  Pir  Panjal  race, 
In  full-grown  bucks,  although  nearly  straight,  they  form  a 

*  See  Lydekker,  Game  Animals  of  India,  etc.  p.  126. 


OF  INDIAN   BIG  GAME 


19 


slightly  open  spiral,  or,  in  other  words,  show  a  tendency 
towards  the  cork-screw  type  so  conspicuous  in  the  preceding 
races.  It  is  probable,  indeed,  that  a  complete  gradation 
may  be  found  from  the  Fir  Panjal  to  the  Suleman  type  by 


FIG.  10.— SKULL  AND  HORNS  OF  GABUL  MARKHOK  (Capra  falconeri 

megaceros). 
From  Ward's  Records  of  Big  Game. 

means   of  the   present  form,   especially   as   represented  in 
Chitral. 

36.— 12. 10.  31.  51.  Skull  and  horns  (fig.  10).  Afghanistan. 
In  this  specimen,  which  stands  No.  12  in  Mr.  Ward's  list, 
the  horns  measure  32  inches  in  a  straight  line  and  10  in 
girth,  with  a  tip-to-tip  interval  of  27J  inches. 


c  2 


20 


CATALOGUE  OF  THE  HUME  BEQUEST 


E. — Suleman  Markhor. 
Capra  falconer!  jerdoni. 

Capra  jerdoni,  Hume,  Proc.  Asiat.  Soc.  Bengal,  1874,  p.  240. 

Capra  falconer!  jerdoni,  LydeJcker,  Wild    Oxen,  Sheep,  and    Goats, 

p.  294,  1898,  Game  Animals  of  India,  etc.  p.  130,  1907  ;  Ward, 

Records  of  Big  Game,  ed.  6,  p.  367,  1910. 

In  the  markhor  of  the  Suleman  and  other  Trans-Indus 
districts,  including  Quetta,  the  horns  are  relatively  short  and 


FIG.  11. —  SKULL  AND  HORNS  OF  SULEMAN  MARKHOR  (Capra  falconeri 

jerdoni}. 
From  Ward's  Records  of  Big  Game. 

form  a  regular  straight  cone,  on  the  surface  of  which  the 
front  and  hind  keels  are  wound  in  a  sharp  spiral,  forming  in 


OF  INDIAN   BIG   GAME  21 

good  specimens  two  to  three  complete  turns.  The  bodily 
size  is  less  than  in  the  typical  and  Pir  Panjal  races. 

It  is  probable  that  either  one  or  other  of  the  following 
specimens,  or  one  of  those  presented  to  the  Museum  by 
Mr.  Hume  in  1891  is  the  type  of  this  race. 

37.— 12.  10.  31.  52.  Skull  and  horns  (fig.  11).  Dehra 
Ghazi  Khan,  Suleman  Eange.  In  this  specimen,  which  stands 
No.  22  in  Mr.  Ward's  list,  the  length  of  the  horns  in  a  straight 
line  is  26|  inches,  the  girth  11J,  and  the  tip-to-tip  interval 
22^  inches.  The  record  length  for  the  Suleman  race  is 
48J  inches,  in  a  single  horn  in  the  collection  of  the  Museum. 

38.— 12.  10.  31.  53.  Skull  and  horns.  Dehra  Ismail 
Khan.  Length  of  horns  25  J  inches ;  tip  to  tip  22  inches. 


THE  TAHR. 

HEMITEAGUS  JEMLAICUS. 

Capra  jemlanica  (jemlahica  on  plate),  Hamilton  Smith,  in  Griffith's 
Animal  Kingdom,  vol.  iv,  p.  308,  1827. 

Capra  jemlahica,  H.  Smith,  op.  cit.,  vol.  v,  p.  358,  1827. 

Capra  jharal,  Hodgson,  Asiat.  Research.,  vol.  xviii,  pp.  2,  129,  1833. 

Capra  quadrimammis,  Hodgson,  Journ.  Asiat.  Soc.  Bengal,  vol.  iv, 
p.  710,  1835. 

Hemitragus  quadrimammis,  vel  jharal,  Hodgson,  Journ.  Asiat.  Soc. 
Bengal,  vol.  x,  p.  913,  1841. 

Hemitragus  jemlaicus,  Gray,  Cat.  Osteol.  Brit.  Mus.  p.  60,  1847; 
Blanford,  Fauna  Brit.  India,  Mamm.  p.  509,  1891  ;  LydekJcer, 
Wild  Oxen,  Sheep,  and  Goats,  p.  298,  1898,  Game  Animals  of 
India,  etc.  p.  134,  1907  ;  Ward,  Records  of  Big  Game,  ed.  6, 
p.  355,  1910 ;  Pocock,  Proc.  Zool.  Soc.  1910,  p.  866. 

39.— 12.  10.  31.  45.  Skull  and  horns.  Kumaon.  This 
specimen  stands  No.  9  in  Mr.  Ward's  list.  Length  of  horns 
14J-,  girth  8J-,  tip  to  tip  6|  inches.  The  record  length  is 
inches. 

40.— 12.  10.  31.  46.  Skull  and  horns.  Mula-danpur, 
Kumaon  ;  collected  by  Mr.  N.  Troup. 

41.— 12.  10.  31.  47.  Skull  and  horns.  Mula-danpur; 
collected  by  Mr.  Troup. 


CATALOGUE  OF  THE  HUME  BEQUEST 

THE  NILGIRI  TAHR. 

HEMITRAGUS  HYLOCRIUS. 

Kemas  hylocrius,  Ogilby,  Proc.  Zool.  Soc.  1837,  p.  81. 

Hemitragus  hylocrius,  Blyth,  Journ.  Asiat.  Soc.  Bengal,  vol.  xxviii, 
p.  291,  1859;  Blanford,  Fauna  Brit.  India,  Mamm.  p.  511, 
1891;  Lydekker,  Wild  Oxen,  Sheep,  and  Goats,  p.  303,  1898, 
Game  Animals  of  India,  etc.  p.  137,  1907 ;  Ward,  Records  of 
Big  Game,  ed.  6,  p.  358,  1910. 

42.— 12.  10.  31.  48.  Mounted  head.  Near  Utacamund, 
Mlgiris  ;  collected  by  Mr.  Ehodes  Morgan.  In  this  specimen, 
which  stands  No.  3  in  Mr.  Ward's  list,  the  horns  measure 
16|  inches  in  length  and  8f  in  girth,  with  a  tip-to-tip  interval 
of  5|  inches.  The  record  length  is  17^-  inches. 

43.— 12. 10.  31.  50.  Skull  and  horns.  Travancore  Hills ; 
collected  by  Mr.  A.  W.  Turner.  Length  of  horns  13*  inches. 

44.— 12. 10.  31.  49.  Skull  and  horns.  Near  Utacamund ; 
collected  by  Mr.  Morgan. 

THE  TAKIN. 

BUDORCAS   TAXICOLOR. 


Budorcas  taxicolor,  Hodgson,  Journ.  Asiat.  Soc.  Bengal,  vol.  xix, 

p.    65,  pi.   i,   1850;    Hume,   Proc.    Zool.    Soc.   1887,    p.    483; 

LydeJcher,    Game  Animals   of  India,  etc.   p.    158,    1907,   Proc. 

Zool.  Soc.  1908,  p.  795 ;    Ward,  Records  of  Big  Game,  ed.  6, 

p.  349,  1910;    Pocock,  Journ.   Bombay  Nat.  Hist.   Soc.   1910, 

p.  814,  Proc.  Zool.  Soc.  1910,  p.  856. 
Budorcas  taxicola,    Gray,   Cat.   Ungulata  Brit.   Mus.  p.   45,  1852, 

Cat.  Ruminants  Brit.  Mus.  p.  32,  1872,  Hand-List  Ruminants 

Brit.  Mus.  p.  101,  1873. 

Mr.  Hume,  in  the  paper  cited  above,  expressed  the 
opinion  that  the  horns  of  female  takin  differ  essentially  in 
form  from  those  of  males,  this  opinion  being  based  on  a 
pair  of  horns  which  are  evidently  those  of  an  immature 
male. 

45.— 12. 10.  31.  43.  Imperfect  skull  and  horns.  Mishmi 
Hills ;  collected  by  Mr.  Needham.  This  specimen,  which  is 
probably  the  one  represented  in  figure  1  of  the  plate  accom- 
panying Mr.  Hume's  paper,  stands  No.  11  in  Mr.  Ward's 
list.  The  horns  measure  20|  inches  in  length  and  11 J  in 
girth,  with  a  tip-to-tip  interval  of  12 \  inches.  In  a  specimen 


OF  INDIAN   BIG   GAME  23 

presented  by  Mr.  Hume  to  the  Museum  in  1891  the  horn- 
length  is  20|  inches.     The  record  length  is  25  inches. 

46. — 12. 10.  31.  44.  Immature  frontlet  and  horns.  Mishmi 
Hills ;  collected  by  Mr.  Needham.  This  specimen  was 
regarded  by  Mr.  Hume  as  a  female. 


THE  SEROW,  OR  SARAO. 

CAPEICORNIS  SUMA.TRENSIS. 

Antilope  sumatraensis,  Bechstein,  Ubersicht  vierfuss.   Thiere,  vol.  i, 

p.  98,  1799. 

Antilope  sumatrensis,  Shaw,  Gen.  Zool.  vol.  ii,  pt.  2,  p.  354,  1801. 
Antilope  (Nemorhedus)    sumatrensis,  Hamilton  Smith,  in  Griffith's 

Animal  Kingdom,  vol.  iv,  p.  277,  vol.  v,  p.  352,  1827. 
Naemorhsedus   sumatrensis,  Hamilton   Smith,  Jar  dine' s  Nat.  Libr., 

Mamm,  vol.  iv,  p.  97,  1836. 
Nemorhsedus  sumatrensis,  Cantor,  Journ.  Asiat.  Soc.  Bengal,  vol.  xv, 

p.  272,  1846  ;    Blanford,   Fauna  Brit.  India,  Mamm.  p.   314 ; 

Lydekker,  Game  Animals  of  India,  etc.   p.  139,  1907  ;    Ward, 

Records  of  Big  Game,  ed.  6,  p.  345,  1910. 
Capricornis  sumatrensis,  Ogilby,  Proc,  Zool.  Soc.  1836,  p.  138  ;  Gray, 

List  Mamm.  Brit.  Mus.  pp.  xxvi  and  166,  1843. 
Capricornis  sumatraensis,  Pocock,  Proc.  Zool.  Soc.  1910,  p.  176. 

The  identification  of  the  Indian  and  Burmese  serows  with 
the  Sumatran  species  was  suggested  by  the  present  writer  in 
1900,  this  view  being  provisionally  adopted  (Proc.  Zool.  Soc. 
1908,  p.  175)  but  subsequently  abandoned  (Ibid,  1910,  p.  855) 
by  Mr.  Pocock. 

A.— Himalayan,  or  Nepal,  Serow. 
Caprieornis  sumatrensis  bubalinus. 

Antilope  thar,  Hodgson,  Gleanings  in  Science,  vol.  iii,  p.  324,  1831, 

Proc.  Zool.  Soc.  1833,  p.  105. 

Antilope  bubalina,  Hodgson,  Proc.  Zool.  Soc.  1832,  p.  12. 
Antilope  (Nemorhedus)  thar,  Hodgson,  Proc.  Zool.  Soc.  1834,  p.  86. 
Capricornis   thar,    Ogilby,   Proc.  Zool.    Soc.    1836,   p.    138;   Pocock, 

Ann.  Mag.  Nat.  Hist.  ser.  8,  vol.  i,  p.  187,    1908,  Proc.  Zool. 

Soc.  1910,  p.  855. 
Capricornis  bubalina,  Gray,  List.,  Mamm.  Brit.  Mus.  p.  166,  1843, 

Cat.   Ungulata  Brit.  Mus.  p.  Ill,  1852,  Cat.  Ruminants  Brit. 

Mus.  p.  20,  1872. 
Nemorhaedus     bubalinus,    Blanford,     Fauna     Brit.    Ind.,    Mamm. 

p.  513,  1891. 


24  CATALOGUE   OF  THE  HUME  BEQUEST 

Nemorhsedus  sumatrensis  bubalinus,  LydeJcker,  Great  and  Small 
Game  of  India,  p.  128,  1900,  Game  Animals  of  India,  etc. 
p.  139,  1907;  Ward,  Eecords  of  Big  Game,  ed.  6,  p.  346,  1910. 

Capricornis  smnatraensis  thar,  PococTc,  Proc.  Zool.  Soc.  1908,  p.  176. 

Although  thar  is  undoubtedly  the  earliest  scientific 
name  for  this  serow  (which  is  called  thar  in  Nepal),  it  is 
liable  to  lead  to  confusion  with  Hemilragus  jemlaicus. 

47.— 12.  10.  31.  35.  Skull  and  horns.  Garhwal ; 
collected  by  Mr.  F.  Wilson.  This  specimen  is  the  record 
in  the  matter  of  horn-length,  which  is  12  J  inches;  the  girth 
of  the  horns  being  6£,  and  the  tip-to-tip  interval  2f  inches. 

The  following  specimens  may  belong  either  to  this  or  to 
C.  s.  jamrachi,  Pocock  (Proc.  Zool.  Soc.,  1908,  p.  183).  It 
might  have  been  expected  that  all  the  Himalayan  serows 
east  of  Darjiling  belonged  to  the  last-named  race,  but  Mr. 
Pocock  (pp.  cit.,  p.  178)  refers  a  Sikhim  specimen  to  the 
present  one. 

48.— 12.  10.  31.  33.  Skull  and  horns.  Mishmi  Hills ; 
collected  by  Mr.  J.  Needham. 

49.— 12.  10.  31.  34.  Skull  and  horns.  Garo  Hills,  Assam  ; 
shot  by  Mr.  G.  P.  Sanderson,  author  of  Thirteen  Years 
among  the  Wild  Beasts  of  India. 

50.— 12. 1 0.  31.  89.  Skull  and  horns.  Same  locality  and 
collector.  • 

B.— Kashmir  Serow. 
Caprieornis  sumatrensis  humei. 

Capricornis  sumatraensis  humei,  Pocock,  Proc.  Zool.  Soc.  1908,  p.  178. 
Nemorhaedus   sumatrensis    humei,    Ward,   Records    of   Big    Game, 
ed.  6,  p.  346,  1910. 

Although  this  race  is  unrepresented  in  the  Hume 
Bequest,  it  is  mentioned  here  on  account  of  being  typified 
by  a  specimen  presented  by  Mr.  Hume  to  the  Museum  in 
1891. 

This  race  is  distinguished  by  the  entire  head  being 
uniformly  pale  chocolate-brown,  without  any  admixture  of 
black,  although  there  are  some  black  hairs  on  the  fore  part 
of  the  neck.  The  sides  of  the  front  of  the  lower  jaw  are 
white,  but  there  is  no  light  throat-patch. 

91.  8.  7.  95.    Mounted  head.    Type.    Kashmir.    A  second 


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specimen  referable  to  this  race  is  a  skull,  with  horns,  from 
the  Pir  Panjal  Kange,  Kashmir,  presented  to  the  Museum 
by  the  writer  in  1888.  The  length  of  the  horns  is  9J,  the 
girth  5J-,  and  the  tip-to-tip  interval  6  inches. 

C.— Arakan  Serow. 
Caprieornis  sumatrensis  rubidus. 

Capricornis  rubida,  Blyth,  Cat.  Mamm.  Mus.  Asiat.   Soc.   Bengal, 

p.  174,  1863. 
Nembrhaedus  sumatrensis  rubidus,  Lydekker,  Great  and  Small  Game 

of  India,  p.  131,  1900,  Game  Animals  of  India,  etc.  p.  143,  1907; 

Ward,  Eecords  of  Big  Game,  ed.  6,  p.  346,  1910. 
Capricornis   sumatraensis  rubidus,   Pocock,  Proc.   Zool.    Soc.    1908, 

p.  175. 

Distinguished  by  the  prevailing  red  colour  of  the  coat. 

51.— 12.  10.  31.  36.  Skull  and  horns,  Arakan;  collected 
by  Mr.  J.  D.  Mercer.  This  specimen  is  the  record  for  this 
race,  the  length  of  the  horns  being  9^,  the  girth  5,  and  the 
tip-to-tip  interval  5J  inches. 

52.— 12. 10.  31.  37.  Skull  and  horns.  Same  locality  and 
collector. 

D.— Sze-chuan  Serow. 

Caprieornis  sumatrensis  milne-edwardsi. 

Capricornis  milne-edwardsi,  David,  Arch.  Mus.  Paris,  Bull,  vol.  v, 

p.  10,  1869. 

Nemorhedus  edwardsii,  Anderson,  Zool.  Yunnan  Exped.  p.  335,  1878. 
Nemorhsedus  sumatrensis  milne-edwardsi,  LydeTclter,  Game  Animals 

of  India,  etc.  p.  143,  1907. 
Capricornis   sumatraeiisis  milne-edwardsi,   PococTc,  Proc.   Zool.   Soc. 

1908,  p.  175. 

Characterised  by  the  rufous  shanks,  coupled  with  the 
uniformly  blackish  brown  colour  of  the  whole  of  the  upper- 
parts. 

53.— 12.  10.  31.  38.  Skull  and  horns.  Tho  Toungyen 
Valley,  above  Myawadi,  Burma. 

54.— 12.  10.  31.  39.  Frontlet  and  horns.  Pabya  Hill 
(600  ft.),  76  miles  S.S.W.  of  Moulmein,  Lower  Burma. 

55.— 12. 10.  31.  40.  Frontlet  and  horns.  Dorngin  Hill, 
north  of  Moulmein. 


26          CATALOGUE  OF  THE  HUME  BEQUEST 

THE  GORAL. 

NEMORILEDUS  GORAL. 

Antilope  goral,  HardwicTce,  Trans.  Linn.  Soc.,  Zool.  vol.  xiv,  p.  518, 

pi.  xiv,  1825. 
Antilope  (Nemorhedus)  goral,  Hodgson,  Proc.  Zool.  Soc.  1834,  p.  85, 

Journ.  Asiat.  Soc.  Bengal,  vol.  iv,  p.  488,  1835. 
Kemas  goral,  Ogilby,  Proc.  Zool.  Soc.  1836,  p.  138  ;  Hodgson,  Journ. 

Asiat.  Soc.  Bengal,  vol.  xvi,  p.  607,  1847. 
Nemorhedus  goral,  Gray,  List  Mamm.  Brit.  Mus.  p.  166,  1843,  Cat. 

Ungulata  Brit.  Mus.  p.  112,  1852,  Cat.  Ruminants  Brit.  Mus. 

p.  41,  1872;  Horsfield,  Cat.  E.  Indian  Mus.  p.  168,  1851. 
Cemas  goral,  Blanford,  Fauna  Brit.  India,  Mamm.  p.  516,  1891. 
Urotragus  goral,  Lydekker,  Great  and  Small  Game  of  India,  p.  136, 

1900. 
Urotragus  bedfordi,  Lydekker,  Zoologist,  1905,  p.  83  ;  Ward,  Records 

of  Big  Game,  ed.  6,  p.  342,  1910. 
Naemorhedus  goral,  Pococlc,  Proc.  Zool.  Soc.  1908,  p.  192. 

In  employing  Nemorlicedus  for  the  gorals  instead  of  the 
serows,  the  writer  has  followed  Mr.  Pocock,  although  he  con- 
siders such  a  change  much  to  be  deprecated,  especially  as  in 
Hamilton  Smith's  original  description  the  name  N.  suma- 
trensis  stands  first.  As  regards  the  spelling  of  the  name, 
Ncemorhedus  is  etymologically  wrong,  as  the  word  is  derived 
from  nemus  (gen.  nemoris),  a  wood,  and  hcedus,  a  young  goat. 
Hamilton  Smith  himself  seems  to  have  been  uncertain  with 
regard  to  the  spelling,  as  on  p.  277  of  vol.  iv.  of  the  "  Animal 
Kingdom,"  he  has  Nsemorhsedine  Group,  while  in  the  fifth 
volume  he  employed  Ncemorhedus,  and  in  the  "  Naturalists' 
Library,"  Ncemor/iccdus. 

The  following  specimens  may  belong  either  to  the  present 
species  or  to  N.  hodgsoni,  Pocock  (Proc.  Zool.  Soc.  1908, 
p.  195). 

56.— 12.  10.  31.  41.  Skull  and  horns.  Near  Masuri, 
Garhwal.  In  this  specimen,  which  stands  No.  14  in  Mr. 
Ward's  list,  the  horns  measure  7£  inches  in  length  by  3  in 
girth,  with  a  tip-to-tip  interval  of  2|  inches.  The  record 
length  for  goral-horns  is  9J  inches. 

57.— 12.  10.  31.  42.     Skull  and  horns.     Kumaon. 


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THE  NILGAI. 

BOSELAPHUS   TRAGOCAMELUS. 

Antilope  tragocamelus,  Pallas,  Misc.  Zool.  p.  5,  1766,  Spicilegia 
Zoologica,  fasc.  i,  p.  9,  1767,  fasc.  xii,  p.  13,  1777. 

Antilope  picta,  Pallas,  Spic.  Zool.  fasc.  xii,  p.  14,  1777. 

Portax  tragocamelus,  Gray,  Proc.  Zool.  Soc.  1850,  p.  146,  Cat. 
Ungulata  Brit.  Mus.  p.  141,  1852. 

Boselaphus  tragocamelus,  Sclater,  List.  Anim.  Zool.  Gardens,  ed.  8, 
p.  137,  1883;  Flower  and  Garson,  Cat.  Osteol.  Mus.  R.  Coll. 
Surgeons,  pt.  ii,  p.  260,  1884;  Blanford,  Fauna  Brit.  India, 
Mamm.  p.  517,  1891 ;  Sclater  and  Thomas,  Book  of  Antelopes, 
vol.  iv,  p.  93,  1900 ;  Lydekker,  Game  Animals  of  India,  etc. 
p.  164,  1907 ;  Ward,  Records  of  Big  Game,  ed.  6,  p.  303,  1910. 

58.— 12.  31.  10.  15.  Skull  and  horns.  Oudh.  In  this 
specimen,  which  stands  No.  10  in  Mr.  Ward's  list,  the  horns 
measure  9  inches  in  length  by  6|  in  girth,  with  a  tip-to-tip 
interval  of  3J  inches.  The  record  length  is  10  inches. 

59.— 12.  31.  10.  16.     Skull  and  horns.     Oude. 


THE  CHOUSINGHA,  OR  FOUR-HORNED  ANTELOPE. 

TETKACEROS  QUADRICORNIS. 

Cerophorus  (Cervicapra)  quadricornis,  Blainville,  Bull.  Soc.  Philom. 

1816,  pp.  75,  78. 
Antilope  quadricornis,  Desmarest,  Nouv.  Diet.   d'Hist.  Nat.  ser.  2, 

vol.  ii,  p.  193,  1816. 
Antilope    (Tetraceros)   quadricornis,   Hamilton    Smith,   in  Griffiths' 

Anim.  King.  vol.  iv,  p.  256,  vol.  v,  p.  845,  1827. 
Tetraceros  quadricornis,  Gray,  List  Mamm.  Brit.  Mus.  p.  159,  1843, 

Cat.  Hodgson  Coll.  p.  26,  1846 ;  Blanford,  Fauna  Brit.  India, 

Mamm.  p.  519,  1891 ;  Sclater  and  Thomas,  Book  of  Antelopes, 

vol.  i,  p.  215,  1895  ;   Lydekker,   Game  Animals  of  India,  etc. 

p.  171,  1907 ;   Ward,  Records  of  Big   Game,  ed.  6,  p.  302,  1910; 

Pocock,  Proc.  Zool.  Soc.  1910,  p.  921. 

It  is  doubtful  if  the  two-horned  form  known  as  T.  q.  sub- 
quadricornutus  really  indicates  a  distinct  race.  Although 
formerly  classed  next  to  the  African  duikerboks  (Cephalophus), 
the  chousingha  is  now  regarded  as  a  near  relative  of  the 
nilgai. 

60-62.— 12.  10.  31.  94-96.  Three  skulls,  with  horns. 
Localities  unknown. 


28          CATALOGUE  OF  THE  HUME  BEQUEST 

THE   CHIRU,  OR  TIBETAN  ANTELOPE. 

PANTHOLOPS  HODGSONI. 

Antilope   hodgsoni,  Abel,   Calcutta  Govt.  Gazette,  vide   Phil.   Mag. 

vol.  Ixviii,  p.  234,  1826,  Edinburgh  Journ.  Sci.  vol.  vii,  p.  164, 

1827. 
Pantholops  hodgsoni,  Hodgson,  Proc.  Zool.  Soc.  1834,  p.  80,  Journ. 

Asiat.  Soc.  Bengal,  vol.  xi,  p.  282,  1842,  Calcutta  Journ.  Nat. 

Hist.  vol.  iv,  p.  291,    1844;    Gray,  Cat.   Ungulata  Brit.   Mus. 

p.  52, 1852 ;  Blanford,  Fauna  Brit.  India,  Mamm.  p.  524,  1891 ; 

Sclater  and  Thomas,  Book  of  Antelopes,  vol.  iii,  p.  45,  pi.  ii,  1897  ; 

Lydekker,  Game  Animals   of  India,  etc.  p.   184,  1907 ;   Ward, 

Records  of  Big  Game,  ed.  6,  p.  233,  1910 ;  Pocock,  Proc.  Zool. 

Soc.  1910,  p.  898. 

This  species,  the  sole  representative  of  its  genus,  is 
remarkable  for  having  only  two  pairs  of  premolars  in 
each  jaw. 

63.— 12.  10.  31.  20.  Skull  and  horns.  North  of  Beansi 
Pass,  Kumaon ;  collected  by  Mr.  Norman  Troup.  This 
specimen  stands  No.  1  in  Mr.  Ward's  list.  Length  of 
horns  27f,  girth  6  J,  tip-to-tip  interval  13  J  inches. 

64.— 12. 10.  31.  21.  Skull  and  horns.  Same  locality  and 
collector.  No.  3  in  Mr.  Ward's  list.  Length  of  horns  27-J, 
girth  5£,  tip-to-tip  interval  15J. 

65.— 12.  10.  31.  22.  Skull  and  horns.  Same  locality 
and  collector. 


THE  BLACKBUCK,   OR  INDIAN  ANTELOPE. 

ANTILOPE  CERVICAPRA. 

Capra  cervicapra,  Linn.,  Syst.  Nat.  ed.  10,  vol.  i,  p.  17,  ed.  12,  vol.  i, 
p.  96,  1766. 

Antilope  cervicapra,  Pallas,  Misc.  Zool.,  p.  9,  1766;  Spicil.  Zool. 
fasc.  viii,  p.  18,  1767,  vol.  xii,  p.  19,  1777;  Blanford,  Fauna 
Brit.  India,  Mamm.  p.  591,  1891 ;  Sclater  and  Thomas,  Book 
of  Antelopes,  vol.  iii,  p.  5,  pi.  xlviii,  1897;  Lydekker,  Game 
Animals  of  India,  etc.  p.  175,  1907;  Ward,  Records  of  Big 
Game,  ed.  6,  p.  235,  1910 ;  Pocock,  Proc.  Zool.  Soc.  1910,  p.  894. 

Cervicapra  bezoartica,  Gray,  List  Mamm.  Brit.  Mus.  p.  159,  1843. 

Antilope  bezoartica,  Gray,  Proc.  Zool.  Soc.  1850,  p.  117,  Cat.  Ungu- 
lata Brit.  Mus.  p.  66,  1852 ;  Jerdon,  Mamm.  India,  p.  275, 1867. 

66.— 12. 10.  31. 18.  Skull  and  horns  (fig.  12).  Gurgaon, 
near  Delhi.  In  this  beautiful  head,  which  stands  No.  3 
in  Mr.  Ward's  list,  the  horns  measure  28J  inches  in  a 


OF  INDIAN   BIG   GAME  29 

straight   line,  with   a   girth   of  5    inches,  and   a   tip-to-tip 
interval  of  17f  inches. 

67.— 12.  10.  31.  17.     Skull  and  horns.     Sirsa,  Punjab 
shot  by  Mr.  Hume.     Stands  No.  13  in  Mr.  Ward's  list.    The 


FIG.  12. — SKULL  AND  HORNS  OF  BLACKBUCK  (Antilope  cervicapra). 
From  Ward's  Records  of  Big  Game. 

horns  measure  26 J  inches  in  length,  by  5  in  girth,  with  a 
tip-to-tip  interval  of  17J-  inches. 


30          CATALOGUE  OF  THE  HUME  BEQUEST 

68.— 12.  10.  31.  19.  Skull  and  horns.  Gurgaon ;  col- 
lected by  Mr.  W.  Chill. 

69.— 12.  10.  31.  26.  Skull  and  horns  of  female.  Gurgaon. 
Females  are  normally  hornless;  and  in  this  instance  the 
horns  curve  outwards  and  downwards  in  an  altogether 
peculiar  manner.  The  specimen  is  figured  in  The  Book  of 
Antelopes,  vol.  iii.,  p.  14. 


THE  CHINKARA,   OR  INDIAN  GAZELLE. 

GAZELLA  BENNETTI. 

Antilope  bennettii,  Sylcea,  Proc.  Zool.  Soc.  1831,  p.  104. 

Gazella  bennettii,  Gray,  List  Mamm.  Brit.  Mus.  p.  161,  1843. 

Gazella  bennetti,  Blanford,  Fauna  Brit.  India,  Mamm.  p.  526,  1891 ; 
Sclater  and  Thomas,  Book  of  Antelopes,  vol.  iii,  p.  119,  pi.  Ix, 
1898 ;  Lydekker,  Game  Animals  of  India,  etc.  p.  201, 1907  ;  Ward, 
Records  'of  Big  Game,  ed.  6,  p.  249,  1910. 

70.— 12.  10.  31.  23.  Skull  and  horns.  Gurgaon,  near 
Delhi ;  collected  by  Mr.  Hume.  No.  20  in  Mr.  Ward's  list. 
Length  of  horns  12f ,  girth  4£,  tip  to  tip  5  inches. 

71.— 12.  10.  31.  24.     Skull  and  horns.     Delhi. 

72.— 12.  10.  31.  25.  Skull  and  horns.  Gurgaon; 
collected  by  Mr.  W.  Chill. 

73.— 12. 10.  31.  72.    Skull  and  horns.    Locality  unknown. 


THE  GOA,   OR  TIBETAN  GAZELLE. 

GAZELLA  PICTICAUDATA. 

Procapra  picticaudata,  Hodgson,  Journ.  Asiat.  Soc.  Bengal,  vol.  xv, 

p.  334,  pi.  ii,  1847. 
Antilope  picticaudata,    Wagner,    in    Schreber's    Sdugtliiere,  Suppl. 

vol.  v,  p.  408,  1855. 
Gazella  picticaudata,  Brooke,  Proc.  Zool.  Soc.  1873,  p.  547 ;  Sclater 

and  Thomas,  Book  of  Antelopes,  vol.  iii,  p.  71,  1898 ;  Lydekker, 

Game  Animals  of  India,  etc.  p.  189,  1907 ;  Ward,  Records  of 

Big  Game,  ed.  6,  p.  241,  1910. 

74.— 12.  10.  31.  27.  Skull  and  horns.  Hills  north  of 
Kurnaon.  No.  18  in  Mr.  Ward's  list.  Length  of  horns  12|-, 
girth  3£,  tip  to  tip  4J  inches.  In  a  skull  presented  by  Mr. 
Hume  in  1891  the  horn-length  is  13J  inches.  The  record 
length  is  14J  inches. 


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75.— 12.  10.  31.  28.  Skull  and  horns.  Dhama  Valley, 
on  northern  side  of  Beansi  Pass  ;  collected. by  Mr.  N.  Troup. 

THE  GOITRED,   OR  PERSIAN   GAZELLE. 

GAZELLA  SUBGUTTUROSA. 

Antilope  subgutturosa,  Giildenstadt,  Acta  Ac.  sci.  Petrop.  1778,  pt.  1, 
p.  251,  1780. 

Gazella  subgutturosa,  Gray,  List,  Mamm.,  Brit.  Mus.  p.  160,  1843; 
Blanford,  Fauna  Brit.  India,  Mamm.  p.  528,  1891 ;  Sclater  and 
Thomas,  Book  of  Antelopes,  vol.  iii,  p.  89,  1898 ;  Lydekker, 
Game  Animals  of  India,  etc.  p.  192,  1907 ;  Ward,  Records  of 
Big  Game,  ed.  6,  p.  246,  1910. 

It  is  possible  that  one  or  both  of  the  under-mentioned 
specimens  may  belong  to  the  allied  G.  seistanica  (Lydekker 
Nature,  vol.  Ixxxiii.,  p.  202,  1910)  of  Eastern  Persia. 

76.— 12.  10.  31.  100.  Skull  and  horns.  Pishin  Valley, 
Kelat,  Baluchistan ;  collected  by  Col.  Sir  0.  B.  St.  John. 
In  this  specimen,  which  stands  No.  6  in  Mr.  Ward's  list,  the 
horns  measure  13£  inches  in  length  by  4J  in  girth,  with  a 
tip-to-tip  interval  of  4  inches. 

77.— 12.  10.  31.  29.  Skull  and  horns.  The  horns  are 
smaller  than  those  of  the  preceding  specimen,  the  girth 
being  3f ,  and  the  tip-to-tip  3  inches.  Locality  unknown. 

THE   SAIKIK,   OR  YARKAND  GAZELLE. 

GAZELLA  YARKAXDENSIS. 

Gazella  subgutturosa  var.  yarkandensis,  Blanford,  Journ.  Asiat.  Soc. 
Bengal,  vol.  xliv,  pt.  2,  p.  112,  1879,  Zool.  2nd  Yarkand  Mission, 
Mamm.  p.  88,  pi.  xv,  1879 ;  Sclater  and  Thomas,  Book  of 
Antelopes,  vol.  iii,  p.  94,  1898;  Lydekker,  Game  Animals  of 
India,  etc.  p.  196,  1907. 

Gazella  yarcandensis,  Lydekker,  Nature,  vol.  Ixxxiii,  p.  202,  1910  ; 
Ward,  Records  of  Big  Game,  ed.  6,  p.  247,  1910. 

78.— 12.  10.  31.  30.  Frontlet  and  horns.  Plains  of 
Yarkand ;  collected  by  Mr.  A.  Dalgleish.  This  specimen 
stands  No.  2  in  Mr.  Ward's  list.  Length  of  horns  16, 
girth  15,  tip-to-tip  3£  inches.  The  record  length  is  17  inches. 

79.— 12.  10.  31.  31.  Skull  and  horns.  Same  locality 
and  collector. 

80.— 12.  10.  31.  32.  Skull  and  horns.  Same  locality 
and  collector. 


32          CATALOGUE  OF  THE  HUME  BEQUEST 

FAMILY  CERVID^E. 
THE  SHOU. 

CERVUS  WALLICHI. 

Cervus  wallichii,  Cuvier,  Ossemens  Fossiles,  ed.  4,  vol.  vi,  p.  89,  1835  ; 
Pocock,  Proc.  Zool.  Soc.  1912,  p.  574 ;  Lydekker,  Field,  vol.  cxx, 
p.  860,  1912. 

Five  Central  Asian  deer,  namely,  C.  wallichi,  from  the 
neighbourhood  of  the  Mansarowar  Lake,  C.  affinis,  of  the 
Chumbi  Valley  and  Bhutan,  C.  cashmirianus,  of  Kashmir, 
C.  macneilli,  of  Sze-chuan,  and  C.  kansuensis,  of  Kan-su,  and 
probably  Yun-nan,  constitute  a  group  of  the  typical  section 
of  the  genus,  distinct  from  the  red  deer  group  (C.  elaphus) 
on  the  one  hand,  and  the  wapiti  group  (C.  canadensis)  on  the 
other.  They  are  provisionally  allowed  specific  rank  by 
Mr.  Pocock,  but  the  present  writer  has  given  reasons  for 
regarding  affinis  as  a  local  race  of  wallichi,  and  kansuensis  as 
a  race  of  macneilli,  whilst  cashmirianus  represents  by  itself 
a  third  species. 

The  present  species,  in  this  wider  sense,  is  characterised, 
in  addition  to  the  peculiar  form  of  the  antlers,*  by  the 
extension  of  the  white  on  the  back  of  the  thighs  above  the 
root  of  the  tail  to  form  a  rump-patch,  with  little  or  no 
blackish  brown  in  front  of  the  same. 

Sikhim,  or  True,  Shou. 
Cervus  walliehi  afflnis. 

Cervus  affinis,  Hodgson,  Journ.  Asiat.  Soc.  Bengal,  vol.  x,  p.  721, 
1841 ;  Blanford,  Fauna  Brit.  India,  Mamm.  p.  537,  1891  ; 
Lydekker,  Deer  of  All  Lands,  p.  88,  1898,  Game  Animals  of 
India,  etc.  p.  215,  1907  ;  Ward,  Records  of  Big  Game,  ed.  (3, 
p.  37,  1910 ;  Pocock,  Proc.  Zool.  Soc.  1912,  p.  572. 

Distinguished  from  the  Mansarowar  C.  wallichi  wallichi 
by  the  much  smaller  size  of  the  white  rump-patch,  which  is 

*  In  the  specimen  of  the  typical  -wallichi  now  living  in  the 
Zoological  Society's  Gardens,  the  antlers  in  September  appeared  to 
be  of  the  general  type  of  those  of  the  Sikhim  shou. 


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traversed  by  a  longitudinal  dark  streak,  and  apparently  by 
the  pale  fawn-brown  (instead  of  earthy  brown)  colour. 

81.— 12.  10.  31.  4.     Skull  and  antlers  (fig.  13).     Northern 
Bhutan ;  collected  by  Mr.  L.  Mandelli.     In  this  specimen , 


FIG.  13. — SKULL  AND  ANTLERS  OF  SIKHIM  SHOU  (Cervus  wallichi  affinis). 
From  Ward's  Records  of  Big  Game. 

which  stands  No.  1  in  Mr.  Ward's  list,  the  dimensions  of  the 
antlers  are  as  follows  :  length  on  outer  curve  55},  girth  6J, 
tip-to-tip  17^,  widest  inside  span  40|^  inches. 

THE  HANGUL. 

CERVUS  CASHMIRIANUS. 

Cervus    hanglu,    Wagner,  in    Schreber's   Saiigthiere,  vol.   iv.  p.  352 

(note),  1843  ;  Pococlc,  Proc.  Zool.  Soc.  1910,  p.  566. 
Cervus  cashmeriensis,  Adams,  Proc.  Zool.  Soc.  1858,  p.  529. 

D 


34          CATALOGUE  OF  THE  HUME  BEQUEST 

Cervus  wallichii,  Jerdon,  Mamm.  India,  p.  1867,  nee  Cuvier. 

Cervus  cashmeerianus,  Falconer's  Pal.  Mem.  vol.  i,  p.  576,  1868. 

Cervus  cashmirianus,  Fitzinger,  Sitzber.  Ak.  Wien,  vol.  Ixix,  pt.  1, 
p.  586,  1874  ;  Blanford,  Fauna  Brit.  India,  Mamm.  p.  355, 
1891  ;  Lydekker,  Deer  of  All  Lands,  p.  83,  pi.  iv,  1898,  Game 
Animals  of  India,  etc.  p.  208,  1907  ;  Ward,  Records  of  Big  Game, 
ed.  6,  p.  32,  1910. 

In  addition  to  the  form  of  the  antlers,  this  species  is 
distinguished  from  the  other  members  of  the  group  by  the 
white  chin  and  lower  lip,  the  pale  fawn  muzzle,  and  the 
broadly  pointed  ears,  of  which  the  upper  margin  is  straight. 
The  white  of  the  hind-quarters  is  restricted  to  the  hind  part 
of  the  thighs,  and  does  not  extend  beyond  the  sides  of  the 
root  of  the  tail,  of  whicji  the  lower  surface  is  white  and  the 
upper  dark.  In  front  the  white  area  is  bordered  by  a  broad 
blackish  brown  band,  forming  a  patch  on  the  rump. 

82.—  12.  10.  31.  1.  Skull  and  antlers.  Sind  Valley, 
Kashmir  ;  collected  by  Mr.  A.  Dalgleish.  This  specimen  is 
No.  24  in  Mr.  Ward's  list,  the  measurements  of  the  antlers 
being  as  follows  :  length  on  outer  curve  43,  girth  6,  tip  to 
tip  20,  widest  inside  span  35  inches.  In  a  specimen  presented 
by  Mr.  Hume  to  the  Museum  in  1891  the  antler-length  is 
45|  inches  ;  the  record  length  is  48J  inches. 

83.—  12.  10.  31.  2.  Skull  and  antlers.  Same  locality  and 
collector. 

THE  YARKAND  STAG. 

YARKANDENSIS. 


Cervus  cashmirianus  yarkandensis,  Blanford,  Proc.  Zool.  Soc.  1892, 
p.  117  ;  Lydekker,  Deer  of  All  Lands,  p.  88,  1898. 

Cervus  yarkandensis,  Blanford,  Proc.  Zool.  Soc.  1893,  p.  447. 

Cervus  yarcandensis,  Lydekker,  Proc.  Zool.  Soc.  1896,  p.  933,  Game 
Animals  of  India,  etc.  p.  215,  1907;  Ward,  Records  of  Big 
Game,  ed.  6,  p.  35,  1910. 

Apart  from  a  marked  difference  in  the  form  of  the  antlers, 
this  species  is  distinguished  by  its  light  rufous  colour,  the 
presence  of  a  large  orange  rump-patch,  including  the  tail,  which 
is  also  orange,  and  by  less  blackish  brown  on  the  buttocks. 

84.—  12.  10.  31.  3.  Skull  and  antlers  (fig.  14).  Maralbashi 
Forest,  N.W.  of  Kashgar  ;  collected  by  Mr.  A.  Dalgleish. 
This  specimen  stands  fourth  in  Mr.  Ward's  list.  The 
measurements  of  the  antlers  are  :  length  on  outer  curve 


OF   INDIAN   BIG    GAME  35 

39J,  girth  6,  tip  to  tip  24£,  widest  inside  span  25  inches. 
A  second  specimen  with  rather  longer  antlers  (40^  inches)  is 
mentioned  in  the  list  as  being  in  the  Hume  collection,  but 


FIG.  14. — SKULL  AND  ANTLERS  OF  YARKAND  STAG  (Cervus  yarkandensis). 
From  Ward's  Records  of  Big  Game. 

it  may  be  one  of  those  presented  by  Mr.  Hume  to  the 
Museum  in  1891.  The  record  length  is  41 1  inches,  in  a 
specimen  (No.  92.  7.  71.  1.)  presented  to  the  Museum  by  Sir 
H.  Lennard.  The  type  specimen  is  a  skull,  with  antlers, 
presented  to  the  Museum  by  Major  C.  S.  Cumberland. 

D  2 


36          CATALOGUE  OF  THE  HUME  BEQUEST 

THE  BARASINGH,   OR  SWAMP-DEER, 

CERVUS  (KucERvus)  DUVAUCELI. 

Cervus  duvaucelii,  Cuvier,  Ossemens  Fossilcs,  ed.  3,  vol.  iv,  p.  505, 

1825. 
Eucervus  duvaucelii,  Fitzinger,  Sitzber.  Ak.  Wien,  vol.  Ixviii,  pt.  1. 

p.  356,  1873. 
Cervus  duvauceli,  Brooke,  Proc.  Zool.  Soc.  1878.  p.  905 ;  Blanford, 

Fauna  Brit.    India,   Mamm.   p.    538,    1891 ;    Lydekker,  Game 

Animals  of  India,  etc.  p.  245,  1907. 
Cervus  (Eucervus)  duvauceli,  Lydekker,  Deer  of  All  Lands,  p.  189, 

pi.  xiv,  1898 ;  Ward,  Records  of  Big  Game,  ed.  6,  p.  79,  1910  ; 

Pocock,  Proc.  Zool.  Soc.  1910,  p.  943. 

85.— 12. 10.  31.  5.  Skull  and  antlers.  Gowhati,  Assam. 
Neither  this  nor  the  following  specimen  has  antlers  sufficiently 
large  to  be  included  in  Mr.  Ward's  list. 

86.— 12.  10.  31.  6.  Skull  and  antlers.  Kheri  district, 
Oudh. 

THE  THAMIN. 

CERVUS  (EUCERVUS)  ELDI. 

Cervus  eldii,  Guthrie,  Calcutta  Journ.  Nat.  Hist.,  vol.  ii,  p.  417, 1842. 

Panolia  eldii,  Gray,  Cat.  Ungulata  Brit.  Mus.  p.  202,  1852. 

Cervus  eldi,  Beavan,  Proc.  Zool.  Soc.,  1867,  p.  759;  Blanford,  Fauna 

Brit.  India,  Mamm.  p.  541,  1891 ;  Lydekker,  Game  Animals  of 

India,  etc.  p.  252,  1907. 

Eucervus  eldi,  Garrod,  Proc.  Zool.  Soc.  1877,  p.  17. 
Cervus  (Eucervus)  eldi,  Lydekker,  Deer  of  All  Lands,  p.  195,  1898 ; 

Ward,  Records  of  Big  Game,  ed.  6,  p.  77, 1910. 
Cervus  (Panolia)  eldi,  Pocock,  Proc.  Zool.  Soc.  1910,  p.  944. 

87.— 12.  10.  31.  7.  Skull  and  antlers.  Manipur;  col- 
lected by  Mr.  Hume.  In  this  specimen,  which  stands  No.  16 
in  Mr.  Ward's  list,  the  measurements  of  the  antlers  are  as 
follows :  length  on  outside  curve  38|,  girth  6£,  tip  to 
tip  24,  widest  inside  span  30  j  inches.  The  record  length,  is 
42  inches. 

88.— 12. 10.  31.  8.     Skull  and  antlers.     Thatone,  Burma. 

THE  SAMBAR. 

CERVUS  (KusA)  UNICOLOR. 

Cervus  unicolor,  Bechstein,  Algemein.  Ubersicht  vierfiiss.  Thiere, 
vol.  i,  p.  112,  1799 ;  Blanford,  Fauna  Brit.  India,  Mamm. 
p.  543,  1891 ;  Lydekker,  Game  Animals  of  India,  etc.  p.  223, 
1907. 


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Cervus  aristotelis,  Cuvier,  Ossemens  Fossiles,  ed.  3,  vol.  iv,  p.f503, 

1825. 
Cervus  (Rusa,)  unicolor,  Hamilton  Smith,  in  Griffith's  Animal 

Kingdom,  vol.  iv,  p.  108,  1827 ;  Lydekker,  Deer  of  All  Lands, 

p.  144,  pi.  x,  1898 ;  Ward,  Records  of  Big  Game,  ed.  6,  p.  59, 

1910. 
Rusa  unicolor,  Pocock,  Proc.  Zool.  Soc.  1910,  p.  946. 

A. — Indian  Sambar. 
Cervus  unieolor  unieolor. 


FIG.  15. — SKULL  AND  ANTLERS  OF  INDIAN  SAMBAR  (Cervus  [Rusa] 

unicolor  unicolor). 
From  Ward's  Records  of  Big  Game. 


CATALOGUE  OF  THE  HUME  BEQUEST 

89.— 12.  10.  31.  9.  Skull  and  antlers  (fig.  15).  Chand 
district,  Central  Provinces.  In  this  specimen,  which  stands 
Xo.  6  in  Mr.  Ward's  list,  the  antler-measurements  are  as 
follows  :  length  on  outer  curve  46  i,  girth  6|,  tip  to  tip  24 £, 
widest  inside  span  30 J  inches.  The  record  length  is  50  J 
inches. 

B.— Malay  Sambar. 
Cervus  unieolor  equinus. 

Cervus  equinus,  Cuvier,  Ossemens  Fossiles,  ed.  3,  vol.  iv,  p.  45,  1825. 
Cervus  unieolor  equinus,  Lydvkker,  Deer  of  All  Lands,  p.  150,  pi.  xi, 

1898,  Game  Animals  of  India,  etc.  p.  232,  1907  ;  Ward,  Records 

of  Big  Game,  ed.  6,  p.  63,  1910. 

90.— 12.  10.  31.  10.  Skull  and  antlers.  Garo  Hills ;  shot 
by  Mr.  G.  P.  Sanderson. 

THE   CHITAL,   OR  AXIS  DEER. 

CERVUS  (Axis)  AXIS. 

Cervus  axis,  Erxleben,  Syst.  Eegn.  Animal,  p.  312,  1777  ;  Blanford, 
Fauna  Brit.  India,  Mamm.  p.  546,  1891 ;  Lydekker,  Game 
Animals  of  India,  etc.  p.  233,  1907;  Ward,  Records  of  Big 
Game,  ed.  6,  p.  68,  1910. 

Cervus  (Axis)  axis,  Hamilton  Smith,  in  Griffith's  Animal  Kingdom, 
vol.  iv,  p.  117,  1827. 

Axis  maculata,  Gray,  List  Mamm.  Brit.  Mus.  p.  178,  1843. 

Cervus  (Rusa)  axis,  *Ly  decker,  Deer  of  All  Lands,  p.  179,  1898. 

Axis  (Axis)  axis,  PococJc,  Proc.  Zool.  Soc.  1910,  p.  948. 

91.  - 12.  10.  31.  11.  Skull  and  antlers  (fig.  16).  Dehra 
Dun.  The  length  of  the  antlers,  according  to  Mr.  Hume's 
measurement,  is  38^  inches  on  one  side  and  36|  on  the  other. 
The  record  length  is  39  inches. 

92.— 12.  10.  31.  12.  Skull  and  antlers.  Basim  district, 
Berar.  This  specimen  is  No.  9  in  Mr.  Ward's  list.  Length 
of  antlers  37^,  girth  4J,  tip  to  tip  24|  inches. 

THE  PARA,   OR  HOG-DEER, 

CERVUS  (HYELAPHUS)  PORCINUS. 

Cervus  porcinus,  Zimmermann,  Species  Zool.  Geogr.  Quadr.  p.  552, 
1777 ;  Blanford,  Fauna  Brit.  India,  Mamm.  p.  549,  1891 ; 
LydeTeJcer,  Game  Animals  of  India,  etc.  p.  241,  1907. 

Cervus  (Axis)  porcinus,  Hamilton  Smith,  in  Griffith's  Animal  King- 
dom, vol.  iv,  p.  197,  1827. 


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39 


Axis  porcinus,  Jardine,  Nat.  Library,  Mamm.  vol.  iii,  p.  196,  1835. 
Cervus  (Hyelaphus)  porcinus,  Sundevall,  K.  SvensJca  Vet.  AJc.  Handl. 

1844,  p.  181,  1846 ;  Ward,  Records  of  Big  Game,  ed.  6,  p.  70, 

1910. 

Hyelaphus  porcinus,  Gray,  List  Osteol.  Brit.  Mus.  p.  67,  1847. 
Cervus  (Eusa)  porcinus,  Lydekker,  Deer  of  All  Lands,  p.  175,  1898. 
Axis  (Hyelaphus)  porcinus,  PococJc,  Proc.  Zool.  Soc.  1910,  p.  950. 


FIG.  16. — SKULL  AND  ANTLERS  OF  CHITAL  (Cervus  [Axis']  axis). 
From  Ward's  Records  of  Big  Game. 

93.— 12. 10.  31. 13.  Frontlet  and  antlers.  Bulundshahr, 
Ganges  Khadir,  Eohilkhand  ;  collected  by  Mr.  Hume.  This 
specimen  stands  No.  14  in  Mr.  Ward's  list ;  length  of  antlers 

,  girth  3J,  tip  to  tip  9J  inches.     The  Museum  possesses 


40          CATALOGUE  OF  THE  HUME  BEQUEST 

a   Burmese  specimen  (No.  1.9.7. 2.),  in  which  the  antler- 
length  is  21 1  inches ;  the  record  length  being  23 £  inches. 


THE  MUNTJAC. 

CERVULUS  MUNTJAC. 

Cervus  muntjac,  Zimmermann,  Geogr.  Geschichte,  vol.  ii,  p.  131, 1780. 

Muntiacus  muntjac,  Bafinesque  Analyse  Nature,  p.  56,  1815. 

Cervulus  muntjac,  Blainville,  Bull.  Soc.  Phi-lorn-.  1816,  p.  77 ;  Plan- 
ford,  Fauna  Brit.  India,  Mamm.  p.  532,  1891 ;  Lydekker,  Deer 
of  All  Lands,  p.  203,  1898,  Game  Animals  of  India,  etc.  p.  257, 
1907  ;  Ward,  Records  of  Big  Game,  ed.  6,  p.  80,  1910 ;  Pocock, 
Proc.  Zool.  Soc.  1910,  p.  952. 

94.— 12.  10.  31. 14.  Skull  and  antlers.  Berar.  In  this 
specimen,  which  stands  No.  13  in  Mr.  Ward's  list,  the  antlers 
measure  6J  inches  in  length  by  3  in  girth,  with  a  tip-to-tip 
interval  of  3|  inches;  the  record  length  is  10-f  inches. 


THE  KASTURA,   OR  MUSK-DEER. 

MOSCHUS   MOSCHIFERUS. 

Moschus  moschiferus,  Linn.  Syst.  Nat.  ed.  12,  vol.  i,  p.  91,  1766 ; 
Blanford,  Fauna  Brit.  India,  Mamm.  p.  552,  1891 ;  Lydekker, 
Deer  of  All  Lands,  p.  311,  1898,  Game  Animals  of  India,  etc. 
p.  266,  1907 ;  Ward,  Records  of  Big  Game,  ed.  6,  p.  114,  1910  ; 
Pocock,  Proc.  Zool.  Soc.  1910,  p.  937. 

95.— 12. 10.  31.  97.  Skull.  Garhwal.  In  this  specimen 
— No.  7  in  Mr.  Ward's  list — the  length  of  the  exposed  portion 
of  the  tusk  is  3  inches;  the  maximum  recorded  length  is 
4  inches. 

96.— 12. 10.  31.  98.     Skull.     Himalaya. 


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FAMILY   RHINOCEROimffi. 

THE   GREAT  INDIAN  RHINOCEROS. 

EHINOCEROS  UNICORNIS. 

Bhinoceros  unicornis,  Linn.  Syst.  Nat.  ed.  10,  vol.  i.  p.  56,  1758, 
ed.  12,  vol.  i,  p.  104,  1766  ;  Stanford,  Fauna  Brit.  India,  Mamm. 
p.  472,  1891 ;  Lydekker,  Game  Animals  of  India,  etc.  p.  26, 
1907,  Supplement,  p.  2,  1911. 

It  may  be  well  to  mention  that  Blanford  believed  the 
range  of  this  species  to  be  mainly,  if  not  entirely,  restricted 
to  the  area  east  of  the  Tista  Eiver.  It  has,  however,  been 
pointed  out  in  the  Supplement  to  Game  Animals  of  India 
that  the  species  is  common  in  parts  of  the  Nepal  Terai, 
where  it  seems  to  be  more  abundant  than  in  Kuch-Behar 
and  Assam. 

97.— 12.  .10.  31. 105.  Mounted  head.  Locality  unknown, 
but  probably  Assam.  The  horn  is  quite  small. 


AEBICAN    SPECIMENS 

In  addition  to  the  foregoing  Asiatic  specimens,  which 
constitute  its  main  value  and  interest,  Mr.  Hume's  bequest 
included  the  following  horns  of  Somali  antelopes,  such  as  are 
commonly  offered  for  sale  to  homeward-bound  passengers  at 
Aden.  These  specimens  are  referable  to  the  following  three 
species  : — 

THE  AOUL,  OR  SOMMERRING'S  GAZELLE. 

GAZELLA  SOEMMERRINGI. 

98-99.— 12.  10.  31.  103-4.  Two  pairs  of  horns,  on  the 
frontlets.  Somaliland. 


42      CATALOGUE  OF  THE  HUME  BEQUEST  OF  INDIAN  BIG  GAME 

THE   GERENUK. 

LlTHOCKANIUS  WALLERI. 

100-101.— 12.  10.  31.  101-2.    Two  pairs  of  horns,  on  the 
frontlets.     Somaliland. 

THE  BEISA. 

OEYX  BEISA. 

102-105.— 12.  10.  31.  90-93.     Four  pairs  of  horns,  on 
the  frontlets.     Somaliland. 


INDEX 


aegagrus,  Capra,  12 
affinis,  Cervus  wallichi,  32 
ammon  hodgsoni,  Ovis,  6 
ammon  humei,  Ovis,  6 
ammon,  Ovis,  5 
ammon  poli,  Ovis,  8 
Antelope,  Indian,  28 
Antelope,  Tibetan,  28 
Antilope  bezoartica,  28 
Antilope  bubalina,  23 
Antilope  cervicapra,  28 
Antilope  picta,  27 
Antilope  thar,  23 
Aoul,  41 
Argali,  5 

Argali,  Kashgarian,  6 
Argali,  Pamir,  8 
Argali,  Tibetan,  6 
Arna,  4 

(Axis)  axis,  Cervus,  38 
axis,  Cervus  (Axis),  38 
Axis,  Deer,  38 

Barasingh,  36 
bedfordi,  Urotragus,  26 
bennetti,  Gazella,  30 
bezoartica,  Antilope,  28 
bezoartica,  Cervicapra,  28 
Beisa,  42 
beisa,  Oryx,  42 
Bharal,  11 

(Bibos)  frontalis,  Bos,  2 
(Bibos)  gaurus,  Bos,  1 
Blackbuck,  28 
blanfordi,  Ovis  vignei,  10 
blythi,  Capra  hircus,  12 
Bos  (Bibos)  frontalis,  2 
Bos  (Bibos)  gaurus,  1 
Bos  bubalis  bubalis,  4 
Bos  bubalis  fulvus,  5 
Bos  (Bubalus)  bubalis,  4 
Bos  (Poephagus)  grunniens,  3 
Boselaphus  tragocamelus,  27 
bubalina,  Antilope,  23 
bubalinus,  Capricornis  sumatren- 
sis,  23 


bubalis,  Bos  bubalis,  4 
bubalis,  Bos  (Bubalus),  4 
bubalis  fulvus,  Bos,  5 
(Bubalus)  bubalis,  Bos,  4 
Budorcas  taxicola,  22 
Budorcas  taxicolor,  22 
Buffalo,  Assam  Dun,  5 
Buffalo,  Indian,  4 
burrhel,  Ovis,  11 

Capra  aegagrus,  12 
Capra  falconeri,  14 
Capra  falconeri  subsp.,  17 
Capra  falconeri  cashmiriensis,  16 
Capra  falconeri  falconeri,  15 
Capra  falconeri  jerdoni,  20 
Capra  falconeri  megaceros,  18 
Capra  hircus  blythi,  12 
Capra  jemlahica,  21 
Capra  jemlanica,  21 
Capra  jharal,  21 
Capra  quadrimammis,  21 
Capra  sakin,  13 
Capra  sibirica,  13 
Capra  sibrica  filippii,  14 
Capra  sibirica  sacin,  13 
Capra  sibirica  sakeen,  13 
Capricornis  sumatrensis,  23 
Capricornis     sumatrensis     buba- 
linus, 23 

Capricornis  sumatrensis  humei,  24 
Capricornis    sumatrensis    milne- 

edwardsi,  25 
Capricornis  sumatrensis  rubidus, 

Capricornis  thar,  23 
cashmirianus,  Cervus,  33 
cashmiriensis,  Capra  falconeri,  16 
cervicapra,  Antilope,  28 
Cervicapra  bezoartica,  28 
Cervulus  muntjac,  40 
Cervus  (Axis)  axis,  38 
Cervus  cashmirianus,  33 
Cervus  hanglu,  33 
Cervus  (Hyelaphus)  porcinus,  38 
Cervus  (Kucervus)  duvauceli,  36 


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INDEX 


Cervus  (Rucervus)  eldi,  36 
Cervus  (Rusa)  unicolor,  36 
Cervus  unicolor  equirms,  38 
Cervus  unicolor  unicolor,  37 
Cervus  wallichi,  32 
Cervus  wallichi  affinis,  32 
Cervus  yarkandensis,  34 
Chinkara,  30 
Chiru,  28 
Chital,  38 
Chousingha,  27 
cycloceros,  Ovis  vignei,  10 

duvauceli,  Cervus  (Rucervus),  36 

eldi,  Cervus  (Rucervus),  36 
equinus,  Cervus  unicolor,  38 

falconeri,  Capra,  14 
falconeri,  subsp.,  Capra,  17 
falconeri,  Capra  falconeri,  15 
falconeri  cashmiriensis,  Capra,  16 
falconeri  falconeri,  Capra,  15 
falconeri  jerdoni,  Capra,  20 
falconeri  megaceros,  Capra,  18 
filippii,  Capra  sibirica,  14 
Four-horned  Antelope,  27 
frontali  s,  Bos  (Bibos),  2 
fulvus,  Bos  bubalis,  5 

Gaur,  1 

gaurus,  Bos  (Bibos),  1 

Gayal,  2 

Gazella  bennetti,  30 

Gazella  picticaudata,  30 

Gazella  soemmerringi,  41 

Gazella  subgutturosa,  31 

Gazella  yarkandensis,  31 

Gazelle,  Goitred,  31 

Gazelle,  Indian,  30 

Gazelle,  Persian,  31 

Gazelle,  Sommerring's,  41 

Gazelle,  Tibetan,  30 

Gazelle,  Yarkand,  31 

Gerenuk,  42 

Goa,  30 

Goat,  Sind  Wild,  12 

Goral,  26 

goral,  Nemorhsedus,  26 

grunniens,  Bos  (Poephagus),  3 

hanglu,  Cervus,  33 
Hangul,  The,  33 
Hemitragus  hylocrius,  22 
Hemitragus  jemlaicus,  21 


Hemitragus  quadrimamrnis,  21 
hircus  blythi,  Capra,  12 
hodgsoni,  Ovis  ammon,  6 
hodgsoni,  Pantholops,  28 
Hog-Deer,  38 
humei,  Capricornis   sumatrensisr 

24 

humei,  Ovis  ammon,  6 
(Hyelaphus)  porcinus,  Cervus,  38 
hylocrius,  Hemitragus,  22 

Ibex,  Asiatic,  13 
Ibex,  Kashmir,  13 
Ibex,  Lahul,  14 
Ibex  sakin,  13 

jemlahica,  Capra,  21 
jemlaicus,  Hemitragus,  21 
jemlanica,  Capra,  21 
jerdoni,  Capra  falconeri,  20 
jharal,  Capra,  21 

karelini,  Ovis,  6 
Kastura,  40 

Lithocranius  walleri,  42 

Markhor,  14 
Markhor,  Astor,  15 
Markhor,  Cabul,  18 
Markhor,  Gilgit,  17 
Markhor,  Hazara,  17 
Markhor,  Pir-Panjal,  16 
Markhor,  Suleman,  20 
megaceros,  Capra  falconeri,  18 
milne-edwardsi,    Capricornis    su- 

matrensis,  25 
moschiferus,  Moschus,  40 
Moschus  moschiferus,  40 
Muntjac,  The,  40 
muntjac,  Cervulus,  40 
Musk-Deer,  40 

nahoor,  Pseudois,  11 
nahura,  Ovis,  11 
nahura,  Pseudois,  11 
nayaur,  Ovis,  11 
nayaur,  Pseudois,  11 
Nemorhsedus  goral,  26 
Nilgai,  27 

Oryx  beisa,  42 

Ovis  ammon,  5 

Ovis  ammon  hodgsoni,  6 

Ovis  ammon  humei,  6 


INDEX 


Ovis  ammon  poli,  8 

Ovis  burrhel,  11 

Ovis  nahura,  11 

Ovis  nayaur,  11 

Ovis  poli,  8 

Ovis  vignei,  9 

Ovis  vignei  blanfordi,  10 

Ovis  vignei  cycloceros,  10 

Ovis  vignei  punjabiensis,  10 

Ovis  vignei  vignei,  9 

Pantholops  hodgsoni,  28 

Para,  38 

picta,  Antilope,  27 

picticaudata,  Gazella,  30 

(Poephagus)  grunniens,  Bos,  3 

poli,  Ovis,  6' 

poli,  Ovis  ammon,  8 

porcinus,  Cervus  (Hyelaphus),  38 

Pseudois  nahoor,  11 

Pseudois  nahura,  11 

Pseudois  nayaur,  11 

punjabiensis,  Ovis  vignei,  10 

quadricornis,  Tetraceros,'  27 
quadrimammis,  Capra,  21 
quadrimammis,  Hemitragus,  21 

Rhinoceros,  Great  Indian,  41 
Rhinoceros  unicornis,  41 
rubidus,  Capricornis  sumatrensis, 

25 

(Rucervus)  duvauceli,  Cervus,  36 
{Rucervus)  eldi,  Cervus,  36 
(Rusa)  unicolor,  Cervus,  36 

sacin,  Capra  sibirica,  13 

Saikik,  31 

sakeen,  Capra  sibirica,  13 

sakin,  Capra,  13 

sakin,  Ibex,  13 

Sambar,  36 

Sambar,  Indian,  37 

Sambar,  Malay,  38 

Sarao,  23 

Serow,  23 

Serow,  Arakan,  25 

Serow,  Himalayan,  23 

Serow,  Kashmir,  24 

Serow,  Nepal,  23 

Serow,  Sze-chuan,  25 

Sha,  9 

Sheep,  Blue,  11 

Shou,  32 

Shou,  Sikhim,  32 


Shou,  True,  32 
sibirica,  Capra,  13 
sibirica  filippii,  Capra,  14 
sibirica  sakeen,  Capra,  13 
soemmerringi,  Gazella,  41 
Stag,  Yarkand,  33 
subgutturosa,  Gazella,  31 
sumatrensis      bubalinus,     Capri- 
cornis, 23 

sumatrensis,  Capricornis,  23 
sumatrensis    humii,    Capricornis, 

24 

sumatrensis  milne-edwardsi,  Cap- 
ricornis, 25 
sumatrensis  rubidus,  Capricornis, 

25 
Swamp-Deer,  36 

Tahr,  21 

Tahr,  Nilgiri,  22 

Takin,  22 

taxicola,  Budorcas,  22 

taxicolor,  Budorcas,  22 

Tetraceros  quadricornis,  27 

Thamin,  36 

thar,  Antilope,  23 

thar,  Capricornis,  23 

thar,  Capricornis  sumatrensis,  23 

tragocamelus,  Boselaphus,  27 

unicolor,  Cervus  unicolor,  37 

unicolor,  Cervus  (Rusa),  36 

unicolor  equinus,  Cervus,  38 

unicornis,  Rhinoceros,  41 

Urial,  9 

Urial,  Afghan,  10 

Urial,  Astor,  9 

Urial,  Ladak,  9 

Urial,  Punjab,  10 

Urotragus  bedfordi,  26 

vignei  blanfordi,  Ovis,  10 
vignei  cycloceros,  Ovis,  10 
vignei,  Ovis,  9 


vignei,  uvis,  y 
vignei,  Ovis  vignei,  9 
vignei  punjabiensis,  Ovis, 

walleri,  Lithocranius,  42 
wallichi  affinis,  Cervus,  32 
wallichi,  Cervus,  32 
Wild  Goat,  Sind,  12 

Yak,  3 

yarkandensis,  Cervus,  34 

yarkandensis,  Gazella,  31 


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