he dark grey of the stone and burnt-up grass so
completely as to deceive even my lynx-eyed prey. Long, long he looked,
till my very knees trembled with anxiety. At last he turned his head,
but I knew better than to move, being sure he would have another look.
He did so and it proved to be his last, for, when he again turned
his head away, I quietly subsided, and in another moment the buck
died on his rocky bed."

There is an illustration by Wolf of the animal in Colonel Walter
Campbell's 'My Indian Journal.'

The female has only two mammae, and usually produces two young at
a time.

THE GOAT ANTELOPES, OR CAPRICORNS.

These animals form the link between the goats and the antelopes;
their general characteristics are short, conical horns, ringed at
the base, upright and curving backwards, and of nearly equal size
in both sexes. The body is heavier than is usual amongst antelopes;
the feet are large, and have false hoofs.

_GENUS NEMORHOEDUS_.

"Horns in both sexes round, black and ringed; a small muffle;
eye-pits wanting or small; large feet-pits in all feet; no inguinal
pits nor calcic tufts; tails short, hairy; four mammae" (_Jerdon_).

NO. 451. NEMORHOEDUS BUBALINA.
_The Serow, or Forest Goat_ (_Jerdon's No. 230_).

NATIVE NAMES.--_Serow_, or _Serowa_, Pahari; _Eimu_, on the Sutlej;
_Ramu_, _Halj_, _Salabhir_, Kashmiri; _Nga_, Leesaws of the Sanda
valley; _Paypa_, of the Shans; _Shanli_, Chinese of the
Burma-Chinese frontier.

HABITAT.--The whole of the wooded ranges of the Himalayas from
Kashmir down past Sikim on to the ranges dividing China from Burmah.

[Illustration: _Nemorhoedus bubalina_.]

DESCRIPTION.--I have before me several descriptions of this animal,
of which I have little personal knowledge. The best of all is that
of Colonel Kinloch, which has been, to some extent, quoted by
Professor Garrod in Cassell's Natural History. I give it _in
extenso_:--

"The serow is an ungainly-looking animal, combining the
characteristics of the cow, the donkey, the pig, and the goat! It
is a large and powerful beast, considerably larger than a tahr, and
longer in the leg. The body is covered with very coarse hair, which
assumes the form of a bristly mane on the neck and shoulders, and
gives the beast a ferocious appearance, which does not belie its
disposition. The colour is a dull black on the back, bright red on
the sides, and white underneath, the legs also being dirty white.
The ears are very la