The colour of the horns was of a semi-transparent blackish green ; the colour of the tips for about four inches was of a jet black. On minute examination numerous fine greyish white lines were seen running longitudinally downwards through the dark horny material ; posteriorly near the base of the horns the colour was almost yellow. At the bases the horns were distinctly ringed in a regular manner ; the horns above these rings were beautifully smooth, and terminated in fine tips. In the fresh specimens, each horn terminated at the base in a bulbous prominence, owing to its being covered by a soft pachydermatous skin devoid of hair, and from which the horn was evidently secreted. The direction of the horns was:—(1) upwards and outwards; (2) inwards; (3) upwards and slightly backwards. In an older Cow which I shot, this backward direction of the horn was well marked; the same tendency—as noted before—occurs in the Bull.
The chief points of difference between the Bull and Cow will be found in the following table:—
Bull.
Cow.
1.
Colour dark red; parts, espe- cially about head, greyish white.
1.
Colour light red generally ; under parts white.
2.
No dark line extending from ter- mination of dorsal ridge.
2.
Dark line present.
3.
Ear short.
3.
Ear long, expanded.
4.
Length short.
4.
Longer in proportion to height.
5.
White patches on buttocks poste- riorly absent.
5.
White patches present.
6.
Black colouring on anterior as- pect of fore legs present.
6.
Black colouring absent.
7.
Black tip and anterior edges of ears present.
7.
The same absent.
8.
Chaplet of thick cuticle over frontal bone present.
