. Records of big game with their distribution, characteristics, dimensions, weights, and horn & tusk measurements . White-Maned Serow. Shot by Mr. G. Fenwick-Owen. WHITE-MANED SEROW (Capricornis argyrochcetes). A large species of a mingled rufous grey colour, with more or lesswhite in the mane and the thighs, and whole of the limbs , about 250 lbs. (G. Fenwick-Owen). Distribution.—Sze-chuan, Kan-su, and Shen-si. Length on Circum-front curve. ference. 9t9tt-9i ll9 71 5f 7hA%4i Tip to Tip. 44Ai 2g . Kan-su . Owner. British Museum (the late J. W. Brooke).Pari
. Records of big game with their distribution, characteristics, dimensions, weights, and horn & tusk measurements . White-Maned Serow. Shot by Mr. G. Fenwick-Owen. WHITE-MANED SEROW (Capricornis argyrochcetes). A large species of a mingled rufous grey colour, with more or lesswhite in the mane and the thighs, and whole of the limbs , about 250 lbs. (G. Fenwick-Owen). Distribution.—Sze-chuan, Kan-su, and Shen-si. Length on Circum-front curve. ference. 9t9tt-9i ll9 71 5f 7hA%4i Tip to Tip. 44Ai 2g . Kan-su . Owner. British Museum (the late J. W. Brooke).Paris Museum. G. Fenwick-Owen. Kan-su, Tibet Border . K. K. Horn. Owners measurements. TAKIN 347. Kan-su Takin. Shot by Mr. G. Fenwick-Owen. The TAKIN (Budorcas taxicolor). Probably also akin to the musk-ox, this ruminant is a relative ofthe serows. It is heavily built, with stout limbs, large lateral hoofs, ashort tail, a convex profile, and a partially hairy muzzle. Thehorns, which are large, massive, and bent somewhat after thefashion of those of the gnu, curve at first outwards and somewhatdownwards, and then bend abruptly upwards about the middle oftheir length. Height at shoulder, about 3^- feet. Horns are presentin both sexes, as in the serows and gorals, those of females beingsmaller than those of males. The general colour varies from greyishbrown with a light saddle, and passing into blackish on the head, limbs,and underparts, with a continuous dark dorsal streak, to deep rufousor black. Distribution.—Typically the Mishmi Hills on the northern frontier ofAssam, but represented by the small - horned B. t. whytei inBhutan. 348 RECORDS OF BIG GAME Length onront curve. Circ
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