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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:—