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BRANCH VERTEBRATA. 



FIG. 402. 



Jersey. 



A wild breed, pure white 



PIG. 403. 



Ayrshire. 



country.* Originally ranging 

 greater part of 

 North America, it 

 is now said to be 

 found only in the 

 southern portions 

 of British Colum- 

 bia; except a 

 small herd pre- 

 served in Yellow- 

 stone Park by or- 

 der of the Govern- 



in color, but with red ears 

 and brown muzzle, is 

 still preserved in the 

 park of Chillingham, 

 England. 



The Bison (bi'son) is 

 the only bovine (bo'vin) 

 [note generic name of 

 family], except the Musk 

 Ox, indigenous to this 



in immense herds over the 



FIG. 40-4. 



Bos america'nus. Bison, 



* Having the distinctive hump on the fore-shoulders, it is a true Bison and 

 not a Buffalo, as it is generally called, 



