'23(1 FAUNA AMERICANA. 



ten inches; length of the neck, one foot six inches, 

 of the tail, one inch six lines ; of the fore leg from 

 the elbow to the wrist, one foot five inches ; of 

 the metacarpal bone, ten inches ; from the wrist 

 to the ground, one foot seven inches ; length of 

 the hind leg, from the knee to the os calcis, one 

 foot seven inches; of the metatarsal bone, one 

 foot ; from the os calcis to the earth, one foot ten 

 inches ; (horns of the male weighing sometimes 

 sixty pounds.) 



Description. Head long, narrow before the 

 eyes, enlarged towards the snout, which has much 

 analogy to that of the horse ; facial line straight 

 the greater part of its length, and curved above 

 the mouth ; upper lip exceedingly developed, and 

 very thick ; no muzzle ; nostrils, a lateral slit, more 

 open anteriorly than behind ; lacrymal pits small ; 

 eyes very small, and approaching the base of the 

 horns ; the latter are at a very little distance from 

 the ears, which are very long ; horns of the male 

 during the first year, resemble those of a stag two 

 years old, then divided during the third and fourth 

 year, and at the fifth year a vast triangular expan- 

 sion, furnished with from fifteen to twenty-eight 

 points or prongs on its outer border, supported by 

 a peduncle, short and thick, which is itself pro- 

 vided with a large distinct prong directed for- 

 wards; female without horns; neck short; a tuft 

 of long hair, like a beard, beneath the throat in 

 both sexes, and a protuberance in the same place 



