B0VID.E. BUBALUS. 227 



,;'. Skull, with horns : domestic variety, [ndia. ) 

 k, I. Skulls, with horns : wild variety. India. I Presented by 

 m. A pair of broad elongated horna. y B. H. Hodg- 



n. A pair of horns (very slender). son, Esq. 



o. Skull, with horns : tame variety. India. J 

 p. Horns. From the Zoological Society's Collection. 

 q. Skull, with homs. Assam, E. Inches. Presented by Colonel 

 J. Mathie. — The specimen described and figured by Dr. Gray in 

 Proc. Zool. Soc. 1855, p. 1(5. pi. 11. Mamm. : — 



ft. in. 



Length of the skull from occiput to nose 2 4 



Length of the horns round the outside across the 



forehead 12 2 



Length of line from tip to tip of the horns .... 6 8 



Circumference of right horn at base 1 8| 



Circumference of left hom at base 1 8 



Width across the forehead 11 



The Zamouse. Bubalus bracliycerus. 



Bos brachycerus, Gray, Cat. Mamm. Brit. Mus. pt. iii. p. 24. tab. 1. 

 fig. 2 (skull, female), 1852. — Bydragen tot de Dierkunde, p. 33. 

 pi. (front and side view of the skull), 1848. 



Cervical vertebras 7 



Dorsal 13 ' 



Lumbar 6 



Sacral 4 



Caudal 19 or 20 



a. Skull and horns. Central Africa. Presented by Captain Clap- 



perton, R.N., and Major Denham. 



b. Skull and horns. Presented by Captain Clapperton, R.N., and 



Major Denham. 



c. Skeleton. Gambia. Presented by the Earl of Derby. — The 



specimen figured by Dr. Falconer. 



d. Skull. Presented by Dr. W. B. Baikie. 



The Cape Buffalo. Bubalus caffer. 



Gray, Cat. Mamm. Brit. Mus. pt. iii. p. 28. tab. 2. figs. 1, 2 (skull, 



adult), fig. 3 (horns of voung), 1852. 

 Buflle du Cap, Daub, in liufon, Hist. Nat, xi. p. 416. tab. 41.— Cm:, 



Oss. Foss. iv. p. 132. tab. 9. figs. 14, 15 (skull).— Volborth, De Bobus, 



&c, 1826, tab. 3. 

 Bos caffer, Pander und D' Alton, Vergl. Osteol. pL 8 b (skull). 



Cervical vertebrae 7 



Dorsal 13 



Lumbar 6 



Sacral 4 



Caudal 19 or 20 



«. Frontal bone and horns : young. 1 The specimens figured in Cat. 

 b. Skull and horns. S.Africa. J Mamm. Brit. Mus. pt. iii.1852. 



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