B0VIDJ5. BISON. 229 



Lumbar vertebrae 6 



Sacral 4 



Caudal (imperfect). 



a. Skull and horns of male. 1 Nepal. Presented by B. H. Hodg- 

 6. Skull and horns of female. J 6on, Esq. 



c. Skull and horns. 



d. Skull and horns, with skin on face. India. Presented by General 



Hardwicke. 



e. Horns (separate, polished). 

 /. Horns (separate). 



g. Horns (separate) : young. 

 h, i. Horns (single). 



1 SkfletonTimperfect). } Ne P aL P . resented h J B - H - Hodgson, Esq. 

 I, m. Skeletons : male and female. Nepal. 



n. Skull. « Old bull." Sahyadri. ) v ,, „ . . , „ 



o. Skull. "Young bull." W. Ghauts, ^om the Zoologic al So- 

 p. Skull. "Cow." W. Ghauts. J ciety s Collection. 



The Banting. Bibos banting. 



Bos sondaicus, Midler, Nederl. Verkand. i. p. 45. tab. 35, tabs. 37-39 

 (skulls of adidt and young). 



Cervical vertebra? 7 



Dorsal 13 



Lumbar 6 



Sacral 4 



Caudal 18 



o. Skeleton: male 1 T ^ ,, T a -\r 



, C1 , , - , } Java. From the Loyden Museum. 



6. Skeleton : female. J J 



BISON. 



Teeth :— Incisors £5 ; Canines ^ ; Premolars ^ ; Molars ^ ; = 32. 



The Aurochs or Lithuanian Bison. Bison bonassus. 



Bos urus, Bojanus, Nov. Act. Acad. Nat. Cur. xiii. p. 414. tab. 20-23. — 

 Cuv., Oss. Foss. iv. p. 109. tab. 9. figs. 1, 2 (skull), tab. 10. figs. 1, 

 2 (skull), tab. 12. figs. 6, 7 (skull, fossil). — Volkmann, Anat. Anini. 

 i. tab. 8 (skull) ; Nouv. M6m. Soc. Imp. Nat. Moscou, vii. 1842, 

 tab. 2 (bones of face). — Owen, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1848, p. 132 (bones 

 of fore and hind feet). 



Buffalus, I'allas, Nov. Comm. Petrop. xiii. tab. 11, 12. 



Aurochs (foss.), Cm:, Oss. Foss. iv. p. 140. tab. 12 (skull). — Richard- 

 son, Voy. of II. M.S. Herald, pi. 6 (occipital view of skull), pi. 7 

 (front view), 1852. 



Bos bison, Blasim, Faun. Wirh. Deutschl. p. 492. tig. 268 (skull). 



Bos europieus, Owen, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1848, p. 120 (bones of fore and 



