230 BOVID^!. POEPHAGUS. 



hind feet) ; Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. iv. 1849, p. 295 (bones of fore 

 and hind feet). 



Cervical vertebrae 7 



Dorsal 14 



Lumbar 5 



Sacral 4 



Caudal 17 



a. Skeleton. Lithuania. Presented by the Emperor of Russia 

 (through Sir It. I. Murchison). 



The American Bison. Bison americanus. 



Gray, Cat. Mamin. Brit. Mus. pt. iii. p. 38. tab. 4. figs. 1, 2 (skull), 

 1852. 



Bos americanus, Cuv., Oss. Foss. iv. p. 117. tab. 10. figs. 3, 6 (skull). — 

 Richardson, Voy. of H.M.S. Herald, pi. 6. figs. 3, 4 (occipital view 

 of skull), pi. 7 (front view), pi. 8 (atlas and axis), 1852. 



Cervical vertebrae 7 



Dorsal 14 



Lumbar 5 



Sacral 5 



Caudal 13 



a. Skeleton. N. America. Presented by the Earl of Derby. 



b. Skeleton. N. America. From the Zoological Society's Collection. 



POEPHAGUS. 



Teeth :— Incisors £j ; Canines ~ : Premolars —, ; Molars ^ ;=32. 



The Yak. Poephagus grunniens. 



Gray, Cat. Mamm. Brit. Mus. pt. iii. p. 40. tab. 4. figs. 3,4 (skull), 1852. 

 Bos grunniens, Cuv., Oss. Foss. iv. p. 129. tab. 10. figs. 13, 14. 

 Yac of Thibet, Hodgson, Joum. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, x. p. 470. tab. 2. 

 fig. 3 (skull). 



a. Skull and horns. 



b. Skeleton of small domesticated specimen (very im- > 



perfect). Nepal. 



c. d. Skulls of male. Thibet. 

 e. Skull of the female, with the horns bent forward Presented by 



at the tip. Thibet. > B.H.Hodg 



/. Skull of the female. Thibet. son, 



g. Pair of horns of the male, of large size. Thibet. 

 h. Pair of horns of the female (slender, and bent 



horizontally). Thibet. 

 i. Skull : young. 

 j. Single horn. 

 k. Skull: female. 

 1. Skull. 

 m. Horns. Nepal. Presented by B. H. Hodgson, Esq. 



