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3. Capra nubiana. (The Beden or Jaela.) E.M. 



Capranubiaua, Grai/, Cat. Ungul. B. M. p. 151, t. 19. f. 3-5 (as Ibex 



uubiana). 

 Capra beden, Blasms, Saugeth. Dentsch. p. 482, f. 251, 252. 



Hab. North Africa ; Egypt ; Crete ; Arabia ; Senegal. 



a. Capra valie, Gray, Cat. Ungul. B. M. p. 152 ; Capra beden, 

 var., Blasius, Saugeth. Deutsch. p. 483. Hab. Abyssinia, Mus. Frank- 

 fort (male only). 



6. Capra? Imvicornis, Gray, Cat. Ungul. B.M. p. 151. Hab. ? 



Perhaps a hybrid between C. ibex and Hircus ayagrus. 



5. HIRCUS. 



Horns compressed, with a narrow, thin, nodose or torn keel in 

 front, outer side convex, rounded behind. Ears covered with short 

 adpressed hair. Hair of forehead like back, rather whorled. (Gray, 

 Cat. Ungul. B. M. p. 152.) 



1. Hircus aegagrus. (The Goat.) B.M. 



Hircus fegagrus. Gray, Cat. Um/ul. B. M. p. 163, t. 20. f. 1-3 (skull 



and horns, as Capra hircus). 

 Capra ajgagrus, Blasius, Smu/dh. Dentsch. p. 485, f. 264, 265 (horns). 



Hab. Domesticated. Europe ? 



Var. Domestic. 



Capra hircus, Blasius, Saugeth. Deidsch. p. 284, f. 263 (skull and horns). 



2. Hircus gazella. B.M. 



Beard full, black ; face pale brown, with a slightly marked streak 

 from orbit to the side of the nose ; horns very large (larger than 

 any Ibex). 



Hircus gazella, Fits. ; Heuglin. 



Hircus tbebaicus, Fitz. ; Heuglin. 



? Capra caucasica, H. Smith, GriffitKs A. K. (not Giilden.), 



Hab. Persia (Leadbeater). 



3. Hircus berbura, (The Berbura.) 



Horns having a spiral turn, compressed at the base, convex be- 

 fore and concave behind ; ears short ; chin not bearded ; fur smooth ; 

 throat of male with a long dewlap ; back of male with an erect spinal 

 crest aud tufts of long hairs on the hind legs. 



Hircus ffigagrus (12. Berbura Goat), Grag, Cat. Ungul B. M. p. 157. 



Hab. India, west of the Jumna. 



4. Hircus Falconerl. (The Markohr.) B.M. 



Horns very large, more or less twisted, varying from the curva- 



