West Caucasian Tur 



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black or blackish ; a more or less distinct light stripe on the back of the 

 lower portion of the legs, and a white spot on the fore-pasterns above the 

 cleft ot the hoots ; no dark line on back. In winter the hair much longer and 

 coarser. In young males at this season the general colour is light yellowish- 

 brown, with the same dark markin^js on the chin, tail, and lea;s, and also an 





Fig. ^6. — West Caucasian Tur. (From Prince Deniidoft"'s Ihuit'tng Trips to the Cauciuus.) 



ill-defined dark line down the middle of the back ; the margins of the lips 

 being whitish, and the white spot above the front hoofs wanting. In young 

 females more white is shown on the muzzle. Beard, except at the roots, 

 similar in colour to the rest of the pelage ; horns and hoofs deep black. 

 The form of the horns, their wide separation at the base, the uniform 

 chestnut hue of the summer pelage on the upper-parts, the white spot 



