140 RUMINANTIA. 



tion in form and colour, though not sufficient to constitute 

 a distinct species. Schinz, in his ' Europaische Fauna,' 

 vol. i. p. 86, states the differences thus : — " In the Pyrenean 

 animal the horns are shorter, smaller, more slender, and 

 incline rather more outwards. The limbs are finer, and 

 the entire animal somewhat more delicately shaped. The 

 black dorsal streak altogether disappears in summer, and 

 the hair is then redder. The A\inter coat is not nearly as 

 long, and is of a grey-red colour ; and the band surrounding 

 the eye is at all seasons rather less conspicuous." Ac- 

 cording to Widdi^ington, the Izard is found in great abun- 

 dance on the Spanish side of the Pyrenees. 



Genus CAPRA. 



Grinding teeth six on each side in each jaw. Horns 

 generally present in both sexes, directed upwards and back- 

 wards, persistent, hollow, rough, and angular. No tear- 

 furrows ; tongue smooth ; tail short ; chin bearded. 



Capra Ibex. 



Cajpra Ibex, Desm. Mamm. Sp. 735 ; Pallas, Zoog. Eoss. As. ?; Schinz, 



Europ. Faun. vol. i. p. 86. 

 Le Bouquetin, Buffon; Der Steinbock der Centralalpen, Schinz, 



Europ. Faun. 

 The Ibex. 



Desceiption". — The horns of the male are curved in the 

 form of a crescent, subquadrangular, very strong and thick, 

 wrinkled transversely, flattened and knotty in front, directed 

 obUquely backwards and outwards. In the female, smaller, 

 compressed, and but slightly nodose. The beard is short 

 and very open, and in summer wanting. The fur at that 

 season is short, Ijing close to the body, without any under- 

 coat, of an ashy-grey colour above ; in winter, on the same 



