PEEFACE 



The present Volume, which is the first of a new Catalogue 

 of the specimens of Ungulate Mammals in the Collection of 

 the British Museum, deals with a part of the great family 

 Bovidse, including the Oxen, Sheep, Goats, Serows, and 

 related Euminants. Its preparation has been entrusted to 

 Mr. 11. Lydekker, F.E.S., who for many years has not only 

 been responsible for the care of the Mammals exhibited in 

 the public Galleries of the Museum, but deserves most of the 

 credit for their present condition and arrangement. A very 

 large proportion of the space available for Exhibition pur- 

 poses is occupied by the Mammals forming the subject of 

 this CataloGfue. 



The Collection of Ungulates owes much to the generosity 

 of private donors ; but it may be hoped that Mr. Lydekker's 

 appeal for additional specimens will meet with a due 

 response. It is in particular important to realise that skins 

 and skeletons are required for the study collection, and that 

 in order to prove of real value specimens should be given 

 without the condition that they must be placed in one of 

 the public Galleries. It will be noticed from the Catalogue 

 that an unduly large number of the specimens in the 

 Museum are males, as would indeed have been expected. 

 It is therefore desirable to improve the collection by adding 

 to it the skins and skulls of female individuals, particularly 

 in the case of those Ungulates in which the females are 

 hornless, or have reduced horns. 



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