_— 
; MAMMALIA. 159 
Chévre de Cachemere, F. Cuv. Mam. Lith. t.; Desmoul. Dict. 
Class. H. N. ii. 578. 
Hab. Thibet. 
24. Jamaica Goat, C. Hircus Jamaicensis, Fischer, Syn. 486. 
Hab. Jamaica. 
25. South American Goat, Capra Hgagrus, Renger, 366. 
Hab. 8. America. 
Dr. Gardiner observes, “ Goats in Brazil lose the long hair 
natural to them in cold countries, which proves how much the 
ceconomy of animals can suit itself to change of circumstances.” 
—Travels, 163. 
Var. 1. Horns very large, more or less twisted, varying from the 
curvature of those of the Koodoo (A. Strepsiceros), only in an 
opposite direction, to the straight with spiral keel of the Im- 
poofo (Antilope Oreas). Size large. Brown, like Domestic Goat. 
Aigoceros Falconeri, Wagner, Murch. Gel. Anzeig. 1839, ix. 430; 
Wiegm. Arch. 1841, 54. 
Capra Falconeri, Hugel; Wagner in Hugel Kaschmir, iv. 579. 
tab. , 1844; in Wiegmann, Arch. 1845, ii. 7. 
Markhur, Vigne, Ghuzni, Kabul, Afghanistan, 1840, p. 86; Tra- 
vels in Kashmir, 279; Lord in Burns’ Cabool (1842), p. 386. 
Wild Goat, Blyth, Proc. Zool. Soc. viii. 88. 
Capra magoceros, Huffon, Calcutta Journ. N. H. ii. 521. t. 20. 
Markbur, Blyth, Ann. N. H. vii. 196, note. 
Capra Hgagrus, var., Blyth, P. Z. S. 1840, 80. 
_ Markhor, Ray Soc. 1. 65. ¢ 
Capra hircus y. asiatica, Sundevall, Pecora, 97. 
Hab. India; Mountains of Cashmere; Dr. Falconer. Called 
Markhore or Snake-Eater by the Afghans, and “‘ Marbul at 
Cabul,” Blyth. Rewachi of Little Thibet. 
Mr. Blyth justly observes, that the horns of all domestic Goats 
have a tendency to assume the spiral form, especially at the tip, 
and he has never observed this in the wild kinds. He further 
remarks, that he has never seen two specimens of the Markbur | 
with the horns alike. 
Mr. Blyth says, “I consider the Markbur to be a feral race 
of domestic Goats of remarkable large size, but otherwise not 
essentially different from the Shawl Goats of the same countries.” 
—Ann. N. H. vii. 196, note. 
OsTEOLOGY. 
Skull, with horns. India. Presented by the E. I. Company. 
Single horn. India. Presented by H. Falconer, M.D. 
