TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



INTRODUCTION . 



American Bison 



Aurochs 



Yak . 



Gyall 



Gayal 



Domestic Gayal . 



Jungly Gau 



Buffalo 



Italian Buffalo . 



Manilla Buffalo . 



Condore Buffalo . 



Cape Buffalo 



Pegasse 



Gaur .... 



Arnee 



Zamouse . 



Musk Ox . 



GallaOx . 



Zebu, or Brahmin Bull 



Backeley Ox 



African Bull 



Chillingham Cattle 



Kyloe, or Highland Ox 



Table of the Number 



Vertebrae . 

 Table of the Periods 



Gestation . 

 Note on the Skeleton of 



American Bison . 



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Free Martin . . .155 

 Short-nosed Ox . . .159 

 On the utility of the Ox 



Tribe to Mankind . 160 

 Account of Alpine Cowherds 

 Notice of Ranz des 

 Vaches . . .164 

 Table of Habitat . . 168 



Mode of Life . 169 



Indefinite Definitions of Col. 



H. Smith . . .170 

 Mr. Swainson's Transcen- 

 dental Attempt at Clas- 

 fication . . .176 

 On Species and Variety . 181 

 Banteng (Bos Bantiger) . 185 

 British Domestic Cattle . 186 

 Influence of Colour in Breed- 

 ing ib. 

 Influence of Male in Breeding 187 

 Generative Precocity . . ib. 

 Milk . . . .188 

 Butter . . . .189 

 Mr. Youatt's Philosophy of 



Rabies . . .190 

 Statistics . 192 



