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THE OX TRIBE. 



THE AUROCHS, OR EUROPEAN BISON. 



Bos Bison. 



In this, as in the American species, the head is very 

 broad, and the forehead arched ; but the horns are longer, 

 more curved, and end in a finer point than those of the 

 American Bison. The eyes are large and dark ; the hair 

 on the forehead is long and wavy ; under the chin and 

 on the breast it forms a sort of beard. In winter, the 

 whole of the neck, hump, and shoulders are covered with 

 a long woolly hair of a dusky brown colour, intermingled 

 with a short soft fur of a fawn colour. The long hair is 

 gradually cast in the summer, to be again renewed as the 

 inclemency of winter comes on. The legs, back, and 



