THE MANILLA BUFFALO. 83 



The preceding outline of the backs of four Buffaloes will 

 show how inappropriate the character of a straight back is, 

 when applied to " Buffaloes in general." The lowest out- 

 line (5), inserted by way of contrast, represents the back of 

 the Domestic Ox, to which the character of straight might 

 very properly be applied. (1) Italian Buffalo. (2) Manilla 

 Buffalo. (3) Pulo Condore Buffalo. (4) Cape Buffalo. 



Generic characters should be such (and such only) as 

 will apply to every species included in the genus. 



The period of gestation of the Manilla Buffalo is between 

 forty-eight and forty-nine weeks. In two actual cases 

 of a female now living in the Zoological Gardens, the 

 periods were, in the one case, 340 days, in the other, 341 

 days ; being 70 days longer than the ordinary term of the 

 domestic Cow. 



Head of Manilla Buffalo female. 



