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belonging to the Buffalo, Bos Bubalus, and they are stated 

 to be called Zamouse by the natives ; but, as no particular 

 locality is given for the head, this name is probably the 

 one applied to the common Buffalo, which is found in most 

 parts of North Africa. 



" Having some years ago compared these heads with the 

 skull of the common Buffalo, .Bos Bubalus, and satisfied 

 myself, from the difference in the form and position of the 

 horns, that they were a distinct species, in the ' Mag. of 

 Nat. Hist./ for 1837 (new series, vol. i, p. 589), I indicated 

 them as a new species, under the name of Bos Brachyceros. 



" In the course of this summer (1838), Mr. Cross, of the 

 Surrey Zoological Gardens, received from Sierra Leone, 

 under the name of the Bush Cow, a specimen which serves 

 more fully to establish the species. It differs from the 

 Buffalo and all other oxen in several important characters, 

 especially in the large size and particular bearding of the 

 ears, and in being totally deficient in any dewlap. It also 

 differs from the Buffalo in its forehead, being flatter and 

 quite destitute of the convex form which is so striking in 

 all the varieties of that animal. 



" Mr. Cross's cow is, like the head in the Museum, of a 

 nearly uniform pale chesnut colour. The hair is rather 

 scattered, and nearly perpendicular to the surface of the 

 body. The legs, about the knees and hocks, are rather 

 darker. The ears are very large, with two rows of very 

 long hairs on the inner side, and a tuft of long hairs at the 

 tips. The body is short and barrel-shaped, and the tail 

 reaches to the hocks, rather thin and tapering, with a 

 tuft of long hairs at the tip. The chest is rounded and 

 rather dependent, but without the least appearance of a 

 dewlap ; and the horns nearly resemble those of the 



