40 TTNGtTT.ATA. 



Ovibos cavifrons, Leidy '. 

 Syn. Bootherium cavifrons, Leidy 2 . 

 Hob. North America. 



40498. Cast of the hinder portion of the cranium, with the horn- 

 cores. The original is from the Pleistocene, near Fort 

 Gibson, Arkansas River, U.S.A., and is preserved in the 

 Museum of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia. 



Purchased, 1867. 

 Genus OVIS, Linn. 3 



Ovis (?), sp. 

 Hob. England. 



16758. The left radius and part of the ulna of a ruminant, indi- 

 stinguishable from the corresponding bone of a small 

 sheep ; from Kent's Cavern, Torquay, Devon. 



McEnery Collection. Purchased, 1842. 



16758 a. The proximal portion of a metacarpus, probably belonging 

 to the same species ; from Kent's Cavern. 



McEnery Collection. Purchased, 1842. 



Genus BUCAPRA, Eiitimeyer 4 . 



This genus is founded on the hornless cranium noticed below, 

 which presents affinities both to the Oxen and Goats. 



Bucapra daviesi, Eiitimeyer *. 

 Hal>. India. 



36677. The cranium and mandible; from the Pliocene of the 

 (Fig.) Siwalik Hills, India. This specimen is the type, and is 



described and figured by Eiitimeyer, op. at. p. 105, pi. ii. 



figs. 6-9. 



Presented by the Secretary of State for India, 1860. 



Genus CAPRA, Linn. 6 



Capra ijircuS, Linn. 7 



Hah. South-western Asia, but introduced into most parts of- the 

 habitable world. 



41372. The calvarium and horn-cores ; from a superficial deposit at 

 Walthamstow, Essex. Purchased, 1869. 



1 Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Philad. vol. vi. p. 71 (1852; vol. dated 1854), Bootherium. 



2 Loc. cit. 3 Syst. Nat. ed. 12, vol. i. p. 97 (1766). 

 * ' Die Binder der Tertiar-Epocbe ' (Abb. scbweiz. pal. Ges. vol. v.), p. 105 



(1878). 5 Loc. cit. 



6 Syst. Nat. ed. 12, vol. i. p. 94 (1766). 7 Loc. cit. 



