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their existence there later than that of Martinez y 

 Eeguera in 1881. 



In 1848 Schimper made the first step towards 

 the scientific classification of this animal, in estab- 

 lishing the fact that it was not identical with 

 the Alpine ibex {C. ibex) \ and in 1851 it was 

 properly differentiated from that animal by H. K 

 Schinz, Professor of Zoology at Zurich, in his 

 Monographie der Sdugethiere. 



Later on an attempt was made to divide the 

 Peninsular goats by making a new species of those 

 of the Serra do Gerez in Portugal, before referred 

 to in this article, and this was at the Session 

 (October 16, 1856) of the Royal Academy of 

 Sciences of Lisbon, where Senhor Barbozo de Bocage 

 presented and read a paper upon the Mountain 

 Goat of Serra do Gerez, which he then believed 

 to be a new species of ibex much resembling the 

 Spanish goat. The differences that he alleged to 

 exist were, however, of an unimportant nature ; 

 and not long afterwards, on the advice of Graello, 

 he recanted his opinions in an Addition to the 

 Preceding Memoir. 



I do not think that even Graello, although he 

 objected to the division into species of the goats 

 of Lower and Central Spain and of Portugal, ever 

 contemplated "lumping" those of the Pyrenees 

 with them. It is, however, now universally ad- 

 mitted that there is only one species throughout 

 the Peninsula — C. 2^y'^^^'^^(^i(^<^ "^'el hispanica. It 

 seems probable that its range will soon be con- 

 fined to the Royal preserve above referred to. 

 If so, we shall have the sina«ular fact that the 



