CLASS MAMMALS: OEDER UNGULATA. 61 



Fig. 85. 



is pre-eminent for beef. The Jersey, from the island of 

 Jersey, is unrivaled for 

 the quality, and the 

 Ayrshire, from Ayr- 

 shire, Scotland, for the 

 quantity of its milk. 



The Bison is the 

 only boyine, except the 

 Musk Ox, indige- 

 nous to America.* 

 Originally ranging in 



Bos a'inericanus, Bison. 



* Having the distinctive hnmp on the fore-shoulders, it is a true Bison and not a 

 Buffalo, as it is generally called. 



