l)4 RUMINATING ANIMALS. 



who is here also the groundwork of the portion de- 

 voted to the Ruminants, is followed nearly in his ar- 

 rangement, with the exception that the Camels are 

 placed as the ruminating form among the Solipedes, 

 but of course in either position forming the passage 

 between the two, and standing between the Ca- 

 meleopards and the Horse. Mr Swainson makes 

 the Bovidae or Oxen typical, and names the other 

 families Antelopes, Stags, Musks, Giraffes.* He 

 also considers these animals as represented by the 

 Rasores among birds, a position which has always 

 appeared to us to be incontestable, but which is dis- 

 puted by Mr MacLeay, who, if we recollect rightly, 

 considers the Ruminantiaand Grallatores or Waders 

 as representing each other. 



The animal we commence with will illustrate the 

 Tragelaphine group of Major Smith ; and, while it 

 retains the elegance of the antelopine form, the horns 

 will be seen to begin to assume an angular and com- 

 pressed character ; on our Plate is represented 



* At the conclusion of this volume we have given a table 

 the arrangement proposed by Mr Swainson. 



