THE JEMLAH GOAT. 



Capra Jemlahica. SMITH. 

 PLATE VIII. 



The Jemlah Goat, Capra Jemlahica, Smith in Griffith's 

 Cuvier, vol. iv. p. 308, and Synop. 



OUR authority for this animal is the descrip- 

 tion and figure given by Major Smith, from a skin 

 in the British Museum, and we of course use his 

 own words in describing it. " The size of this ani- 

 mal appears nearly equal to the ibex. The facial 

 line is straight, though the prominence of the horns 

 give the forehead a concave appearance. The eyes 

 are rather small, the ears short, narrow, and rounded 

 at the tips. The horns stand obliquely on the fron- 

 tals; rather high above the orbits, nearly in contact 

 at the base, extremely depressed, almost flat, four 

 inches and a quarter in breadth at the root, nine 

 inches long, inclining outwards, then suddenly taper- 

 ing to a point which turns inwards, so as to nearly 

 meet over the neck. Their colour is pale ashy buff, 

 the anterior edge marked with seven small protube- 

 rances, round, distinct, almost detached, shaped like 

 drops, being gradually obliterated as they ascend. 



