COMMON GOAT. 36*9 



iemy of Petersburg)!, and which may be con- 

 sidered as differing so slightly from the preceding 

 as scarce to demand a specific character. I 

 said to In- found in the schistous cliffs o: < isus, 

 near the origin of the rivi r. Terek and Cuban. 

 The horns arc much larger than tho.se of the com- 

 mon goat, and are bowed backwards. The colour 

 of the animal is a ferruginous brown above, paler 

 or whitish beneath. It is of the size of a common 

 goat, but of a thicker or stouter form. Upon the 

 whole, I cannot but think that Mr. Pennant has 

 very properly included this in his description of 

 the C'aucasan Ibex above detailed. 



COMMON COAT. 



Capra Hircus. C. cornibus cartnati* aicuat'u, gtdm berbatt. 



Li/i. Syst. Nat. p. 94. 

 Goat with bowed carinatcd horns, commonly turning outward* 



towards the ends. 

 .Capra. Gem. Qiiadr. p. 1 70. 301. /. 302. 304. AMr. buttle, p. 



dip./', p. 635. Jwut. Q*a<lr. p. 65. t. 26, a;. 

 Bouc & Chevrc. Bujf. 5 p. 59. pi. 8, 9. 

 Domestic Goat. Pennant Quadi. i. p. 60. 



Tin reader will observe, that on the supposition 

 of the C'aucasan Ibex, or ^Egagrus, being the ori- 

 ginal or stock from which the common goat baa 

 been derived, its Linna-an upceilic character is, of 

 course, given in the same wonN. 



The Goat, in its cloni- 'e. is tound in al- 



most every part of the Globe, bearing the ex- 

 tremes of heat and cold, and differing in size and 



