615 



3747. The calvarium and horns of the Bardah (Copra BardaK). 



Being a female, the horns are relatively small, not exceeding six inches ; they are sb'ghtly 

 Ivrated. The long diameter of the base of the horn is transverse to the axis of the skull. The 

 frontal bone anterior to the horns is flat. 



Presented by Colonel Finch. 



3748. The skeleton of the Nepaul Goat (Copra Nepalensis). 



The vertebral formula is : 7 cervical, 1 3 dorsal, 6 lumbar, 4 sacral, and 1 3 caudal, but 

 the terminal one is wanting. The lumbar diapophyses are unusually expanded at their ex- 

 tremity. The ulna has coalesced with the radius. The femur is perforated at the fore part 

 of its proximal third by the canal for the medullary artery. 



Mus. Brookes. 



3749. The horns of the Jemlah Goat (Copra Jemlahica}. 



Presented by Colonel Finch. 



3750. The mutilated skull and horn-cores of the Sumatran Goat (Copra Suma- 

 trensis). 



The horns are twisted and traversed by a ridge which springs from the outer side of their 

 base. The coronal suture is beautifully dentated ; the sagittal one is obliterated ; the frontal 

 suture is persistent. 



Transmitted from Sumatra by Mr. William Bell. 



Hunterian. 



Genus Ovis. 

 3751. The skeleton of a Ram, or male of the Domestic Sheep (Ovis dries). 



The vertebral formula is: 7 cervical, 13 dorsal, 7 lumbar, 4 sacral: of the caudal ver- 

 tebrae 7 remain. The pleurapophysial parts of the transverse processes of the third, fourth 

 and fifth cervicals underlap the diapophysial parts of those in advance : the pleurapophysis 

 of the sixth cervical is an oblong quadrate plate : the diapophysis only is present in the trans- 

 verse process of the seventh, which is imperforate. The neural spines increase in height from 

 the third to the seventh cervical, and are suddenly and greatly surpassed in height by those 

 of the anterior dorsals. The metapophysis is developed on the second and succeeding dor- 

 sals ; attains the anterior zygapophysis in the eleventh ; and projects from that part in all the 

 lumbar vertebrae. Seven pairs of ribs directly join the sternum, which consists of six bones. 

 The costal portions of the transverse processes of the first lumbar vertebra remain distinct. 

 The ulna has become anchylosed to the radius, but its limits may be defined throughout. The 

 medullary artery enters the fore part of the upper third of the femur. 



Presented by Lord Clarendon. 



