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likewise a skull and u head of a male, also from Constantinople, 

 presented by Messrs. J. Foster in 1902. 



The Egyptian, often known as the Theban, or Ronian-nosed, Goat 

 has been regarded as a Sheep, but since it presents most of the 

 characteristics of the Ooats, may be referred to that group. It is 

 an extremely ancient breed, being represented in the Egyptian 

 frescoes at Beni-Hassan. Of this breed the Museum possesses the 

 mounted skin and skeleton of a male from Egypt, purchased in 1900 ; 

 and likewise the skull of a male from the Eastern Sudan, presented 

 by Capt. S. S. Flower in 1902. The skeleton of a Chinese Hornless 

 Goat from Shanghai, received from the Zoological Society in 1858, 

 appears to indicate a closely allied breed. On the other hand, the 

 skull of an ancient Egyptian Goat, from a tomb in Egypt, presented 

 by Prof. W. Flinders Petrie in 1000, belongs to a totally distinct breed, 

 with well-developed horns. The skull of a female Goat from Khartum, 

 presented by Capt. S. S. Flower in 1903, represents the Sudan breed. 



p. The collection of Domesticated Pigs is at present very small, 



° ' consisting mainly of a few heads, skulls, and models of some 

 of the chief British breeds. Included in the scries is a specimen of 

 the Wild Boar {Sm scrofa), bred in Windsor Forest, as representing 

 the original ancestral stock of the European breeds of Domesticated 

 Swine. This specimen was presented by H.M. the King in 1901. 

 Here it may be mentioned that the young of wild Swine are striped, 

 although those of domesticated breeds are for the most part without 

 such markings. It is stated, however, that in Hungary there are 

 Domesticated Pigs Avhich produce striped young. Of Domesticated 

 Swine the collection included mounted heads of boars of the brown 

 Tamworth, black Berkshire, and white Yorkshire breeds, all pre- 

 sented by Messrs. C. & T. Harris & Co. There are also 

 miniature models of a white Yorkshire boar and sow, purchased in 

 1902, as well as a skull of a white Yorkshire boar, presented by 

 Messrs. Harris in 1903. A few other skulls are also exhibited. 



In the same case are shown lower jaws of boars from New Guinea 

 in which the tusks are abnormally developed owing to the upper 

 ones having been broken off. These were purchased in 1903. Near 

 by are shown similar tusks of boars from the Fiji Islands. Both in 

 New Guinea and in Fiji, where they are worn as armlets, it is the 

 custom to produce lower tusks of this abnormal form by the removal 

 at an early age of the upper ones. One specimen, forming a complete 

 circle, was presented by Mr. R. T. Pritchett in 1889, the other by 

 Sir William McGregor, K.CM.G,, in 1886. 



