158 BOA, BOS. 



33. BOA. Spec. 14. 



constrictor, (speckled giant-snake,) plates of the 

 belly about 240, of the tail 60. Often 36 feet 

 long. 



See MS. P. 



4 3. BODIANUS. Spec. 15. 



serranus, (sea-perch,) having prickly apercules. 

 See MS. P. 



8 12. BOMBYLIUS. Spec 9. 



major, (humming-fly,) black, with thick yellowish 

 down ; wings with a broad sinuate black outer 

 margin. Antennas united at the base. 



&qual\s, body covered with cinereous hairs, with a 

 broad equal black outer margin. Antenna* 

 united at the base. 

 See MS. P. 



17. Bos. Spec. 9. 



taurus, (ox, bison,) horns round, turning outwards 

 from their origin ; having lax dewlaps or fold- 

 ed skin before the breast. Var. bison, horns 

 bent forward ; back gibbous, having a long 

 mane. 



americanus, (spanish ox,) horns round, distant, 

 pointing outwards ; inane long, woolly ; back 

 gibbous. 



bubulus, (buffalo,) horns resupinate, turned in- 

 wards, flat on the foreside. 



moschatus, (musk ox,) horns approaching at the 

 base, broad, bent inward and backward ; tips 

 bent outwards and pointed, 

 See MS. P. 



