no Mr. R. I. Pocock on some 



in R up icapr a, e\ce^t for the total suppression of the phi l- 

 trum. la this respect Ovibos is highly specialised aud 

 unique, so far as its possible allies are cuucerned. 



On tlie evidence before me, I consider that if the Ovi- 

 bovinse be maintained as a special subfamily of Bovida3, the 

 llupicaprinre, as at present understood, should be split up 

 into three subfamilies, the Rupicaprinie for Rupicapra and 

 Oreamnos, the Niemorhedinae for Ncemorhedus, Capricornulus, 

 and Capricornis, aud the Budorcinae for Budorcas. But if 

 the conservative course of maintaining the Kupicapriuae in 

 its recognised comprehensive sense be followed, then Ovibos 

 should, 1 think, be one of the genera of this somewhat 

 heterogeneous assemblage. 



Subfamily Capbin^. 

 Genus Ovis, Linn. 



Ovis musimon, Schr., aud 0. vignei, Blyth (pp. 859-861). 



Since 1910 I have examined representatives of the two 

 species previously recorded, namely Ovis vignei and O. musi- 

 mon, without finding anything to add or alterations to make 

 to my previous description of the cutaneous glands, except 

 to remark that in the case of 0. musimon the naked 

 condition of the inteiungual integument noticed in one 

 specimen is quite exceptional, aud that as a very general 

 rule that species and 0. vignei are alike with respect to 

 the hairiness of the area in question. Possibly the variation 

 noticed is seasonal, as appears to be the case in Ammotragus 

 lej-via. 



The rhinarium of 0. vignei is quite characteristic of the 

 genus. It extends as a narrow bar above the nostrils 

 almost back to their posterior t^'miiiation, the iuternarial 

 septum is narrow, the area beneath the septum is a little 

 expanded, «,nd a narrow philtrum cleaves the upper lip, but 

 there is no naked area of skin bordering the nostrils below. 



The penis of 0. vignei (fig. 4, D), as in O. aries, ends in 

 a blunt gland-like enlargement, bent downwards distally. 

 From its underside the very long filiforin termination of 

 the urethral canal arises, and passes forward on the left side 

 of the glandular thickening. 



Genus Pseudois, Hodgson. 

 Pseudois nayaur, Hodgs. (p. 863). 

 Specimens examined since 1910 confirm in every respect 



