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groups, which appear to me natural, then there is no difficulty in 

 finding neat characters for the definitions of the families." 



SYNOPSIS OF THE SUBTRIBES. 



I. The horns round or compressed, without any raised keel on 

 the inner front angle. 



1. The horns smoothish, spread out on the sides, cylindrical 

 or depressed at the base, the knee (or wrist) below the middle of 

 the fore-leg Bovece. 



2. The horns conical, bent back, cylindrical or compressed, 

 and ringed at the base, the knee (or wrist) in the middle of the 

 fore-leg Antilopece. 



II. The horns subangular with a more or less distinct ridge 

 on the front angle, the knee in the middle of the fore-leg. 



3. The horns subspiral, erect; crumen distinct; forehead 

 Hat ; male not bearded. Strepsicerece. 



4. The horns recurved, compressed; crumen none; forehead 

 concave; male bearded Caprece. 



5. The horns spiral, bent out on the sides; crumen none; 

 forehead convex ; male not bearded Ovece. 



The position of the knee is the external mark of the shortness 

 of the cannon bone, compared with the length of the ulna or 

 fore-arm bone. 



Section 1. The horns round or compressed, without any 

 raised keel on the inner front angle Levicornia. 



Gray, Ann. Sf Mag. N. H. 1847, 230. 



Subtribe I. Bovece. The horns smoothish, spread out on the 

 sides, cylindrical or depressed at the base ; situated on the frontal 

 ridge and bent laterally outward, and recurved at the tip. The 

 nose is broad, with the nostrils on the side. The skull has no 

 suborbital pit or fissure ; the cutting- teeth are nearly equal- sized, 

 and slightly shelving outwards. The knee (or wrist) below the 

 middle of the fore -leg, the cannon bone being shorter than the 

 fore-arm bone 



Bovese, Gray, Ann. fy Mag. N. H. 1847,230; Gleanings Known- 

 ley Menag. 



Bos, Linn. S. N. i. ; Gmelin,S. N. i. 202; Illiger, Prod. 107; 

 Cuv. R. A. i. 278; Blainv. B. S. Philom. 1816, 76; Turner, 

 Proc. Zool. Soc. 1849. 



Bovidse, part., Ogilby, P. Z. S. 1836, 138 ; Hodgson, J. A. S. Beng. 

 1847. 



Bovina and Antilopina, part., Sundevall, Pecora. 



Taurus, Rajinesque, Anal. Nat. 56, 1815. 



