MAMMALIA. 159 



Chevre de Cachemere, F. Cuv. Mam. Lith. t. ; Desmoul. Did. 



Class. H. N. in. 578. 

 Hab. Thibet. 



24. Jamaica Goat, C. Hircus Jamaicensis, Fischer, Syn. 486. 

 Hab. Jamaica. , 



25. South American Goat, Capra ^Egagrus, Renger, 366. 

 Hab. S. America. 



Dr. Gardiner observes, " Goats in Brazil lose the long hair 

 natural to them in cold countries, which proves how much the 

 ceconomy of animals can suit itself to change nf circumstances." 

 Travels, 163. 



Var. 1 . Horns very large, more or less twisted, varying from the 

 curvature of those of the Koodoo (A. Strepsiceros), only in an 

 opposite direction, to the straight with spiral keel of the 1m- 

 poofo (Antilope Oreas). Size large. Brown, like Domestic Goat. 



Aigoceros Falconeri, Wagner, Murch. Gel. Anzeig. 1839, ix. 430; 

 Wiegm. Arch. 1841, 54. 



Capra Falconeri, Hugel; Wagner in Hugel Kaschmir, iv. 579. 

 tab. , 1844; in Wiegmann, Arch. 1845, ii. 7- 



Markhur, Vigne, Ghuzni, Kabul, Afghanistan, 1840, p. 86; Tra- 

 vels in Kashmir, 279; Lord in Burns' Cabool (1842), p. 386. 



Wild Goat, Blyth, Proc. Zool. Soc. viii. 88. 



Capra magoceros, Huffon, Calcutta Journ. N. H. ii. 521. t. 20. 



Markbur, Blyth, Ann. N. H. vii. 196, note. 



Capra ^Egagrus, var., Blyth, P. Z. S. 1840, 80. 



Markhor, Ray Soc. i. 65. 



Capra hircus y. asiatica, Sundevall, Pecora, 97. 



Hab. India; Mountains of Cashmere; Dr. Falconer. Called 

 MarJchore or Snake-Eater by the Afghans, and " Marbul at 

 Cabul," Blyth. Rewachi of Little Thibet. 



Mr. Blyth justly observes, that the horns of all domestic Goats 

 have a tendency to assume the spiral form, especially at the tip, 

 and he has never observed this in the wild kinds. He further 

 remarks, that he has never seen two specimens of the Markbur 

 with the horns alike. 



Mr. Blyth says, " I consider the Markbur to be a feral race 

 of domestic Goats of remarkable large size, but otherwise not 

 essentially different from the Shawl Goats of the same countries." 

 Ann. N. H. vii. 196, note. 



OSTEOLOGY. 



Skull, with horns. India. Presented by the E. I. Company. 

 Single horn. India. Presented by H. Falconer, M.D. 



