1874.] 



MR. P. L. SCLATER ON A WILD IBEX. 



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i.p. Ischio-pubic ligament. 



I.S. Infraspinatus. 



i.s.l. Ilio-ischiatic ligament. 



It.C. Intertransversalis eaucLe. 



L.D. Latissimus dorsi. 



L.S. Levator scapulas. 

 N. Neuro-mandibularis. 



O.H. Omohyoid. 

 P. Pectoralis major. 

 Pc. Pectineus. 



P.M. Platysma myoides. 



P.P. Peronseus primus. 

 P.R.b. Pronator radii brevis. 

 P.E.I. Pronator radii longus. 



P.S. Peronseus secundus. 



P.T. Pelvo-tibialis. 

 Pi/. Pyriformis. 



Q.F. Quadratus femoris. 



B.C. Retractor cloacae. 



R.F. Rectus femoris. 



S. Subscapularis. 

 S.AS& 2 Serrati. 



8. C.e. Sterno-coracoidalis 



exter- 



nus. 



S.H. Sternohyoideus. 

 S.H. 1 Sternohyoideus profundus. 



8.L. Supinator longus. 

 S.M. Sterno -mastoid. 



Sm. Semimembranosus. 

 So. Soleus. 



S.P. Serratus posticus. 

 Sp. C. Sphincter cloacae. 



S.8. Supraspinatus. 

 St. Semitendinosus. 



T.A. Tibialis anticus. 



Tr.e. Triceps external head. 



Tr.i. Triceps internal head. 



Tr.l. Triceps long head. 

 Ts.M. Teres minor. 

 Tr.P. Transversus perinei. 



January 20, 1874. 

 Prof. Newton, F.R.S., V.P., in the Chair. 



Mr. Sclater exhibited two skulls of Baird's Tapir (Tapirus bairdi) 

 which had been forwarded to him by Mr. Constantine Bickards of 

 Oaxaca, Mexico, as obtained in that district, and which he had de- 

 posited in the Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons. 



In one of them (2932 e of Mus. Cat.), in which the last molar 

 teeth were not yet in place, the nasal septum characteristic of this 

 Tapir was manifest, although not completely ossified ; in the other 

 the nasal bones and septum were unfortunately imperfect. 



It appeared therefore certain that Baird's Tapir extended from 

 Panama through Central America into Southern Mexico, and was 

 probably the only species of this genus to be met with north of the 

 Isthmus of Panama*. 



Mr. Sclater also exhibited the horns of a male and female Arkar 

 Sheep (Ovis arkar) transmitted to the Society by General Poltarski, 

 Military Governor of Semipalatinsk. They were those of animals 

 killed (the male in the winter of 1871 in the Altai, and the female 

 in the autumn of 1872) about 60 versts from Semipalatinsk. General 

 Poltarski had transmitted the skins of these fine sheep as well ; but 

 these had not arrived in a good state of preservation. 



Mr. Sclater also exhibited the stuffed skin of one of two specimens 

 of the Wild Ibex of Crete, presented to the Menagerie by Mr. Thomas 

 B. Sandwith, H.B.M. Consul, May 21, 1873. In an article pub- 

 lished iu the Society's ' Proceedings ' for 1872 (p. 689) and elsewhere, 



* See previous remarks on this subject, P. Z. S. 1867, p. 473. 



