1870. | ANATOMY OF THE PRONGBUCK. 343 
Thus the extraordinary phenomenon of deciduous hollow horns in 
the Prongbuck receives a rootlet of explanation ; and turns out to be 
a remote degree rather than a perfect anomaly of kind as respects the 
development and succession of the supposed permanent horns of the 
Bovide. 
Curiosity, a trait of character manifested in the Goats above all 
other Ruminants, is a predominant feature in the Prongbuck. 
Richardson (/. ce. p. 265) telis how the Indians dress themselves in a 
white shirt, flutter a white rag, or lie down and kick up their heels ; 
and by these means the animals most readily approach. 
4. Parno.tocicaL REMARKS. 
The history of the Society’s male Prongbuck has already been 
published by Mr. Bartlett (/. c. p. 719); but I may in this place add 
a few words respecting the cause of death. For some time previously 
to the event the hind limbs exhibited failing power, inducing a 
tottering unsteady gait ; and ultimately complete paralysis ensued. 
During the lengthened illness great wasting of the body took place. 
The morbid appearances revealed on sectio cadaveris were eularge- 
ment of and deposition of firm gritty matter within the lymphatic 
glands ; those of the mesentery and at the root of the lungs were as 
big as damsons. Distributed throughout the pulmonary tissue, simi- 
lar tubercular concretions existed in considerable numbers. A few 
hydatid cysts were found in the omentum ; and some small nematoid 
worms had imbedded themselves within the peritoneal abdominal 
wall. The lungs were slightly congested, but the abdominal organs 
rather pallid and bloodless, The precise lesion producing the 
paralysis was not elucidated ; for the skeleton intact was desired for 
the British Museum, where it is now deposited. From an examina- 
tion of the caudal vertebrze, after maceration, these appear to have 
been affected by scrofulous changes; and within the pelvis, on the 
right side, at the junction of the ilium, ischium, and pubes, there is 
a nodule of spongy exostosis. 
Our damp cold English climate is considered to have a very prejudi- 
cial effect upon animals confined in a menagerie. But in the case of 
the Prongbuck we have the evidence of Dr. Canfield that scrofulous 
disease followed by inflammation of the joints and lameness, occur 
frequently among young captured specimens in their native habitat, 
California. From this I would infer an inherent predisposition, apart 
from climatic or dietetic influences. 
5. Ora AND LARYNGEAL REGION. 
On viewing the soft palate in position from below, together with 
the teeth and alveoli of the upper jaw, the whole has a remarkably 
bottle-shaped outline. Posteriorly the wider palatal surface is smooth, 
or with only dotted glandular puncta. The narrower anterior half 
of the palate is traversed by a slightly wavy median groove, the 
surfaces of the lateral ridges sloping gently towards it. There 
