1904,] ox A NEW FORM OF BUFFALO. 163 



The measurements, in millims., of the two mounted specimens 

 and of the three skins are : — 



Mounted specimens. Skins. 



No. 671. No. 2685. No.2907. No.3001. No.494.5. 

 From tip of nose to base of tail 610 560 610 750 690 



Tail, hair included 355 340 340 380 370 



Ear, from external base ... 51 51 — 54 46 



Shull : as compared with the skull of Felis catiis that I have 

 had for comparison, the three skulls of this new cat differ only in 

 that the fi-ontal part is somewhat naiTower. Moi-eover, in Felis 

 cat'iis the nasals reach further back than the ascending brunches 

 of the upper mandible, whereas in Felis dmnion the uj)per man- 

 dibular bones go furthei- baclv than the nasals. 



The measurements of two complete skulls, in millims., are : — 



No. 2997. No. 3001, 

 J. $. 



Greatest length 98 101 



Basilar length ... 81 81 



Greatest breadth across the zygomatic bones 69*5 71 



Smallest breadth behind the postorbital 



process 31 '2 34 



Smallest breadth between the interorbitals. 19 20 



Greatest bi-eadth of brain-case 46 46*5 



Length of bony palate 36 33 



Width between upper premolars 38*5 39' 5 



Condylar length of maxilla 61 64 



Felis dcemon is not scarce in the woods of the southern slopes 

 of the chief range of the Caucasus (ISTookhinsky district of Gouv. 

 Elizabethpol) and the Zakatalsky Province, It used to be 

 fovnid, according to Hochenacker, also in the mountains of the 

 Small Caucasus ; but notliing is heard of it there at the present 

 time. According to Radde, this cat inhabits the Kopet-Dagh 

 Range in Transcaspia ; and M. S. Alpheraky tells me that it is 

 by no means rare in the woods of Borshom, where it is often 

 trapped, together with Felis cat its and other vermin. Habits 

 unknown. 



9. On a Buffalo-Skull from East Central Africa. 

 By R. Lyuekker. 



[Received May 17, 1901'.] 



(Text-figure 31.) 



[The complete account of the new form described in this communication appears 

 here; but since the name and preliminary diagnosis werepubHshed in the ' Abstract,' 

 the species is distinguished by the name being underlined. — Editoe.] 



Through the kind offices of Rowland Ward, Limited, the 

 British Museum has recently been presented with the skull and 

 tail-tip of a bull Buffalo, killed by the donor, Mr. Arnold Mathews, 



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