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  DESCRIPTIVE 
  AND 
  BIOGRAPHICAL. 
  

  

  BISON 
  AMERICANOS 
  (Gmblin) 
  Smith. 
  

   American 
  Bison 
  or 
  Buffalo. 
  

  

  Bos 
  americanus 
  Gmelin, 
  Syst.Nat., 
  I, 
  204, 
  1788.— 
  Desmarest, 
  Nouv. 
  Diet. 
  Hist. 
  Nat., 
  

   Ill, 
  531, 
  1816; 
  Mammalogie, 
  496, 
  pi. 
  sliv, 
  1820.— 
  Harlan, 
  Fauna 
  Amer., 
  268, 
  

   1825.— 
  GODMAN, 
  Amer. 
  Nat, 
  Hist., 
  Ill, 
  4, 
  1826.— 
  Desmoulin, 
  Diet. 
  Class. 
  Hist. 
  

   Nat., 
  II, 
  365, 
  1822.— 
  Richardson, 
  Fauna 
  Bor. 
  Amer., 
  I, 
  279, 
  1829.— 
  Fischer, 
  

   Synop. 
  Mam., 
  495, 
  653, 
  1829.— 
  Cooper, 
  Month. 
  Am. 
  Journ. 
  Geol. 
  & 
  Nat. 
  Hist., 
  

   1831,44,174,207 
  (remains 
  at 
  Big-bone 
  Lick, 
  Ky.); 
  Amer. 
  Journ. 
  Sci., 
  XX, 
  371, 
  

   1831 
  ; 
  Ediub. 
  New 
  Phil. 
  Journ., 
  XI, 
  353, 
  1831.— 
  Doughty, 
  Cab. 
  Nat. 
  Hist., 
  II. 
  

   169, 
  pi. 
  siv, 
  1832.— 
  Sabine, 
  Franklin's 
  Journey, 
  668, 
  1833.— 
  Wagner, 
  Schreber's 
  

   Sau"-t.,V, 
  472, 
  1855.— 
  Giebel, 
  Saugt.,271, 
  18.55.— 
  Baird, 
  Mam, 
  N. 
  Amer., 
  682, 
  

   1857 
  ; 
  U. 
  S. 
  & 
  Mex. 
  Bound. 
  Survey, 
  Pfc. 
  II, 
  52, 
  1859.— 
  Newberry, 
  Pacif. 
  R. 
  R. 
  

   Espl, 
  & 
  Surveys, 
  VI, 
  iv, 
  72, 
  1857.— 
  Suckley 
  & 
  Gibbs, 
  Ibid., 
  XII, 
  ii, 
  138, 
  I860.— 
  

   X'VNrus,Zool.Garten,1, 
  109.— 
  Allen, 
  Proe.Bost.Soc. 
  Nat. 
  Hist.,XIII, 
  186, 
  1869; 
  

   XVII, 
  39, 
  1874. 
  

  

  Bison 
  americanus 
  Catesby, 
  Nat. 
  Hist, 
  Carolina, 
  II, 
  App., 
  20, 
  xxviii, 
  1743.— 
  Brisson, 
  Reg, 
  

   Anim., 
  Quad., 
  1756.— 
  Smith, 
  Griffith'.s 
  Cuv., 
  V, 
  374, 
  1827.— 
  De 
  Kay, 
  Nat, 
  Hist, 
  

   New 
  York 
  Zool., 
  Pt. 
  1, 
  110, 
  1842.— 
  Sundevall, 
  Kong. 
  Sv, 
  Vet. 
  Akad. 
  Handl. 
  for 
  

   1844, 
  203, 
  1846.— 
  Gray, 
  Knowsley's 
  Menag., 
  49, 
  1850; 
  Cat. 
  Mam. 
  Brit. 
  Mus., 
  Pt, 
  

   III, 
  39, 
  1852; 
  Hand-List 
  of 
  Edentate, 
  Thick-Skinned 
  & 
  Ruminant 
  Mam., 
  85, 
  

   1873.— 
  Gerrard, 
  Cat, 
  Bones 
  of 
  Mam. 
  Brit. 
  Mus., 
  230, 
  1862.— 
  Turner, 
  Proc. 
  Zool. 
  

   Soc. 
  Loudon, 
  XVIII, 
  177,18.50.— 
  Audubon 
  & 
  Bachman, 
  Quad. 
  N. 
  Amer.,n, 
  32, 
  

   pis. 
  Ivi, 
  Ivii, 
  1851.— 
  Baird, 
  Rep. 
  U. 
  S. 
  Pat. 
  Off., 
  Agricult., 
  1851, 
  124 
  (plate), 
  1852.— 
  

   Leidy, 
  Proc, 
  Acad. 
  Nat, 
  Sci, 
  Phila., 
  1854, 
  200, 
  210; 
  Extinct 
  Mam. 
  Faun. 
  N. 
  

   Amer., 
  371, 
  1869.— 
  Allen, 
  Bull. 
  Essex 
  Institute, 
  VI, 
  46, 
  54, 
  .59, 
  63, 
  1874.— 
  Ruti- 
  

   MEYER, 
  Verhandl, 
  Naturf. 
  Gesells. 
  iu 
  Berlin, 
  IV, 
  iii, 
  1865 
  ; 
  Versuch 
  eiuer 
  uatur- 
  

   lichen 
  Geschicbte 
  des 
  Rindes, 
  II, 
  .58. 
  

  

  Boslison 
  var./3LiNN£, 
  Syst, 
  Nat., 
  I, 
  99, 
  1766,— 
  Kalm, 
  Travels 
  in 
  N, 
  Amer, 
  (Forsters 
  

   Transl.),I,297. 
  

  

  Bos 
  bison 
  Schintz, 
  Synop. 
  Mam., 
  482, 
  1845 
  (in 
  part 
  only), 
  

  

  "^08ttntsvar.BoDD.,Elen. 
  Anim., 
  1784." 
  lor^ 
  /■ 
  

  

  Bos 
  ionasiis 
  Brandt, 
  Zoogeographische 
  und 
  Palseontologisehe 
  Beitrage, 
  105, 
  18o7 
  (m 
  

   part 
  only).— 
  LiLLJEBORG, 
  Fauna 
  of 
  vers 
  Sveriges 
  oeh 
  Norges 
  Ryggrad., 
  I, 
  877, 
  

   1874 
  (in 
  part 
  only). 
  

  

  Taurus 
  mexicanus 
  Hernandez, 
  Mexico, 
  587, 
  

  

  Taurus 
  quivirensis 
  Nieremb., 
  Hist. 
  Nat., 
  181, 
  182. 
  

  

  Le 
  Bison 
  \_d'Amenqne-], 
  Buffon, 
  Hist, 
  Nat., 
  XI, 
  284, 
  Suppl, 
  III, 
  pi, 
  v.— 
  1 
  , 
  Cuvier 
  & 
  

   Geoffroy, 
  Hist, 
  Nat. 
  des 
  Mara., 
  I, 
  livr, 
  xii, 
  1819 
  ; 
  II, 
  livr. 
  xxxii 
  ; 
  III, 
  livr. 
  xliv.— 
  

   G. 
  Cuvier, 
  Reg. 
  Anim., 
  1, 
  170, 
  1817 
  ; 
  Oss. 
  Foss., 
  3d 
  Ed., 
  IV, 
  117, 
  1825, 
  

  

  American 
  Bison, 
  Agassiz, 
  Proc, 
  Bost. 
  Soc. 
  Nat. 
  Hist., 
  XI, 
  316, 
  1867, 
  -r 
  • 
  i 
  x 
  

  

  Buffalo, 
  Cooper, 
  Month. 
  Am. 
  Journ, 
  Geol., 
  1831, 
  174, 
  207 
  (remains 
  at 
  Big-bone 
  Lick).— 
  

   Knight, 
  Amer, 
  Journ, 
  Sci., 
  XXVII, 
  166, 
  1835 
  (remains 
  at 
  Big-bone 
  Lick).— 
  

   LYELL.Proc. 
  Geol, 
  Soc, 
  London, 
  IV, 
  36, 
  1843 
  (remains 
  at 
  Big-bone 
  Lick). 
  

  

  Description.— 
  An 
  adult 
  measures 
  about 
  nine 
  feet 
  (two 
  and 
  tliree 
  

   fourths 
  metres) 
  from 
  the 
  muzzle 
  to 
  the 
  insertion 
  of 
  the 
  tail, 
  and 
  thir- 
  

   teen 
  and 
  a 
  half 
  feet 
  (about 
  four 
  and 
  one 
  sixth 
  metres) 
  to 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  

   tail, 
  including 
  the 
  hairs, 
  which 
  extend 
  about 
  fifteen 
  inches 
  beyond 
  the 
  

  

  445 
  

  

  