1910.] 



CUTANEOUS SCENT-GLANDS OF RUMINANTS. 



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front of the proximal end of the hoof ahnost to the heels, was 

 clothed with long hairs, the heel-tie itself being nuked. 



The feet of these immature specimens agreed with those of an 

 adult Chamois described and figured by Max 'J'empel {op. cit. 

 p. 50, pi. xi.), except for the more scanty clothing of hairs on the 

 walls of the depression. In Max Tempel's example the walls 

 of the depression were thickl}^ clothed with long hairs loaded 

 basally with secretion, and the skin forming the posterior wall of 

 the depression was in contact with that of the back of the pastei-n 

 as in Gazelles. 



Judging from the immature examples above mentioned and 

 from dried skins examined in the British Museum, Chamois have 

 four mamma', but no inguinal glands. 



Text-fio-. 83. 



upicapra ruptcapra. 



A. Head of male sliowiii^i- fully developed postconiual glandular swelling:. 

 ]i. Tlie g-landulav swellins from above : a, anterior, h, posterior end. 



C. Summit of liead of adult female drawn on tlie same day as A, showing 



absence of swellino;. 



D. Foot of newly born kid showing depression on the front of the pastern. 



That Chamois possess glands upon the head has been known for 

 many years. These glands have had a curious and confusing 

 history. They have been persistently described as "post-auditory " 

 or "post-auricular," whereas in reality they are immediately 



