856 Mit. It. I. rocof'K t>x tiik [June 14, 



conclusion that tlie glands are absent ; aiul until more is known 

 of the pedal glands of the other species referred to Capricornis, 

 no certain conclusions can be drawn regarding the taxononiic 

 value of the facts above recordeil. if ('. artjyrochcetes prove to be 

 without glands and C. thar to liave them, there will be a strong 

 prin^a facie case for regarding these species as belonging to two 

 distinct genera. C. thar is the type of Capricorms, and for 

 C. argi/rochceies the name Nemotragus Heude will have to be 

 employed. 



Finally, it may be added that Owen states that C. snmatrensis 

 possesses inguinal glands as well as the preorbital glands — a fact 

 which still further emphasises the importance of the examination 

 of fresh material of this li1tlo-knnwn genus. 



Genus Hudohcas llodgs. 



BunORCAS TAXICOLOIl WHITEI. 



(The Bhutan Takin.) 



In the living example of this Takin in the Gardens there is no 

 trace of preorbital gland, and none of pedal glands on the fore 

 feet, as may be clearly seen when the animal rears herself up 



with the hoofs spread against the bars. 



BuDORC'AS TIBKTAXUS M.-Edw. (The Chinese Takin.) 

 (Text-fig. 84, B, p. 852.) 



Mr. Gerrai'(l kindly allowed me to cut the fore and hind feet of 

 a female ex:im})le-of this species from Szechuen. There was no 

 trace of pedal glands on either the fore or the hind feet. On the 

 fore feet the integument on the iinterior surface of the pastern 

 ended in the middle line below in a strong transverse Aveb, 

 beneath which it passed between the hoofs nearly parallel with 

 the proximal edge of the inner surface of the nail, then turned 

 sharply at right angles, forming a strong heel-tie running j)arallel 

 with the sole of the hoof before turning up to be continued with 

 the skin of the back of the fetlock. As in the Serow {Capricornis 

 aryi/rocha'tes) practically the whole of the interungual integument 

 was naked, although anteriorly the hair on the front of the fet- 

 lock was continued a little lower, slightly below the transverse 

 web. The hoofs themselves were shaped very much as in Capri- 

 coniis. but the heel-tie was situated more forwards and nearer 

 the proximal edge of the inner lamina of the nail, makiug the 

 hoofs much less distensil>le than in that genus. 



The structure of the hind foot was es.sentially the same as th.at 

 of the fi'ont foot, b>it tliere was no traee of the anterioi' integu- 

 mental wel). 



There was no trace of inguinal glands, but the four teats on 

 the dried skin were cui-iously in\aginated, giving the appeai-anee 

 of four small synnnetrically arranged pits, which 1 at first mistook 

 for inguinal pouches. 



