858 



Mli. I!. I. I'urOCK ON Tiii; 



[Jum- 14. 



and broad, the nntero-exteinnl portion of tlio luiil being enormously 

 developed as compared \vitli tiie small internal portion, the soles 

 and lieels l)ein»r corresjtondingly large. 



The hind foot is very like the fore foot, and has no trace of a 

 glaml ; nor on the specimen examined did 1 find any trace of the 

 small antero-superior weh, and the integument of the fi'ont of 

 the j)astern descended more abruptly between the hoofs down to 

 the heels, making a more marked depression between the hoofs 

 than was \isil>1e befori" the froiil hoof. 



Text-fiff. 86. 



Orihos )»(iscfi<((iix. 



A. Median vertical seetinn of front toot. 



15. The sinne of hind foot. 



C. Lower snrfiiee of hind lioof. 



The .sy.steniatic position of Orifios: nui.st for the present be 

 left un.settled. According to Liitniberg, it should rank as a .sjiecial 

 subfamily, foi- which the name Ovibovina' is retained. Gray*, 

 it may be added, long ago placed the Takin [J)ii(hrcas) with Oribos 

 in the fann'ly Ovibovida'; but the evidence that the two are really 

 rt'lati'd is not convincing, and cainiot be settled until the anatomy 

 of liiiihircdK is known. 



* Cut. Knni. Miiniin. in tin- Hritivh Miixuni, y. 31, 1S7-2. 



