1910.] 



(i'TANEorS sr'K\T-f;r.ANDs OF UrMIXAXTS. 



803 



shortness of the hairs clothing the interdigital depression on tlic 

 front of the pastei'n. 



In tlie ahsence of preorbital, of ingninal, and of speciahseil 

 pedal glands Ammotragus lervia agrees witli Pupudois, HemitrcKjvu. 

 and Capra, and differs from Ovis. Tlie glands, in fact, completeh- 

 bear out the conclusion suggested by the structure of the skiiij 

 and certain external features described in text-books, that Ainvio- 

 tragas cannot consistently be included in Ovis if Ckipra be 

 excluded thei'efroni. 



I do not know who was the authority for the statement found 

 in Mr. Lydekker's work 'Wild Oxen, Sheep, and Goats,' pp. 14S» 

 k 226, 187.S, that this animal possesses pedal glands. The 

 invariable presence of these glands is cited as characteristic of 

 Ovis as contrasted with Capra ; and the species in question is 

 included under Ovis, although subgeneric rank is assigned to it. 



Genus Pseudois Hodgson. 



PsEUDOis XAYAUR Hodgs. (The Bharal.) 



. (Text-fig. 89.) 



According to Hodgson, 0. naycmr has no preorbital glands, but 

 possesses small pedal glands on all four feet and two inguinal 

 glands, marked, however, by A-ague pores. It was principally on 



Text-fiff. 89. 



A B 



Psendnis nai/niir. 



A. Median vertical si-ction of front foot of female retaining the aborted aland (fi? ) 



B. The same of the male without trace of the gland. 



the absence of the preorbital glands that Hodgson separated tluN 

 species from Ovis as the type of a distinct genus Pseudois. 

 Blanford repeats the information supplied by" Hodgson, but 

 without quoting him as his authoritv. 



