1910.] 



CUTANEOUS SCENT-GLAXDS OF RUMIXAXTS. 



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shallow depressions, each marked by a tuft of hair arranged in a 

 whorl and situated in the ordinary position near the maninue. In 

 the male, however, they wei^e far back alongside the scrotum, a very 

 unusual position. Each consisted of a sliort sac, with tumid orifice, 

 whence a large tuft of hairs protruded. 



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Ourebia nigvicaudata ?. 



A. Head to show orifice of pveovbital gland {gl.) and nearly naked patch 



below ear. 



B. Preorbital gland with orifice distended. 



C. Section of preorbital gland. 



D. Median vertical section of front foot. (N.B. The hairs within the cleft 



are too long, coarse, and clearlj' defined.) 



The tuft of bail's below the knees covered an area of thickened 

 integument as in Gazelles. There were no special indications of 

 glandular activity, however, beyond a certain amount of powdery 

 scurf at the base of the long hairs. 



