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MK. R. I. rOCOCK OX THE 



[June 14, 



iippeared to be no gland connected with this pocket, since there 

 was no secretion on the hairs projecting fi'om its orifice ; but 

 beneath the pocket between the phalanges there was an elongated 

 mass of vascular gelatinous tissue extending almost as far up as 

 the false hoofs, just such as is found in the hoofs of Oxen. The 

 fore and hind feet were alike, except that the anterior depression 

 was somewhat deepei* on the hind feet, allowing a sliglitly wider 

 spread to the hoofs, and wliereas tlie false hoofs were united l)y 

 thick horny material on the fore feet, those of the hind feet weio 

 connected by naked skin. 



Text-fig. 112. 



Cervicapra redunca. 



A. Mediiui vortical soctioii of front foot taken a little to one side of the aborted 



pland (gl.) ; gel., pelatinous interdigrital mass. 



B. 'rile aborted gland of the same in section. 



C. Median vertical section of hind foot : lettering as in A. 



D. In"Tiinal region showing four inammfB {in.) ; scrotum (se.) and inguinal 



glands, the anterior pair {gl.) wide and shallow, the posterior pair behind 

 them narrow and deep. 



E. Section of inguinal gland of posterior pair. 



F. Side view of nose to show rhinarium. 



In both specimens there were two pairs of mamnue ; but in 

 neither was there a bare patch of skin below the ear, Tlie knees 

 had a bare patch of thickened horny skin, which was apparently, 

 however, not glandular. So far as the pedal glands are concerned, 

 the genus Cervicapra, as represented by redunca, stands in the 

 same relation to Felea capreolus as Capra stands to Ovis • and 

 there cannot, 1 think, be much doubt that the ancestors of 

 existing species of Cervicapra are descended from Antelopes with 

 pedal glands like those of Pelea. 



