1910.] CUTANEOUS SCENT-GLANDS OF RUMINANTS, 931 



I have examined no dead examples of tins genus in a fresh 

 state, but examples of the typical L. gratas and of L. gratus 

 seloiosi living in the Gardens show no trace of a preovbital gland, 

 nor of pedal glands, the widely splayed hoofs making observation 

 of the absence of the pedal glands comparatively easy. The feet 

 appear to resend:ile those of Tragelap/nts, apart from the length of 

 the hoofs and the nakedness of the back of the pasterns. Max 

 Weber (Die Siiug. p. 35, fig. 31, 1904) has figured the inguinal 

 region of a male and female of L. gratus, showing the presence 

 of four mannrije and of a single pair of small, almost aborted, 

 inguinal sacs, with orifices I'emote from and well in advance of 

 the anterior mammfe. These obviously represent the larger 

 inguinal sacs seen in the specimen of Tragelaqjhas scrijitus scriptus 

 above described. It may further be noted that the glands as 

 figured by Weber closely resemble in size and position the single 

 minute inguinal sac seen on one side in the young example 

 of Adenota hoh (p. 916) : both are suggestive of a larger sac in 

 process of suppression. 



Genus Strepsiceros H. iSm. 



Strepsiceros strepsiceros Pall. 



(The Greater Kudu.) 



According to Owen, this species has inguinal pits but no pre- 

 orbital gland. Ogilby agrees with Owen as I'egards the absence 

 of preorbital glands and the presence of inguinal glands, and adds 

 tliat pedal glands are also absent. He also records the presence 

 of four mammae. W. L. Sciater, however, says that the preorbital 

 gland and its orifice are small. I have examined no example of this 

 species, but the available data suggest that Strejysiceros resembles 

 Tragelaphus or Limnotragas in the matter of cutaneous glands, 

 as it is well known to do in most other sti-uctural characters, 

 apart from the slight difference exhibited in the structure of 

 the horns. It is impossil)le, however, to guess whether this genus 

 has 'inguinal glands like those of the foetal T. scrijitus (subsp. ?) 

 or the young T. s. sa-iptus, described above, or like those of Limno- 

 iragus gratus figured by Max Weber. I suspect, however, that they 

 will pi-ove to resemble in size and number those of T. s. sa-iptus. 



Genus Boocercus, Thos. 



Boocercus euryceros Ogilby. 



(Tlie Bongo.) 



In an old skin of this species which Mr. Geirard allowed me to 

 examine, I found the feet to be constructed as in l\mrotragus, there 

 being no ti\ace of glands and the interungual web being naked 

 throughout its extent. I could detect no trace of inguinal glands, 

 but found two pairs of teats. 



The apparent absence of inguinal glands in this genus and in 



