1910. 



CUTANEOUS SCENT-GLANDS OF RUMINANTS. 



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somewhat steeply upwards to the joint of the pastern, but below 

 it the skin rose to only a very slight extent before passing into the 

 heel-tie, with Avhich it formed a close fold. Thus the interdigital 

 cleft communicated quite freely with the space between the hoofs 

 and was not shut off therefrom by any extension of the integument 

 to form an interungual tie or web. The hoofs were united only 

 at the heels ; but by way of conipensation for this shallow 

 junctional area the heel-tie was very thick and horny. It was 

 naked behind. The whole of the interdigital cleft was thickly 



Text-fiff. 133. 



A. Median vertical sectiou of front foot, from specimen in the Museum of the Ro^-al 



College of Surgeons. 



B. Median vertical section of hind foot. 



dothed with hairs, growing for the most part downwards and 

 grey or white in colour, but stained a deep yellow and stuck 

 together basally with secretion. Inferiorly these hairs spread 

 over the lower rim of the orifice formed by the closely folded skin 

 above the heel-tie. The hair along the back of the pastern spread 

 for a short distance between the heels, and the secreting cells of 

 the gland were restricted to the walls of the interdigital cleft. 



In the Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons there are 

 preparations of the feet of this Deer. The hind foot agrees with 



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