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ZOOLOGY. 



allied to the European bison, {Bison EuropcBUS Owen), the 

 "auroch," now preserved in the forests of Bialowicza, and 

 living wild in Caucasus. Bos primighiius Bojanus, which 



in the time of Caesar lived in Germany and England bear- 

 ing the name "urus," is the "ur" of the Niebelungen 

 song. Prom it has descended the half-wild cattle in certain 



