272 ZOOLOGY. 



ft. in. 

 Length of the body, measured in a direct line along 

 the side, from the front of the shoulder to the 



rump 4 5 



Height at shoulder 4 4 



Length of forearm (radius) from elbow to knee . . .• 1 4 



„ of cannon-bone from knee to fetlock .... 1 1^ 



„ of thigh (tibia) 14 



„ from hock to hind fetlock 14 



„ of each horn, measured in a straight line from 



point to base '.22 



„ of each horn, measured along curve .... 2 10 



Distance between points of horns 2 3 



Length of ears ..... 10 



The horns were only of moderate size ; in large specimens 

 they are nearly three feet long. 



Mr. Blyth has lately shown (P. Z. S. 1869, p. 51) that 

 a smaller race of Koodoo exists in S. Africa, and probably 

 in Abyssinia. I did not meet with this race or its horns. 



Domestic Ruminants. 



Before quitting the subject of the Ruminantia, a few 

 words on the domestic cattle, sheep, and goats may not 

 be out of place. 



AJl the oxen of Abyssinia belong to the humped 

 race, Bos zebu, and haye the peculiar voice and habits 

 of their species. The hump, however, is smaller than 

 in the cattle of Hindustan ; I never saw bulls with the 

 very remarkable dorsal boss so characteristic of the 

 better-bred Indian animals. The Abyssinian cattle are 

 small in general : the finest seen by me were those of 

 the Wadela and Dalanta plateaux. They vary in colour, 

 being mostly brown or brown and white. The horns 

 are usually ill-shaped. The famous Galla oxen appear 



