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side of this bony projection. The nasal bones are very slightly arched, and there is no 
external suborbitar opening, but in the bone there is an oblong and somewhat irregular 
foramen, an inch and a quarter long, which, in the recent subject, is entirely closed by a 
tense membrane. The scull is smaller than that of the English domestic sheep; the jaws 
more slender, and the cavity for containing the brain smaller in proportion. 
The horns are black, rise directly upwards and outwards, without any inclination either 
forwards or backwards, and curve sharply in towards each other at their tips. At the base 
the distance between them is 34 inches; within 2 inches of the tip, where they begin to 
curve inwards, the distance between them is 10} inches, and the tips are 7 inches apart. 
The horns are much compressed, in a lateral direction, to about half their height, where they 
give out a thin, triangular, or bracket-shaped process, which projects directly forwards for 
more than an inch. The surface of the lower half of the horns is striated, and is rough, with 
small warts and knobs, two or three of which project from a quarter to half an inch. The 
situation of these larger knobs varies in different specimens. The horns above the flat snag 
have a shining, striated surface, are nearly round, and taper considerably. 
1 - 2 3 
No. 1 is a section of the right horn, at its base; No. 2 a similar section at the 
commencement of the snag; and No. 3 is a section of the horn and snag ;— 
natural size. 
This animal has a graceful form, a slender head, with large eyes, and long and ‘delicate 
limbs. The nostrils turn obliquely upwards from the raphé of the upper lip, and are 
separated by a small, tumid, triangular, naked space. The naked margins of the lips are 
blackish, but the lips and chin are covered with white hair. The nose is nearly straight, or. 
