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supervision. We cannot do better than refer those who are interested in the 
structure and anatomy of the Saiga to Dr. Murie’s excellent article, from 
Fig. 51. 
©. 
SERIE AU. Dee 
Head of male Saiga in its winter dress. 
(P. Z. 8. 1870, p. 495.) 
which, however, we venture to borrow his account of the cutaneous glands 
of this curious form, which appear to be not less than ten in number. 
“Tn the Saiga there are two small suborbital glandular sacs, the so-called crumen, 
lachrymal sinus, or tearpit of some authors, which yield a thick whitish or pale yellow 
exudation. These are situated in front of the orbit, and slightly below the median 
transverse line of the eye. In the younger female the small external openings of these 
