E4 THE JERSEY, ALDEMNEY AND GUERmEY COW. 



been classified. There are two species — those on which 

 the hair ascends, and those on which it descends. Those 

 with ascending hair are simply traces which encroach 

 on the descending hair outside the scutcheon, either on 

 one side or beneath the vulva. Those with the de- 

 scending hair are on the scutcheons, and are five in 

 number. 



The seven tufts or patches of hair which Guenon thus 

 mentions are placed I represented below. 



Fig. 1 6, 



The names given to them are very peculiar, and for 

 some we must substitute another in English, taken from 

 the position or form of the tuft 



Thus, I. Epi ovaky oval tuft; 2. epi fessard, ischiatic 

 tuft; 3. epi babin, lip-shaped tufts; 4. epivulve, vulvan 

 tuft ; 5. epi batard, perin2eal tuft ; 6. epi cuissard^ thigh 

 tufts ; and 7. epi jondif^ mesian tuft. 



The oval tufts ^re good signs if small, regular, and 

 covered with fine hair. They are seen in all the best 

 cows, but they are also met with in some of the lower 

 orders. 



The thigh tufts of ascending hair are never seen in 



