No. 575] SHORTER ARTICLES AND DISCUSSION 701 



THE OSTEOLOGY OF A DOUBLE-HEADED CALF 

 Through the kindness of Mr. Charles 0. Reed, taxidermist, of 

 Fairmont, W. Va., the writer received the skulls and anterior 

 cervical vertebrae of a double-headed calf which seemed of suffi- 

 cient interest to warrant a brief description. 



According to Mr. Reed the calf's mother was a four-year-old, 

 thoroughbred Herford, living at Grafton, W. Va.. owner not 

 mentioned. 



At her first labor this cow gave birth to twins, supposedly 

 normal, though it was not so stated. The second calf was 

 1 'slightly deformed," but in what way Reed did not know. The 

 third labor produced the double-headed calf in question, which 

 was of unusual size, and was killed in parturition. According 

 to Reed "This calf would have lived if it could have been brought 

 through 0. K." He dissected it and found the "alimentary 

 canal, blood vessels and trachea normal/' 



The bones in the occipital region are slightly broken, probably 



In macerating Ihe skulls. f, 

 flesh, many of the loose suture* 

 together again if was not alw; 



As may be seen in the figure 

 very great difference in the sis 

 larger. They were detached 

 received, but the photographs i 

 relation to the neck and to eac] 



Each skull is twisted and b, 

 being most marked just cephal 

 the more distorted. 



The articulation of the skulls 

 that Reed, who had seen the si 

 be appealed to to decide whieh 



Fig. 1 is a photograph of tl 

 the first three cervical vertebra 



