. The annals and magazine of natural history : zoology, botany, and geology. loser with Capricornis than was previously supposedto be the case. Genus Bddorcas, taxicolor, Hodgson (p. 856). The death of a male example of this species from enables me to veiify and extend my account of theexternal characters of this genus published in 1910, andbased partly on this example when alive and partly upona dried skin of B. taxicolor tibetanus lent to me byMr. Gerrard. The rhinarium (fig. 3, A, B) is continued inferiorly tothe edge of the upper lip as a narrow mesially grooved
. The annals and magazine of natural history : zoology, botany, and geology. loser with Capricornis than was previously supposedto be the case. Genus Bddorcas, taxicolor, Hodgson (p. 856). The death of a male example of this species from enables me to veiify and extend my account of theexternal characters of this genus published in 1910, andbased partly on this example when alive and partly upona dried skin of B. taxicolor tibetanus lent to me byMr. Gerrard. The rhinarium (fig. 3, A, B) is continued inferiorly tothe edge of the upper lip as a narrow mesially grooved strip,which is longer than in Naniorhedus owing to tliegreater depth of the upper lip. Laterally an area of nakedskin, narrower than in Namorhedus, is continued with a boldcurve beneath the widely expanded nostrils, and curvinground their posterior extremities passes into the dorsal External C/iaraclers of Ruminant Artiodactyla. 137 portion of the rhinarium, which is much shorter from beforebackwards than in Namorhedus^ being considerably moreovergrown with hair. Fig. A. ^luzzle of Budorcas from the frout, x \. B. The same from the side. C Genital area of Budorcas taxicolor. j}., peudulous extremity of penis;t., long tuft of hair protruding from the prepuce ; 7«., mammaearising from glandular elevation ; s,, scrotum. The feet resemble in essential particulars those of the driedexample figured in 1910 (p. 852) and described (p. 856),except that on the fore foot there is no trace of the 138 ^Ir. \\. I. Pocock on some transverse ridge of integument just where the hair of thepastern ceases in the interungual space. There is notrace of definite pedal gland, although the hair at theb •ttom of the interdigital depression in front is stucktogether with secretion, indicating activity of the skin atthat spot. Tiie hind foot is like tlic front foot. There is no trace o{preurhital (jland or of inguinal glandsin the ordinary sense of that terra ; but the two mammae(fig. 3
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