. The annals and magazine of natural history : zoology, botany, and geology. ssessing a preorbital gland, amore reduced rhinarium, and curved , JEgoryx algazel, Oken. j^Egoryx algazel, Oken (p. 909). In 1910 my notes on this species weie restricted to thestatement that an example living in the Gardens showedthe presence of preorbital glands by patches of secretion onthe face about one inch in front of the eye, thus disprovingthe assertions of Owen and Ogilby that the preorbital glandis absent. * In the figures illustrating the muzzle of the antelopes described inthis paper, no attemp
. The annals and magazine of natural history : zoology, botany, and geology. ssessing a preorbital gland, amore reduced rhinarium, and curved , JEgoryx algazel, Oken. j^Egoryx algazel, Oken (p. 909). In 1910 my notes on this species weie restricted to thestatement that an example living in the Gardens showedthe presence of preorbital glands by patches of secretion onthe face about one inch in front of the eye, thus disprovingthe assertions of Owen and Ogilby that the preorbital glandis absent. * In the figures illustrating the muzzle of the antelopes described inthis paper, no attempt has been made to indicate by shading the trans-verse and Tcrtical convexity of the rhinaria, which thus appear to betoo flat. >90 l\Ir. R. I. Pocock on some In an example of the typical race of this species fromKorthern Nigeria, the gland (Hg. -4-, B) consists of a thickiiicd area ot skin concealed and ovcrijrown by hairbasally adherent witli seiretion. The gland is al)Out 30 and 6 mm. thiik and slightly elevated, resembling tl le Fij?. 4. mm^ I A, ^^ ^ ?O,. A. Muzzle and iliinariiim of Aif/orj/.r alr/azel from the front. X 5. li. Piei)rbita! gland of the .*ame in lonfritudinal section. C. Kxtremity of the penis of the same from the left .side, D. The same from the ri{;ht side with urethral process pulled down. E. Extremity of penis of Ilippotragns niijer with urethral process straifrhtened. F. Muzzle and rhinarium of Oryx gazella from the side. corresponding gland of Hippotragus, although shorter ascompared with its thickness. Tiie muzzle (fig. 4, A) in its general features is like thatof Oryx yuzdiu, but the rhinarium is considerably morereduced. When viewed from the front it is much wider as External Characters of Ruminant Artiodnctyla. 223 compared with its height, the height in the middle linebeing slightly less than that of the upper lip and much lessthan the width of the internarial septum. As in other members of this subfamily the inguinalglands are absent,
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