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In their dimensions they are similar to those of the palustris sheep. A horn-core, unfortunately preserved only with the basal part, belonging to an old indi. vidual, and marked as an old he-goat by distinct frontal bumps, is the only one that shows any larger measurements.

Table of dimensions (in millimeters).

*Kinberg, T. G., "Ossa metacarpi et metatarsi, Ovis et Caprn." Ofversigt Kongl. Vetenskaps-Akadem. Forhandlinger, 1869, pp. 359-433.

Although Rütimeyer* states that only the hoof phalanges and joint-surfaces

of the bones are useful in deciding between the goats and the sheep and that the goat shows a deerlike delicacy of the bones, later investigationst have shown that the metacarpalia and tarsalia are good characteristics for a diagnosis, since, contrary to the general view as well as to Rütimeyer's assertion, these bones are much broader and shorter in the goat than in the sheep.

This appears clearly in the above dimensions, since the distal width of an equally long metacarpus of a goat and a palustris sheep is three times as great in the former as in the latter (27 mm. : 9 mm). •

*Fauna der Pfahlbauten, p. 127.

t Cornevin et Lesbre, Caractères ostéologiques differentiels de la chèvre et du mouton. Bull. Soc. Anthrop., Lyon, 1891. Kriz, Martin, Die Hoehlen in den maehrischen Devon-Kalken, etc. Jahrbuch der k. k. geolog. Reichsanstalt, Wien, pp. 443-570.

Proxi-
mal
width.

Proximal diameter.

Me-
dian
width.

Me-

dian Distal diam- width. eter.

Longi- tudinal diam- eter.

Trans- verse diameter.

Circum-
ference
at base.

Distal
diam-
eter.

HORN-CORES: Anau:

Female   

Female   

Male   

Capra hircus, male, Turkestan, Mus. Paris... .

Capra hircus, Malay Archipelago, coll. by Hombrone and Jac-

queminot   
Capra cretensis Brisson, Crete, Mus. Paris.

METACARPUS:

Anau:

Adult    102

Adult    98

Anau City, M.S. iv, — i6

to —17 feet, recent   
Gross Czernosek, Bohe-

mia, Mus. Teplitz..   99
Stockholm, Kungsträdgarden (King's Gardens) :

Subfossil goats*    102

Subfossil sheep after Kinberg,107

p. 373*   (   98

(   IO2

Schlossberg, Ovis aries

palustris    I o3
Sardegna, Ovis musimon,

coll. Duerst    135

14

19

28

26

31

40

54

39

15

26

13

22

16

13

15

14

8

17

73

85

ca.120

150

74

65

I05

IIO

250

100

I20

16

14

14

I2

2I

9

8

9

8

I2

27

23

25

24

23

27

24

20

9

25

23

20

20

23

22.5

22

18

18

23

15

14

14

I2

16

15

14

IO

8

14

Length.