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Show 1870.] DR. J. MURIE ON SAIGA TARTARICA. 495 of the stylo-hyal are much shorter and stouter in the Sheep. The Antelopes conform more with Saiga in the contour and slenderness of their hyoidean elements, and more so than do the generality of the Deer. Fig. 12. Head of the male Saiga in its winter coat. From a drawing made under the author's supervision while the animal was living in the Gardens*. The trachea, as noted by Pallas, is large. The cartilaginous rings, forty-nine in number, are wide, and do not meet behind, the fibrous * I am indebted to Mr. Glass, the editor of ' Land and Water,' for the use of this woodblock. Remarks on the animal, by Mr. Blyth, will be found in that publication for 14th December. 1867. |