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Show 1 9 0 4 .] ON A NEW FORM OF BUFFALO. 1 6 3 The measurements, in millims., of the two mounted specimens and of the three skins are :- Mounted specimens. Skins. N oT671. N o. 2685. No2997. No.3001. No.4945. F r om tip of nose to base of tail 610 560 610 750 690 Tail, hair included............... 355 340 340 380 370 Ear, from external base ... 51 51 - 54 46 Skull: as compared with the skull of Felis catus that I have had for comparison, the three skulls of this new cat differ only in that the frontal part is somewhat narrower. Moreover, in Felis catus the nasals reach further back than the ascending branches of the. upper mandible, whereas in Felis daemon the upper mandibular bones go further back than the nasals. The measurements of two complete skulls, in millims., are :- No. 2997. No. 3001. 6 . Greatest length..................................................98 101 Basilar length ..................................................81 81 Greatest breadth across the zygomatic bones 69'5 71 Smallest breadth behind the postorbital process ..........................................................31 '2 34 Smallest breadth between the interorbitals. 19 20 Greatest breadth of brain-case ......................46 46'5 Length of bony palate......................................36 33 Width between upper premolars ..................38• 5 39'5 Condylar length of maxilla ..............................61 64 Felis daemon is not scarce in the woods of the southern slopes of the chief range of the Caucasus (Nookhinsky district of Gouv. Elizabethpol) and the Zakatalsky Province. It used to be found, according to Hochenacker, also in the mountains of the Small Caucasus; but nothing is heard of it there at the present time. According to Radde, this cat inhabits the Kopet-Dagh Range in Transcaspia ; and M. S. Alpheraky tells me that it is by no means rare in the woods of Borshom, where it is often trapped, together with Felis catus and other vermin. Habits unknown. 9. On a Buffalo-Skull from East Central Africa. By R. L y d e k k e r . [Received May 17, 1904.] (Text-figure 31.) [The complete account of the new form described in this communication appears here; but since the name and preliminary diagnosis were published in the ‘ Abstract,' the species is distinguished by the name being underlined.- E d it o k .] Through the kind offices of Rowland Ward, Limited, the British Museum has recently been presented with the skull and tail-tip of a bull Buffalo, killed by the donor, Mr. Arnold Mathews, 11* |