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Show 1874.] MR. P. L. SCLATER ON A WILD IBEX. 89 i.p. Ischio-pubic ligament. I.S. Infraspinatus. i.s.l. Ilio-ischiatic ligament. It.C. Intertransversalis caudae. L.B. Latissimus dorsi. L.S. Levator scapulae. N. Neuro-mandibularis. O.H. Omohyoid. P. Pectoralis major. Pc. Pectineus. P.M. Platysma myoides. P.P. Peronaeus primus. P.R.b. Pronator radii brevis. P.R.I. Pronator radii longus. P.S. Peronaeus secundus. P.T. Pelvo-tibialis. Py. Pyriformis. Q.F. Quadratus femoris. R.C. Retractor cloaca2. R.F. Rectus femoris. 8. Subscapularis. S.A.1^ Serrati. 8. C.e. Sterno-coracoidalis externus. S.H. Sternohyoideus. 8.H.1 Sternohyoideus profundus. S.L. Supinator longus. 8.M. Sterno-mastoid. 8m. Semimembranosus. So. Soleus. S.P. Serratus posticus. Sp.C. Sphincter cloacas. 8.8. Supraspinatus. St. Semitendinosus. T.A. Tibialis anticus. Tr.e. Triceps external head. Tr.i. Triceps internal head. Tr.l. Triceps long head. Ts.M. Teres minor. Tr.P. Transversus perinei. January 20, 1874. Prof. Newton, F.R.S., V.P., in the Chair. Mr. Sclater exhibited two skulls of Baird's Tapir (Tapirus bairdi) which had been forwarded to him by Mr. Constantine Rickards of Oaxaca, Mexico, as obtained in that district, and which he had deposited in the Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons. In one of them (2932 E of Mus. Cat.), in which the last molar teeth were not yet in place, the nasal septum characteristic of this Tapir was manifest, although not completely ossified; in the other the nasal bones and septum were unfortunately imperfect. It appeared therefore certain that Baird's Tapir extended from Panama through Central America into Southern Mexico, and was probably the only species of this genus to be met with north of the Isthmus of Panama*. Mr. Sclater also exhibited the horns of a male and female Arkar Sheep (Ovis arkar) transmitted to the Society by General Poltarski, Military Governor of Semipalatinsk. They were those of animals killed (the male in the winter of 1871 in the Altai, and the female in the autumn of 1872) about 60 versts from Semipalatinsk. General Poltarski had transmitted the skins of these fine sheep as well; but these had not arrived in a good state of preservation. Mr. Sclater also exhibited the stuffed skin of one of two specimens of the Wild Ibex of Crete, presented to the Menagerie by Mr. Thomas B. Sandwith, H.B.M. Consul, M a y 21, 1873. In an article published in the Society's' Proceedings' for 1872 (p. 689) and elsewhere, * See previous remarks on this subject, P. Z. S. 1867, p. 473. |