1. Bison bonasus, European bison.2-3. Ovis ammon, argali.4-5. Ovis gmelini, mouflon.6. Ovis cylindricornis, Eastern tur.7. Capra caucasica, Western tur.8. Capra pyrenaica, Iberian wild goat.9. Capra ibex, Alpine ibex.10. Capra aegagrus, wild goat.11. Arabitragus jayakari, Arabian tahr.Identifier: greatsmallgameof00lyde (
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The great and small game of Europe, western & northern Asia and America; their distribution, habits, and structureYear:
1901 (
1900s)Authors:
Lydekker, Richard, 1849-1915Subjects:
Game and game-birds Zoology Zoology ZoologyPublisher:
London, R. Ward, limitedContributing Library:
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view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book.Text Appearing Before Image:ribs in the skeleton. The horns,too, which are cylindrical in form, are peculiar in growing from a ridgesituated below the extreme vertex of the skull, so that in a front view ofthe latter the summit of the crest of the true occiput is visible. Tliesockets of the eyes, which are placed comparatively close to the horns, arelikewise remarkable for their tubular form ; and the nasal bones arenoticeable for their relative shortness. Again, the frontal region of theskull of a bison is characterised by its great width and shortness. Inall the foregoing respects a bisons skull differs very markedly from that Sec Great und Small Game of India, etc., and Wild Oxen, Sleep, and Goats of all Lands. PLATE III 1. European Bison. 6. East Caucasian Tur. 2. Siberian Argali. 7. West Caucasian Tur. 3. Littledales Sheep. 8. Spanish Tur. 4. European Muflon. 9. Alpine Ibex. 5. Armenian Muflon. 10. Persian Wild Goat. 11. Arabian Tahr. Game of Europe ,W.&c N.Asia &c America. Plate III. i^f^^fl^^^ff^.Text Appearing After Image:EUROPEAN AND ASIATIC TYPES. PuhlLshMd. hyRowlxuhd Wofd Ltd . European Bison 117 of either a domesticated ox or a gaur, and, of course, still more from thatof a buffalo. A figure of the European bison, taken mainly from a mountedCaucasian bull in the British Museum, is given in plate v. of Ifl/J Ow/;,S/hYp, and Goats, but the artist has not succeeded in making a good like-ness of the animal, the fore-legs being too short, and the contour of thehead and neck by no means satisfactory. The colour also is of too brighta brown, but this can scarcely be laid to the fault of the artist, as the hair .-lStC5::-r--S. . .j^ $■Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.