DELINEATIONS OF THE OX TRIBE; OR, THE NATURAL HISTORY OF
BULLS, BISONS, AND BUFFALOES. EXHIBITING ALL THE KNOWN SPECIES AND THE MORE REMARKABLE VARIETIES OF
THE GENUS BOS. BY GEORGE VASEY. ILLUSTRATED BY 72 ENGRAVINGS ON WOOD, BY THE AUTHOR.
PREFACE.
ADDENDUM. PENNANT BUFFON GOLDSMITH BEWICK BINGLEY.
TABLE OF CONTENTS.
LIST OF ENGRAVINGS. ( The Engravings not otherwise acknowledged are from original Drawings. )
INTRODUCTION.
THE OX TRIBE OR Genus BOS,
THE AMERICAN BISON. Bos Americanus. THE BISON. THE BISON.
THE AUROCHS, OR EUROPEAN BISON. Bos Bison.
THE YAK, OR SOORA-GOY. Bos Grunniens.
THE GYALL, ( Bos Frontalis of Lambert;) THE GAYAL, ( Bos
THE GYALL.
THE GAYAL.
THE TAME OR DOMESTIC GAYAL.
THE JUNGLY GAU. Bos Sylhetanus. (Cuv.)
THE BUFFALO.
THE ITALIAN BUFFALO. Bos Bubalus.
The Manilla Buffalo. Bos Bubalis?
PULO CONDORE BUFFALO. Bos Bubalus?
THE CAPE BUFFALO. Bos Caffer.
THE PEGASSE. Bos Pegasus.
THE GAUR, OR GOUR. Bos Gaurus.
THE ARNEE, OR ARNA.
THE ZAMOUSE, OR BUSH COW. Bos Brachyceros.
THE MUSK OX. Bos Moschatus.
THE SANGA, OR GALLA OX. (See Frontispiece). Bos ?
INDIAN DOMESTIC CATTLE. Bos ?
THE ZEBU, OR BRAHMIN OX. ( Var. ?. )
THE DOMESTIC OXEN OF THE HOTTENTOTS, CALLED BACKELEYS, BACKELEYERS, OR BAKELY-OSSE. Bos ?
AFRICAN BULL.
CHILLINGHAM WHITE CATTLE. Bos Taurus. Restricted Variety.
THE KYLOE, OR HIGHLAND OX. Bos Taurus.
TABLE OF THE NUMBER OF VERTEBRAE IN THE VARIOUS SPECIES OF THE GENUS BOS.
TABLE OF THE PERIODS OF GESTATION OF THE VARIOUS SPECIES OF THE GENUS BOS.
NOTE ON THE AMERICAN BISON.
APPENDIX THE FREE MARTIN.
