Delineations of the Ox Tribe

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Author

Vasey, George, 1822-1893

Title

Delineations of the Ox Tribe: The Natural History of Bulls, Bisons, and Buffaloes. Exhibiting all the Known Species and the More Remarkable Varieties of the Genus Bos.

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Produced by Steven Giacomelli, Josephine Paolucci and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net. (This file was produced from images produced by Core Historical Literature in Agriculture (CHLA), Cornell University.)

Language

English

LoC Class

QL: Science: Zoology

Subject

Oxen

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eBook-No.

27975

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/27975

Release Date

February 3, 2009

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.DELINEATIONS — OF — THE OX TRIBE.
2. 2.BY GEORGE VASEY. — ILLUSTRATED BY 72 ENGRAVINGS ON WOOD, BY THE AUTHOR. — C. AND J. ADLARD, PRINTERS, BARTHOLOMEW CLOSE.
3. 3.PREFACE.
4. 4.ADDENDUM. — PENNANT—BUFFON—GOLDSMITH—BEWICK—BINGLEY.
5. 5.TABLE OF CONTENTS.
6. 6.LIST OF ENGRAVINGS. — ( The Engravings not otherwise acknowledged are from original Drawings. )
7. 7.INTRODUCTION.
8. 8.THE OX TRIBE — OR — Genus BOS,
9. 9.THE AMERICAN BISON. — Bos Americanus.
10. 10.THE AUROCHS, OR EUROPEAN BISON. — Bos Bison.
11. 11.THE YAK, OR SOORA-GOY. — Bos Grunniens.
12. 12.THE GYALL, ( Bos Frontalis of Lambert;) — THE GAYAL, ( Bos Gavæus of Colebrooke;) — THE JUNGLY GAU, ( Bos Sylhetanus of F. Cuvier.)
13. 13.THE GYALL. — " Bos Frontalis. — Mr. Macrae's Account .
14. 14.THE GAYAL.
15. 15.THE TAME OR DOMESTIC GAYAL.
16. 16.THE JUNGLY GAU. — Bos Sylhetanus. (Cuv.)
17. 17.THE BUFFALO.
18. 18.THE ITALIAN BUFFALO. — Bos Bubalus.
19. 19.The Manilla Buffalo. — Bos Bubalis?
20. 20.PULO CONDORE BUFFALO. — Bos Bubalus?
21. 21.THE CAPE BUFFALO. — Bos Caffer.
22. 22.THE PEGASSE. — Bos Pegasus.
23. 23.THE GAUR, OR GOUR. — Bos Gaurus.
24. 24.THE ARNEE, OR ARNA. — FOOTNOTES:
25. 25.THE ZAMOUSE, OR BUSH COW. — Bos Brachyceros.
26. 26.THE MUSK OX. — Bos Moschatus.
27. 27.THE SANGA, OR GALLA OX. — (See Frontispiece). Bos ——? — FOOTNOTES:
28. 28.INDIAN DOMESTIC CATTLE. — Bos ——?
29. 29.THE ZEBU, OR BRAHMIN OX.—( Var. α. ) — AFRICAN AND OTHER VARIETIES. — LOOSE-HORNED OX. — THE BOURY. — THE TINIAN OX. — THE BORNOU OX,
30. 30.THE DOMESTIC OXEN OF THE HOTTENTOTS, CALLED BACKELEYS, BACKELEYERS, OR BAKELY-OSSE. — Bos ——?
31. 31.AFRICAN BULL. — FOOTNOTES:
32. 32.CHILLINGHAM WHITE CATTLE. — Bos Taurus.—Restricted Variety. — FOOTNOTES:
33. 33.THE KYLOE, OR HIGHLAND OX. — Bos Taurus.
34. 34.TABLE OF THE NUMBER OF VERTEBRÆ IN THE VARIOUS SPECIES OF THE GENUS BOS.
35. 35.TABLE OF THE PERIODS OF GESTATION OF THE VARIOUS SPECIES OF THE GENUS BOS.
36. 36.NOTE ON THE AMERICAN BISON. — FOOTNOTES:
37. 37.APPENDIX — THE FREE MARTIN. — THE SHORT-NOSED OX. — ON THE UTILITY OF THE OX TRIBE TO MANKIND. — SOME ACCOUNT OF THE ALPINE COWHERDS, — WITH A NOTICE OF THE CELEBRATED SWISS AIR — The Ranz des Vaches. — IMITATED. — SYNOPTICAL TABLE OF HABITAT — AND MODE OF LIFE. — Mode of Life. — THE INDEFINITE DEFINITIONS OF COL. HAMILTON SMITH. — GENERIC CHARACTERS. — SUB-GENERIC CHARACTERS. — SPECIFIC DETAILS. — MR. SWAINSON'S TRANSCENDENTAL ATTEMPT AT CLASSIFICATION. — ON SPECIES AND VARIETY. — THE BANTENG OF JAVA. — Bos Bantinger, or Bantiger. Bos Sondaicus? — BRITISH DOMESTIC CATTLE. — INFLUENCE OF COLOUR IN BREEDING. — INFLUENCE OF THE MALE IN BREEDING. — GENERATIVE PRECOCITY. — MILK. — BUTTER. — MR. YOUATT'S PHILOSOPHY OF RABIES, OR MADNESS. — STATISTICS. — THE END.

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