ADDENDUM.

PENNANT—BUFFON—GOLDSMITH—BEWICK—BINGLEY.

In addition to the critical remarks on the writings of others, on this subject, which the reader will find in the following pages, I have further to observe that, although Pennant and Buffon have held a very high character, for many years, as scientific naturalists, the portion of their works which treats of the Genus Bos, appears to have been the result of the most careless and superficial observation. With the exception of the facts and observations furnished by such men as Daubenton and Pallas, Buffon's works are little more than flimsy speculations. As to Pennant's history of the Ox Tribe, it is calculated rather to bewilder than to inform; it is, in fact, an incoherent mass of dubious statements, huddled together in a most inextricable confusion: as a piece of Natural History it is absolutely worse than nothing.

Goldsmith, Bewick, and Bingley, three of our most popular writers on Natural History, appear to have done little more than compile from Pennant and Buffon, and consequently are but little deserving of credit. These strictures apply exclusively to such portions of their works as relate to the Ox Tribe.

TABLE OF CONTENTS.

Page
Introduction [1]
American Bison [21]
Aurochs [40]
Yak [45]
Gyall [51]
Gayal [57]
Domestic Gayal [68]
Jungly Gau [71]
Buffalo [75]
Italian Buffalo [76]
Manilla Buffalo [81]
Condore Buffalo [84]
Cape Buffalo [86]
Pegasse [95]
Gaur [97]
Arnee [105]
Zamouse [112]
Musk Ox [115]
Galla Ox [120]
Zebu, or Brahmin Bull [125]
Backeley Ox [133]
African Bull [137]
Chillingham Cattle [140]
Kyloe, or Highland Ox [150]
Table of the Number of Vertebræ [152]
Table of the Periods of Gestation [153]
Note on the Skeleton of the American Bison [154]
APPENDIX.
Page
Free Martin [155]
Short-nosed Ox [159]
On the utility of the Ox Tribe to Mankind [160]
Account of Alpine Cowherds
—Notice of Ranz des Vaches [164]
Table of Habitat [168]
---- Mode of Life [169]
Indefinite Definitions of Col. H. Smith [170]
Mr. Swainson's Transcendental Attempt at Classification [176]
On Species and Variety [181]
Banteng (Bos Bantiger) [185]
British Domestic Cattle [186]
Influence of Colour in Breeding [ib.]
Influence of Male in Breeding [187]
Generative Precocity [ib.]
Milk [188]
Butter [189]
Mr. Youatt's Philosophy of Rabies [190]
Statistics [192]