196 MAMMALIA. 



small mane along the spine ; a kind of dewlap under the neckj 

 the tail terminated by a tuft. It lives in troops in the moun- 

 tains north of the Cape.(l) 



i. Horns bifurcated. ANTiLOCAPRiE of Ord. Dicranoceros of Ham. 



Smith. 



Of all the forms of hollow horns this is the most singular? a com- 

 pressed fork is given off from their base or trunk, almost like the 

 tine or antler of a Deer j the pointed tips curve backwards. The 

 most known species is, 



^. furcifera. Ham. Smith, Lin. Trans. XIII, pi. ii; the 

 Cabril of the Canadians. It inhabits the vast prairies of the 

 middle and western parts of North America, where it roams in 

 large herds. Its size is about that of the Roebuck j hair thick, 

 undulated and reddish ; the tine of the horns is about the mid- 

 dle of the height. (2) 



k. Four horns. Tetracera, Leach. 



This subdivision, lately discovered in India, was not unknown to 

 the ancients. jElian speaks of it, XV, c. xiv, by the name of 

 the Four-horned Oryx: the anterior pair are before the eyes, the 

 posterior completely behind the frontal. 



A. chicarra, Hardw.j Lin. Trans. XIV, pi. xv; and F. Cuv. 

 Mammif.(3) (The Tchicarra.) About the size of a Roebuck, 

 and of an almost uniform fawn colour. The female has no 

 horns. Found in the forests of Hindostan.(4) 



/. Two smooth horns. 



Jl. picta, Sind trago-canielus, Gm. ; Buff. Supp. VI, pi. x and 

 xi. (The Nylgau.) As large as a Stag or larger ; the horns 



(1) Near the Canna should be placed the Guil), {A. scripta) Buff. XIT, pi. 

 xl. The Bosch-Bock, [Jl. sylvuticu) Buff. Supp. VI, xxv. 



(2) The Jl. palmata. Smith, lb. pi. iii, is only known to me by its horns, which 

 have the antlers close to the base; perhaps they had been cut off. Some authors 

 have considered these Antelopes also as the Mazames of Hernandez. 



(3) I should remark here, in relation to the observations at page 523, Lin. 

 Trans, torn. XIV, that it was not the fault of the late M. du Vaucel, that the figure 

 and description of the Tchicarra were attributed to him in the Hist, des Mammif- 

 His consignments were not always complete; a drawing frequently arrived without 

 any description or explanation, and his premature death prevented him from sup- 

 plying what was deficient in his memoirs. 



(4) The *2. 4-cornis, Blainv., is only known to me by a cranium, the anterior 

 horns of which are proportionally larger, Jour, de Phys. Aout 1815. Perhaps it 

 is merely a difference arising from age. 



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