Zoological Society. 137 



Antilope Scoparius, Schreb. Licht. S. t. 13. — A. Ourebi, Shaw; 

 Lesson. — Ourebi, Buffon, not F. Cuvier. — A. melanura, Bechst. 

 Inhabits S. Africa, Cape of Good Hope. Brit. Mus. 



2. SCOPOPHORUS MONTANUS. The GlBARI. 



Temple-spot large, deep (more than half an inch over), naked ; 

 fur greyish brown ; cheeks paler ; crown red brown ; orbits, chest, 

 belly, under side of tail and middle of the inner side of the upper parts 

 of the legs white ; end of tail and arched line before the eye black. 



Antilope montanus, Riippell, Zool. t. . — Scopophorus montanus, 

 Gray, Knowsley Menag. t. 5. 



Inhabits W. and E. Africa ; Abyssinia (Riippell) ; Gambia. Called 

 Gebari, or Mahomet's Antelope (Earl of Derby). Brit. Mus. 



Very like the former, but grey brown, and the temporal spot much 

 larger, deeper, more distinct and bald, both when alive and in the 

 skin, so that it does not depend on the stuffing. 



12. Oreotragus, Gray, Sundevall ; Tragulus, H. Smith, not Pallas. 



Muffle large; tear-bag arched, transverse; horns subulate, elon- 

 gate ; hoofs squareish, high, compressed, much-contracted, concave 

 beneath ; false hoofs large, blunt ; crown smooth ; tail very short ; 

 hair thick, quill-like, spread out : female hornless ; teats two. 



1 . Oreotragus saltatrix. The Kiansi or Klippspringer. 



Dark brown, yellow grisled ; hair grey, brown at the end, with a 

 short yellow tip ; beneath whitish ; edge of ears and feet above the 

 hoofs black. 



Antilope Oreotragus, Forster ; H. Smith ; Licht. Saugth. t. 15. — 

 A. saltatrix, Bodd. ; Harris, W. A. A. t. 24. — Oreotragus saltatrix, 

 Sundev.; Gray, Knowsley Men. 8. 



Inhabits S. Africa; Abyssinia (Riippell). Brit. Mus. 



Varies in brightness and depth of colour according to the season. 



13. Nesotragus, Von Duben, Sundev. MSS. 



" Muffle large, bald ; lachrymal sinus deep, large ; face and fore- 

 head not crested ; ears large; horns in males large ; false hoofs none ; 

 tail very short. 



Very like Neotragus in form and character. 



1. Nesotragus moschatus. The Nesotragus. 



Reddish grey ; belly white ; feet pale red ; hair of back brown, 

 with a pale sub terminal band and black tip. 



Nesotragus moschatus, Von Duben ; Sundev. Vet. Ac. Oefversigt, 

 1846, 221 ; Pecora, 134; Gray, Knowsley Menag. 8. 



Inhabits Zanzebar, east coast of Africa. Male and female in the 

 Stockholm Museum." 



14. Neotragus, H. Smith; Madoqua, Ogilby. 



Muffle none ; nose ovine ; nostrils close together ; false hoofs very 

 small ; tear-bag roundish ; tail very short ; crown crested. 



