from Van Diemen's Land. 217 



closely allied to the Guib and Boshbok {Antilope scripta and syl- 

 vatica), and though he naturally placed less confidence in my induc- 

 tion than I did myself, it nevertheless occasioned him to modify his 

 opinion, and to think, as he himself observes, (Proc. Com. Sci. Zool. 

 Soc. ii. 123.) after expressly stating his reasons for believing it to be 

 a species of Zebra, that " it might not improbably belong to some 

 species of Antelope." Four years after Mr. Bennett's notice, viz. 

 in Nov. 1836, having occasion to describe some new and rare Ante- 

 lopes at a meeting of the Zoological Society, at which Mr. Gray was 

 present and took part in the proceedings of the evening upon the 

 subject of my communication, I took the opportunity of detailing at 

 length my opinions with regard to the characters and relations of 

 the animal in question, to which I gave the name of Antilope Doria, 

 and announced its true habitat to be the western coast of Africa, 

 and not Algoa Bay as supposed by Mr. Bennett. A short abstract 

 of these observations will be found in the Zool. Proc. iv. 121. 



I have been induced to detail this history of the Antilope Doria up 

 to the period of Mr. Gray's notice, simply for the purpose of show- 

 ing that whatever little merit can result from having pointed out the 

 characters and affinities of this beautiful animal, and consequently 

 the right of naming it, belong neither to Mr. Bennett nor Mr. Gray. 

 The former gentleman was too just to claim such a right ; the latter, 

 though he has taken the liberty of exercising it, has still less pre- 

 tensions ; for not only has he added nothing new to the history and 

 description of the animal, but his observations are even fewer and 

 less important than those which I have long since published. That 

 I have just cause of complaint I cannot help thinking, when I re- 

 member that Mr. Gray took part in the proceedings of the meet- 

 ing when my observations were made and my name given ; and that 

 he must be well acquainted with the published account of those 

 " Proceedings" containing both the name and the observations, 

 having been officially engaged in their revision ; and finally, that the 

 original skin has been long exhibited, with my name attached, in the 

 Museum of the Zoological Society, to which he is a frequent visitor, 

 besides being a member of the Museum Committee. It was my in- 

 tention to have noticed this subject in the last Number of the An- 

 nals, but I was prevented from doing so by a communication from 

 Mr. Gray, of which the following is an extract : " He also takes the 

 opportunity of informing Mr. Ogilby that it is his (intention ?) to 

 correct the error into which he has fallen with respect to the Anti- 

 lope Doria in the next Number of the Annals." This promise Mr. 

 Gray has not fulfilled ; but instead of the promised correction the 



