MAMMALIA. 
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Dalmalis picta. —The Nyl-Ghau. 
Plate XXXII. fig. 1. 
Fur gray in the i*.ale, fawn coloured in the female; throat 
with a tuft of long dark brown hair; having a short erect mane 
from the crown to the withers; horns conical, black, and 
smooth, much separated, bending forward, inflected at tips; 
legs with black and white annulations on the pasterns; tail 
reaches the hough joint. Height at shoulders four feet one 
inch. Inhabits India. 
Tribe V.— Bovid ^:.—» Smith. 
Horns persistent, common to both sexes, forming a sheath 
upon a bony nucleus, increasing by rings at the base, horns 
round, without annulations, strise, or ridges, never straight, but 
bending outwards or forwards from their base; muzzle broad, 
naked ; no lachrymal sinuses; neck short; breast with dewlaps; 
vertebrse of the tail frequently prolonged beyond the houghs; no 
inguinal pores ; females with an udder ; with from two to four 
teats. 
Genus 10. — Catoblepas. — Smith. 
Generic Character. —Incisors no canines, grinders to¬ 
tal 32. Head square; horns Hat, and broad at base, nearly 
joining on the crest of the frontals; lying outwards, turning 
down, with the points turning upwards; muzzle broad; nos¬ 
trils provided internally with a moveable valve; glandulous ex¬ 
crescence on the cheeks ; neck with a mane ; throat with a 
beard ; dewlap small; bristles round the orbits and on the lips; 
a ridge of hair on the forehead; tail hairy as in the horse. 
Catoblepas gnu. — The Gn it. 
Plate XXXII. fig. 2. 
Fur rich brown ; tail reaching the hough joint, brown above 
and white beneath; horns parallel at the base, from which they 
bend abruptly backwards ; neck with a mane; forehead with a 
line of hair up its centre ; and a beard under its jaws ; a ridge 
