MAMMALIA. 65l 



Lachrymal sinuses in many. Supplementary hoofs in most. 

 Eyes at the upper margin of forehead, remote from the nasal 

 apertures, with head protracted forwards. Ears near the nape, 

 mostly long. 



The species of Antelopes are peculiarly numerous in Africa. Comp. on 

 this genus Pallas Spic. Zool. i. pp. i— 16, and Fasc. xii., Lichtenstein 

 Ueber die Antilopen dcs ndrdlichen Africa, besonders in Beziehuwj auf die 

 Kenntniss tvelche die Alien davon gehabt haben. Abhandl. der Akad. der 

 Wissensch. zu Berlin a. d. Jahre 1824, Berlin, 1826, s. 194—240, with 

 fig.; Laurillakd Dictionn. univ. d'Hist. nat. i. (1841) pp. 612—626, 

 J. E. Gray Synopsis of the species of Antelopes, Annals of nat. Mist., Sec. 

 Ser. Vol. 8, 185 1, pp. 129—146, 211-228. 



Various attempts have been made to separate this numerous genus into 

 subordinate divisions, or even to resolve it into different genera. The last 

 would be to be preferred, but it appears to me, after a comparative review 

 of the species, to be scarcely practicable, since although there be great 

 difference in habitus, still intermediate forms constantly present themselves, 

 and the characters moreover are of very inferior interest and importance^. 

 Many species present external resemblance to the deers, others to the goats, 

 some to the oxen, some even to the asses. — In all instances the eyes are 

 placed much higher and more backwards in the antelopes than in the 

 deers, and the base of the horns is mostly placed forwards almost over the 

 margin of the orbit. The nasal bones are in most species much elongated. 



+ With upper Up sulcate, hairy. 



Buhalus veterum, Acronotus Ham. Smith. Head narrow, pro- 

 tracted. Horns nearly contiguous ^at the base, soon divergent, 

 then converging, with the subulate apex bent backward, common 

 to both sexes. Ears acuminate, long. Back convex, with shoulders 

 high. Tail moderate, setose. (Lachrymal sinuses small. Two 

 mammse.) 



Sp. Antilope Buhalis Yall. (in part), Cuv., A. inauritania Ogilby, Buff, 

 Suppl. VI. p. 14, Menag. du Mus. Livr. 5 (^d. 8vo, i. pp. 346—355) ; of 

 the size of an ass, one-coloured purplish-russet; from the North of Africa; 

 known to the ancients, (Plinius viii. c. 15, &c.,) the cervine antelope — 

 Antilope Caama Cuv., Buff. Suppl. vi. PI. 15, Cuv. R. Ani., ed. ill, 

 Mammif. PI. 92, fig. i (figure moderate, body too long). Smith Elustr. 

 of the Zool. of S. Afr., Mamm. PI. 30 ; very similar to the preceding, 

 but chestnut-brown with black forehead and black tail ; the hartebeest of 



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This is chiefly true of the presence or absence of horns in the female ; a character 

 that appears to have no value, and, even if it had, could not well be employed in 

 the arrangement. 



