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were more than usually congested. In conclusioii 1 beg leave to 

 State that, in my opinion, tlsere can be no doubt that the imniediale 

 cause ofdeath was the acute disease of heart, but that the chronic 

 disease of kidneys and liver was the reniote cause." 



A specimen was exhibited of an Antelope, previously undescribed, 

 which fornis part of the collection of Mr. Steedman, by whom it was 

 communicated to the Society. It was characterized by Mr.Ogilby 

 as the 



Antilope ellipsiprymnus. Ant. coriiubus maximis, elongatis, 

 procurvis, amndatis : rhinario magno : scopis nullis : poris in- 

 guinuJibus : caudd longd, Jloccosd : pilis rigidis, Jioccosis, Unece 

 dorsalis cervicisfue medice reversis : riifo-brunneo griseogue varius, 

 metopio saturate brunneo, macukl longd supraoculari, labiiSyJascia 

 indistinctd gulari, maculdjugidari, ellipsigue prymnali, albis. 

 Mr. Ogilby gavę the following detailed description. 

 "This magnificent animai, which belongs to that section of the 

 Antelope genus which Colonel Smith denominates jEgoceri, and 

 which comprehends the Ant. leucophcea and Ant. eąuina of natu- 

 ralistSj measures 7 feet 34 inches from tlie niuzzle to the root of the 

 tail, S feet 10 inches in height at the shoulder, and 3 feet 8 inches 

 at the croup, The horns measure 30 inches along the curve, and 

 the tail with the hair 21 inches. 



" The ground colour, both above and below, is a mixture of grey 

 and russet brovvn, the latter predominating on the back, croup, 

 cannons and pasterns. Theforehead and chaffron are uniform dark 

 brovvn. The hair is uniformly harsh, and divided into separate locks, 

 \vhich lie in difFerent directions. On the back, immediately above 

 the loins, there is a little vvhorl or centre, from vvhich the hair all 

 along the back and neck is reversed or directed forvvards. The 

 hair of the neck is longer and more bristly than that of the body, 

 reversed above, and directed transversely over the sides so as to 

 form a lengthened ridge on the throat. There is no mane nor beard. 

 A large vvhite mark passes over each eye, extending 3 or 4 inches 

 down on each side of the chafFron; the lips and interior of the ear 

 are also vvhite, and an indistinct band of the šame colour crosses the 

 throat, at the junction of the head and neck. The hair on the chest 

 is also reversed, and directed upvvards. The ears are large and 

 broad likę those of an Ox ; they are covered on the outside with 

 short hair of a pale red colour, having a vvhite mark on the under 

 edge, and marked vvith five longitudinal strice vvithin, as in the gene- 

 rality of the Antelope genus. The tail reaches nearly to the heel, 

 and is covered vvith hair likę that of the body, brown above, white 

 beneath, and very slightly tufted. But the most extraordinary 

 mark is a vvhite ribband vvhich passes over the croup, down each hip, 

 and unites betvveen the thighs, so as to form a perfect and regular 

 ellipse, of vvhich the root of the tail occupies the upper focus. This 

 mark contrasts in a most remarkable manner vvith the deep russet 

 colour of the surrounding parts, and is in itsclf so singular and cha- 



