233 

 AFRICAN ZOOLOGY 



By Dr. SMITH. 



Continued from page 224. 



Cafoblepas Taurina, (The Kokoon.) Adult male nearly 

 four feet six inches high at the shoulder ; much lower at the 

 croup, and five feet from the hreast to the rump ; head, neck, 

 and shoulder, excessively tiiick and strong ; head shorter and 

 broader in proportion ; eyes very high in the head ; horns less 

 broad at base, marked with irregular rugosities at the roots, 

 more distant at base ; black, bent down sideways bcliind the 

 ^ ears, and then suddenly turned upwards, but not to the front ; 

 forehead high between their bases ; head one foot ten inches 

 long ; ears ten inches ; tail three feet three inches, covered 

 with long black hair ; neck with a long flowing dark mane, 

 reaching beyond the withers ; a cartilaginous protuberance 

 covering the ehaffron, and furnished with long black hair ; large 

 circular glandulous naked spot, distilling a viscous humour 

 beneath each eye ; chin covered with dark bristly beard, de- 

 scending doiva the dewlap to the breast ; general colour dark 

 ashy-grey. 



Cocong, Lichtenstein's Travels. A. Tauriua, Burchcll. 

 Kokoon, Somerville and Daniell. 

 Inhabits South Africa. 



Catoblepas Gorc/on. (The Brindled Gnoo.) Adult male ? 

 larger than the Gnoo ; horns jjlaced close together, white, 

 round, standing up, bent outwards, and the points turned to- 

 wards each oihcr, and black ; forehead and chaftVon covered 

 with irregular degressions; nose and mouth flat and square; 

 ears short ; ?';ng flowing mane on neck, extending beyond the 

 withers ; no beard on the under jaw ; long black hairs on the 

 throat and dewlap ; tail black, but shorter than in the former ; 

 general colour dirty-dun and sepia-grey, variegated with ob- 

 ecure streaks or brindles ; four or five cross streaks on the 

 pper arm. 



Inhabits the Interior of South Africa. 



Bastard Wilde Bccst of the Cape Colonists. 



Genus Bos. 



Skull very strong, densf. about thefronlals. which are convex, 

 nearly fat or concave; horns invariably occupying the crest, 

 projecting atfrsf laterally; osseous nucleus throughout porous, 

 even cellular', muzzle invariably broad, naked, moist, black; 

 ears in general middle-sized; body long; legs solid; stature 

 large. 



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