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upper part polished, yellow-brown, with dark tips ; the forehead is 

 reddish. This species inhabits Abyssinia, and is the Madoqua of 

 Bruce. 



82. C. coronatua (Syhicapra coronata, Sundevale), the Red-Crowned 

 Bush-Buck, is a species found in Western Africa, and is very distinct 

 from the last, its colour being lighter, and the fur less rigid and 

 close-pressed. 



33. C. syh-icultrix (Antilope tyhicultrijc, Afzelius), the White-Backed 

 Bush-Buck, the Bush-Goat, and Bush- Antelope, is about 5 feet in 

 length from the muzzle to the root of the tail, 3 feet high at the 

 shoulder, and 3 feet 2 inches at the croup : the head, measured from 

 the muzzle to the base of the horns, is upwards of 10 inches long, 

 the horns and ears each 4 inches, and the tail with the hair half a 

 foot. The circumference of the horns at the base is 3 inches, and 

 their distance at the points 5 inches; they grow entirely in the 

 direction of the forehead ; are pointed, black, shining, nearly straight, 

 with a slight inclination backwards, and diverging gradually towards 

 the points. For about half an inch from the base they are finely 

 marked with a number of small transverse striae, then covered for 

 about an inch with little depressions and inequalities, and smooth 

 from thence to the points. The ears are situated rather close to the 

 horns ; they are about the same length as these organs, broad, open, 

 rounded at the top, and nearly naked ; the eye-lids are bordered with 

 thick black lashes ; the tail is bushy and pendent ; the buttocks nearly 

 naked ; the limbs short and slender ; the knees unprovided with 

 brushes ; and the female furnished with two teats. The hair is in 

 general remarkably short, sleek, and shining, of a deep brown colour, 

 rather paler on the neck and flanks, mixed with gray on the thighs, 

 almost yellow on the throat, dun on the cheeks and sides of the jaws, 

 clear brown on the face, nose, and backs of the ears, and chestnut- 

 liruwn on the legs and feet. A tuft of long hair surrounds the base of 

 the horns, and along the middle of the back is a longitudinal line 

 of silvery gray which expands upon the croup, and is provided with 

 hair considerably longer than that on the rest of the body. The 

 tail is black, covered with moderately long hair, and without a 

 terminal tuft. 



The proportions of this species are heavy and ungainly, and bear a 

 < uii.-iderable resemblance to those of the Hog-Deer of India. The legs 

 are short and slender, and appear disproportioned to the size of the 

 body, which is large and heavy ; the head, too, is thick and clumsy, 

 though much attenuated towards the muzzle; the neck short and 

 thick ; the croup depressed ; and the back very much arched. This 

 species inhabits the west coast of Africa, about Sierra Leone, and 

 the sources of the Pongas and Quia rivers. It frequents the 

 thickets and underwood of the upland plains and moderate mountain 

 declivities, keeping close to the cover during the day-time, and 

 quitting it only at early dawn for the purpose of feeding in the 

 neighbouring meadows. It is at this time that it is pursued by the 

 hunters, who station themselves on the margin of the woods, and 

 shoot it as it comes out to graze. It is a slow heavy runner, as might 

 l>e anticipated from the size and corpulent make of its body, and 

 the shortness of its legs. It affords excellent venison, and is much 

 sought after on that account. It has long maxillary glands, but no 

 appearance of lachrymal sinuses. 



34. C. Oyilbii (Anti/:,/,, >i,/,l/,;i, Waterhouse), the Black-Striped 

 Bush-Buck, is of a pale bay-brown colour, with a deep black dorsal 

 streak, pale beneath ; the crown and haunches brighter bay ; the 

 neck, withers, and side of the dorsal line varied with deep brown 

 hairs ; the streak up the fore legs, upper part of hock, feet above the 

 hoofs, and end of the tail, black. The horns are short, thick, conical, 

 very rugose on the inner front edge of the base. This species is a 

 native of Fernando Po, and was named by Mr. Waterhouse after Mr. 

 Ogilby, the late secretary of the Zoological Society, and the author of 

 the article ' Antelope ' in the ' Penny Cyclopaedia.' 



35. C. badiut, the Bay Bush-Buck, is very like the last species, but 

 is of a darker bay colour ; the legs are blackish ; and the neck bright 

 bay, and not blackish-bay as in C. Ogilbii. It is a native of Sierra 

 MOM. 



36. C. dormlii, the Bay Bush-Goat, is of a dark-bay colour, with 

 shoulders and legs darker. The hair is brown, a few hairs on the 

 haunches tipped with white ; the crown and nape, and a broad dorsal 

 stripe, black ; a spot over each eye, the lips, sides of chin, front of 

 chest, under side of tail, and inside of the thighs, pale brown. It is a 

 native of Sierra Leone. 



37. C. niyer, the Black Bush-Buck, is a native of the coast of Guinea, 

 distinguished by its sooty-black colour. 



38. C. Nataleruii (Antilope Natalaui*, A. Smith), the Natal Bush- 

 Buck, or Rhoode-Boc, is of a bright red-bay colour, and has short 

 conical horns. It inhabits the forests about Port Natal and the 

 country to the eastward, living in the thick brushwood which fills up 

 the intervals of the larger trees. It feeds on grass, the young shoots 

 of trees, and the delicate twigs of smaller shrubs. It occupies the 

 same position at Natal that the little Blue Antelope does at 

 the Cape. 



39. C.rujilatui (Antilope Grimmia, H. Smith), the Coquetoon, is of 

 a deep reddish-bay colour ; the legs, nape, streak on the nose to the 

 crown, and broad streak on back, blackish-gray ; the ears blackish ; 

 the crest and upper part of tail black ; the cheeks rather paler ; the 



inside of ears whitish ; the horns conical, rather elongated, obscurely 

 annulated, and slightly recurved. This is the Grimme of Buffon and 

 F. Cuvier. It is a native of Western Africa. 



40. 0. Maxwellii (Antilope Maxwellii, H. Smith,) the Guevei, is of 

 a gray-brown or sooty-black colour. It has a rather rigid fur, and the 

 abdomen and front of the thighs white. It is the Guevei of Buffon, 

 the Royal Antelope and Pigmy Antelope of Pennant and Shaw. It is 

 a native of Senegal and Gambia. 



41. C. pygmcea, (Antilope perpusilla, H. Smith), the Noumetzi, Cape 

 Guevei, or Kleene-Boc, is about 1 foot high at the shoulder ; the horns 

 14 inch long in the male, three-quarters of an inch in the female, and 

 the tail about 24 inches. The horns are small, erect, black, slightly 

 inclined backwards and towards one another at the points, and very 

 sharp, with seven or eight minute annuli at the base ; the ears about 

 the same length as the horns, perfectly round at the tips, and nearly 



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Klccne-Boc (A. perptisilla). 



naked within ; the head is long and pointed ; the maxillary glands 

 not parallel to the plane of the face, but nearly in the same line with 

 the greater axis of the orbits, or rather in lines parallel to them ; the 

 forehead and nose are brown, bordered on each side by a narrow line 

 of a sandy-red colour passing from the root of the horns down to the 

 muzzle ; the upper parts of the body are of a uniform dark slaty- 

 brown colour ; all the inferior parts, including the region under the 

 chin, the breast, belly, interior of the fore arms and thighs, and uuder- 

 surface of the tail, ashy-gray, inclining to white in some specimens, 

 particularly in young individuals ; the legs are reddish-brown ; and the 

 hoofs small, narrow, and pointed. 



This species, called by the Dutch colonists of the Cape Kleene-Boc. 

 Kleene Blauw-Boc, Blauw-Bokje, all signifying Little Goat or Little Blue 

 Goat, inhabits South Africa, and lives singly or in pairs among the 

 bushes. It is extremely active, and of a mild and timid disposition ; 

 but from the nature of the thick bushes in which it resides is not 

 often seen even in those districts where it abounds most plentifully. 

 It is said to exhibit considerable sagacity in eluding pursuit, and 

 when domesticated soon becomes familiar, and learns to distinguish 

 those about it, and to answer to its name. This species is also the 

 A. carulea of Colonel Smith and the A. pygmcea of M. Desmarest, who 

 confounds it with the last species. 



42. C. mdanorltnti, the Black-Rumped Guevei, is of a gray colour, 

 with the rump and upper part of the back of a black colour. It is a 

 native of Fernando Po. 



43. C. punctulatiu, the Grisled Guevei, is a native of Sierra Leone, 

 and is of a dark fulvous-brown colour. 



44. C. Whitficldii, the White-Footed Guevei, is of a yellowish ash 

 colour ; the streak over the eyes, cheeks, throat, belly, inside of the 

 limbs, and ring round the feet above the hoofs, ashy white. It is a 

 native of Western Africa. 



Nanotragtu 



Has very short conical horns ; small rounded ears ; slender legs ; a 

 subpectinate tail, and small triangular hoofs. 



45. N. perpusiltus (Capra perpusilla, Linnaeus), the Royal Antelope, 

 the Guinea Musk, and Pigmy Musk, is a native of Guinea. It is of a 

 fulvous colour, and has the throat, belly, edge of the thigh, and tip 

 of its tail, white. 



Pelea 



Has conical, erect, scarcely diverging horns, bent forward at the 

 tips ; the face narrow and elongated ; the nose swollen ; the muffle 

 large, extended far behind the nostrils ; the fur soft and woolly ; the 

 hoofs and false hoofs rather large ; the inguinal pores distinct ; the 

 teats four. 



46. P. cajpretila, (AntUope capreolut, Lichtensteiu), the Reh-Boc 



