222 THE GRYSBACK, &C. 



Of the next animals, Major Smith makes another 

 section, " The Traguline group," and describes four 

 species, of none of which we have been able to obtain 

 any figure. The animals are all small, stand high upon 

 their legs, and nearly want the tail, and the horns are 

 short, round, and simple. The Grysback, Tragulus 

 grisea, Smith, is one of the most frequent, but like 

 many others of the African antelopes, the colonial 

 name is often applied to several of the allied species. 

 It is about nineteen inches high at the shoulder, and 

 is generally of a chestnut-red, paler on the under 

 parts of the body. It inhabits the mountains, and is 

 rery swift and vigilant. The Bleekbock, T. pallida, 

 is another, but considered by some as only a pale 

 coloured variety of the last. Major Smith is of a 

 different opinion, considering the form somewhat 

 elifferent ; and it varies also, as inhabiting the plains 

 covered with bushes. 



Another animal has been named and characterised 

 as a subgenus, from the horns alone, specimens of 

 which are in the Museum of the Royal College of 

 Surgeons, London. They were brought from India, 

 and Major Smith considers them so distinct, as to 

 leave little doubt of the animal to which they belong 

 being different from any of those forming his " Tra- 

 guline Group." He has named it Raphicerus su~ 

 bulata, or Awl-Horned Antelope, distinct from the 

 R. acuticornis, which was previously described from 

 specimens in the same collection. 



Our next group presents a very remarkable con- 



