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ingly wild and mischievous ; and although partly do- 

 mesticated, continued dangerous, running at every 

 animal within its reach, whether deer, goat, or man. 

 Even the feeder could only approach him on the verge 

 of the circle, to which the rope he was tied with al- 

 lowed him to reach. It inhabits the forests and hilly 

 tracts along the western provinces of Bengal, Behor, 

 and Orissa ; and is extremely wild arid agile. 



The other species if found to be distinct, will stand 

 as T. quadricornes. 



The next group, " The Cepkalophine Group" of 

 Major Smith, extend over southern Africa. They 

 still contain animals of inconsiderable size, thougL 

 some are large, and frequent busries and low covers. 

 They possess a curious manner of standing upon their 

 hind legs to look out for danger (a habit we find in the 

 hare and some of the Rodentia), and of even leaping 

 into the air to overlook the surrounding vegetation. 

 The horns are short and small, and they are all dis- 

 tinguished by a tuft of hair rising from the forehead, 

 and by a pouch or sack opening between the orbits 

 and the nostrils. 



The largest of the group is the Bush Antelope, 

 C. sylvicultrix, standing nearly three feet high. It 

 is more clumsily made, and not so fleet as the other 

 antelopes. The horns short and bending backwards. 

 The colour principally of a dark brown, paler on the 

 neck and flanks, greyish on the thighs and buttocks, 

 almost yellow on the throat, and Isabella colour along 

 the spine, widening over the loins, where the hair 



