Cephalophns grimmia. 

 PLATE XXXII. 



Le Grim, Fred, Cuvier, Hist. Naturelle des fifammifcrct. 

 Antilope grimmia, Pallas's Spicil. Zoo/, p. 35, t. iii. 



THE earliest authentic description of the Grim, is 

 in Pallas's Spicilegia Zoologica, described from two 

 living males ; a female had also been attempted to be 

 brought to Europe, but had died on the passage ; 

 she was said to be destitute of horns, but the circum- 

 stance was not authenticated. They are described 

 as timid but most agile creatures. They were fed 

 on bread or chopped carrots, and were very fond of 

 potatoes. The entire length of the animal two feet 

 seven inches ; its height in front one foot five inches. 

 Horns two inches nine lines, thick in proportion, black 

 and straight, longitudinally striated, and annulated at 

 the base with about four rings. In Frederic Cuvier's 

 ^>iate and description, which we have used for our 

 ^lustration, this little animal is represented as about 

 twenty-six inches high. The proportions of its head 

 and body are rather heavy, but its agility is great, 

 and is displayed in the fineness of the form of its 



