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limbs. The body is covered with a yellowish co- 

 loured hair, except along the back, where the hairs 

 are of a rich grey. The end of the muzzle, with the 

 extremity of the lower jaw, and the edge of the up- 

 per lip, is white ; between the nostrils and the eyes 

 appear two dark streaks, whence issues a dark co- 

 loured secretion from a suborbital sinus, which the 

 animal appears always anxious to express by rubbing 

 against every convenient substance. The horns were 

 three inches in height, but did not appear to have 

 reached their full development. The specimen was 

 brought from Senegal. 



The last form which we shall be enabled to notice in 

 the limits of the present volume, is composed of very 

 diminutive animals, inhabiting central and southern 

 Africa, Neotragus of Major Smith. The best known 

 species will be the Anlilope pygmea of Dr Shaw, 

 the Guevi of Frederic Cuvier. It is scarcely a foot 

 in height, delicately formed, and possesses great agi- 

 lity. The colour is a reddish grey on the upper parts 

 and sides, almost white on the neck and belly. Fre- 

 deric Cuvier has given a figure of a female guevi, in 

 which short and stumpy horns are exhibited, a cir- 

 cumstance which is at variance with the characters 

 given by Major Smith to Neotragus. We shall il- 

 lustrate the group by 



