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Muzzle naked and moist. Suborbital perforation low down, 

 but distinct. 



Female similar, but smaller, without horns. Mammse four. 



Found within the Colony in small troops, amongst hills and 

 rocks. 



36. Reditnca Scoparia. The Ourebi. Ditto of the Cape Colo- 

 nists. Subokoo of the Matabili. 



Less than two feet high at the shoulder, and about four in 

 extreme length. Very slight. Horns four or five inches long; 

 black, round, and nearly vertical : wrinkled at the base, with 

 four or five annuli in the middle. A white arch above the eyes. 

 Tail short and black. General colour pale tawny ; beneath 

 white; long wliite hair under the tliroat ; fulvous tufts below 

 the knees. A small muzzle. Lachrymal opening well deve- 

 loped. 



Female similar, but smaller, and hornless. Mammae four. 



Found in grassy plains, usually in pairs. 



37. Oreotragus Saltatrix. The Klipspringer. Ditto of the 

 Cape Cohnists. 



Adult male about twenty-two inches high at the slioulder, and 

 thirty-six in extreme length. Tail three inches long. Form 

 square and robust. Head short and broad. Horns about four 

 inches long; round, distant, vertical, but slightly inclined for- 

 wards; obscurely wrinkled at the base, and annulated in the 

 middle. Legs robust. Pasterns very rigid. Each hoof sub- 

 divided into two segments, and jagged at the edges, so as to give 

 it the power of adhering to the steep sides of smooth rocks. 

 Fur very thick and long; hard, brittle, and spirally twisted; 

 ashy at base, brown in the middle, yellow at the tips, forming an 

 agreeable olive. Suborbital sinus conspicuous. Muzzle pointed 

 and small. 



Female hornless, in other respects resembling the male. 

 MamniEe two. 



Common in the Colony. Inhabits rocks and precipices, in 

 pairs. 



