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38. Tragulus Rupestris.* The Steenbuck. Steenbok of the 

 Cape Colonists. Eoolah of the Matalili. 



About twenty inches high at the shoulder, tweuty-two at the 

 croup, and thirty-five in length. Head short and oval. Snout 

 pointed. Muzzle black, ending in a point upon the ridge of the 

 nose. Horns vertical, parallel^ and nearly straight; four inches 

 in length, slender, round, and pointed, with one or two rudi- 

 ments of wrinkles at the base. Ears large, round, and open. 

 Tail barely an inch long, having the appearance of a stump, 

 beyond which the hair does not protrude. General colour 

 rufous, with occasionally a cast of brown or crimson. Belly 

 white. Groin naked and black. No accessory hoofs. Pasterns 

 very rigid. A detached suborbital sinus. 



Female similar, but without horns. Mammse four. 



Monogamous or solitary. Inhabits the bushes of high ground. 

 Common in the Colony. 



.39. Tmgulus Melanotis. The Grysbok^ Ditto of the Cape 

 Colonists. 



Adult male from twenty to twenty-two inches high at the 

 shoulder, and about thirty-six in length. Head very broad and 

 short. Snout obtusely pointed. Horns about three and a half 

 inches long; smooth, round, slender, and vertical, or slightly 

 inclining forwards. Ears round, open, and broad. Colour deep 

 chocolate red, intermixed with numerous single white hairs; 

 beneath rufous. A black horse-shoe on the forehead. Detached 

 suborbital sinus, and small muzzle. 



Female similar, but hornless. Mammae two. 



Monogamous or solitary. Common in the Colony, among the 

 wooded tracts along the sea-coast. 



40. Cephulopus Mergens.\ The Duiker. Duikeibok o//Ae 

 Cape Colo7iists, Impoon of the Malabili. 



Adult male about two feet high at the shoulder, and three 

 feet eight inches in extreme length. Horns four inches long, 



* The Tlaclite Steenbok (Tragulus Rufescens), and the Bteekbok (T. Pedio- 

 tragus) appear to be merely varieties of this Antelope, and not distinct 

 species. 



■j- Cephalopus Burchellii would appear to he a variety only of this species, 

 of which no two specimens are exactly alike. 



