176 THE BUBALIS. 



and the Sassayby of Mr Daniel, is the last which is 

 referred to this form, termed A. lunata by Smith, 

 and described from a specimen procured by Mr 

 Burchell, which he refers to Daniel's animal, though 

 sufficiently accurate notes are wanting of this. Mr 

 Burchell met with a single specimen in the Boosh- 

 wana country, a female. The horns were robust, 

 rising from the summit of the frontal crest at the 

 base, close together, swelling out a little forwards, 

 and then backwards. The height of the imperfect 

 skin was about three feet at the shoulder, two feet 

 eight inches at the croup. The fur of a deep black- 

 ish purple brown, the ears assinine, six inches and a 

 half long, lined with light hair within and on the 

 edges. There is a lacrymary sinus. The face is of 

 a rufous dun colour, and a black streak commences 

 between the horns, contracting between the eyes, 

 and again widens near the nostrils. 



The next is a very remarkable group or subgenus, 

 Boselaphus, restricted by Major Smith to two spe- 

 cies, and now represented by 



