188 THE GNOO. 



the genus, which is now considered to be composed of 

 four species, the present animal C. taurina, gorgon, 

 and BrooksiL The last is only known by a horn which 

 was in the collection of the celebrated Joshua Brooks, 

 and which could not be referred to any of the others. 

 The C. taurina is nearly six feet high at the shoulder. 

 It has been called Kokoon or Kokong, from an ap- 

 pellation of a similar sound in the Booshuana dialect. 

 The colour is of a dark grey, of a silky appearance, 

 the tail and mane white. * It is found in the Caffre 

 country. The last, the Brindled Gnoo, C. gorgon of 

 Major Smith, that gentleman observes may be a va- 

 riety of the C. taurina. It is intermediate in size 

 between the two last, and the horns stand bending 

 outwards, with the points turned towards each other. 

 The colour of the animal is a dirty sepia dun grey, 

 with indistinct darker streaks or brindles running 

 from the back down the sides. Nothing farther was 

 known of its habitat than that it was from South 

 Africa. The specimen which furnished the descrip- 

 tion is in the museum of the Missionary Society of 

 London. 



* Liechtenstein. 



