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smelling herbs." Since the time this was written these Antelopes 

 have been greatly reduced in number. A. (Damalis) hunteri, from 

 East Africa, appears to be allied to A. senegalensis, but in the more 

 elongated facial portion of the skull approximates to the Harte-beest, 

 and thus confirms the view that Damalis should not form a distinct 

 genus. 



FIG. 138. Head of Alcelaphus torn. From Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1873, p. 762. . 



Connochcetes. 1 Head short and massive, with the muffle very 

 broad and bristly. Nostrils widely separated, hairy within. Horns 

 on the vertex of the skull, immediately over the occiput, approxi- 

 mated at base, cylindrical, bent outwards, and recurving upwards 

 at the tip. Extremities of premaxillse much expanded laterally, 

 and firmly ankylosed. Vertebrae : C 7, D 14, L 6, S 4, C 16. 

 Hoofs very narrow. Tail very long, covered throughout with long 

 hairs. Four mammae. Two species, C. taurina and C. gnu (Fig. 139), 



1 Lichtenstein, Berlin Ges. Natuforsch. Freunde Magazin, vol. vi. pp. 152, 165 

 (1814). 



