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VERTEBRATA. 



color, with the outer sides of tin- limbs dark. It inhabits the south of Africa, between Lati- 

 koo and the tropic of ( lapricorn. It lives in herds of six or ten, in the flat or wooded districts. 

 The flesh is esteemed. When not disturbed it is confiding and curious, but when hunted it be- 

 comes Bhy. 



The Korhigum, .1. Senegalensis, is of a reddish-gray color; the front of the face, from nose to 



occiput, a small Bpot behind the eyes, a small streak above the angle of the mouth, streak on out- 



Bide of limbs above the knees, and tuft of the tail, black. This animal is a native of West Africa, 



..n the Gambia River and Macarthy's Island. It is called Yonga or Yongah by the Joliffs, and 



/.'• rig by the Mandingoes. 



The V \m or Bonte-Boc, A. pygarga, is of a simple red color; the outer side of the limbs 

 darker; the streak between the horns, face, and ramp above the tail, white; the temple and up- 

 per part of throat whitish; the legs whitish; upper ami lower part brown, varied. The female 

 has the throat and under part of the body white. The terms Kob and Koba are applied to vari- 

 ous kinds of antilopes by the negro.-, and probably also to this species. 



The Bless-Boc, A. albifrms, described by Burchell, is of an exceedingly slender form, and is 

 found in South An ica. 



THE ADDAX. 



The Ada.x, .1. Addax, is mentioned by Pliny under the name of Strepsiceros, which, he says. 

 the Africans call Addax. From the time of Pliny to a recent date this animal was not discov- 

 ered; but it is now ascertained to exist in Central Africa, where it lives in pairs on the sandy 

 deserts. The body i- live feet long, the height three feet. The general color is grayish-white. 

 though tie' head and neck are of a reddish-brown. 



Genua CAPRICORNIS: Capricornis. — This comprises the Cambing Outax, C. Sumatrensis, 

 the Antilvpi Sumatrensis of Shaw, found in Sumatra; the Thar, Serow, or Imo, C. Thar or Bu- 

 balina, Found in Nepaul; the .1 mwxese Goat-Antilope, C. crispa of Temminck, found in Japan: 

 and the Goral or Nepaul Bouquetix, a large kind, found in herds in the elevated plains of 

 x paul. This last forms the genus Kemaz of Ogilby and Nemorhedus of Gray. 



Genua AN I [LOCAPRA : Antilocapra. — Of this there is a single species, the Cabrit or Peons- 

 horned Antilope of North America, A. furcifer, the only kind of antilope found on this conti- 

 nent. It differs from all the other members of the tribe in several respects, and especially in v 

 having a prong or branch to the horns. It is about four feet long and three feet high; the horn- 

 perpendicularly from the skull till within two or three inches of the points, where they curve 

 suddenly backward and inward, forming a small hook like those of the chamois. The prong is I 

 situated upon their anterior fece, and in adult animals about half-way up from the root; below it ' 



