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wards. Belly and inside of thighs white^ and a large white patch 

 on the croup. Tail reaching to the hocks ; white above, with a 

 tuft of posteriorly dii'ected black hairs. Small detached lachrymary 

 perforation. Lineai' nostrils. Very indistinct muzzle. 



Female precisely similar, but on a slighter scale with more 

 slender horns. Mammse two. 



Gregarious. Still found in Zoetendal's Y^ley, near Cape L'Agul 

 has. Common in the interior. 



31. Antilope Melampus. The Pallah. Rooye-bok 0/ i/ie Cape 

 Colonists. Paala of the Matahili and Bechuana. 



Adult male about three feet three or four inches high at the 

 shoulder, and six in extreme length. Very high on the legs. 

 Horns about twenty inches in length, ascending obliquely up- 

 wards, outwards, and backwards ; and midway at an obtuse angle, 

 obliquely inwards and forwards; brown, coarsely annulated and 

 striated between for about two-tliirds of their length ; the lips 

 smooth. Ears round, seven inches long, tipped with black. Tail 

 thirteen inches long; pointed white^ with a dark brown streak 

 down the middle. Coloui* of the head, neck, and upper part 

 of the body deep fulvous. Sides and hinder parts yellow dun. 

 Belly white. A dark brown streak down each buttock. A dark 

 spot in place of spurious hoofs, which do not occur in this species, 

 A large cushion of brown hair between the hock and fetlock. 

 A white spot before each eye. A dark spot between the horns. 

 No trace of a suborbital sinus. Small bare space for a muzzle. 



Female similar, but hornless. Eye very large, soft, and full. 

 Mammae two. 



Gregarious in small families or herds. Inhabits the thinly 

 wooded banks of rivers chiefly in the Bechuana country. 



32. Trayelaphus Sylvatica. The Bush Buck. Bosch-bok of the 

 Cape Colonists. 



Adult male about two feet eight inches high, and five feet two 

 inches long. Form elegant ; somewhat receding from the typical 



