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with a cast of purple. The hair long, loose, and whirling in 

 various directions. Tail ten inches, grey, with long white hair 

 along the edges. Muzzle small. Suborbital opening barely per- 

 ceptible. 



Female similar, but hornless. Mammae four. Found amongst 

 rocks in small troops. 



35. Redunca Capreolus. The Ehee Buck. Rhee-bok of the 

 Cape Colonists. Peeli of the Bechuana and Matahili. 



Adult male two feet five inches at the shoulder, and about five 

 feet in length. Body very slender. Neck long. Head small, and 

 ears pointed. Horns about nine inches in length ; straight, slender, 

 vertical, and pointed, with from ten to fifteen rings at the base. 

 Hair very soft and villous, resembling wool. General colour whitish 

 grey, with a cast of buif ; beneath white. Tail about five inches ; 

 grey, tipped with white. Muzzle naked and moist. Suborbital 

 perforation low down, but distinct. 



Female similar, but smaller, ^vithout horns. Mammse foirr. 

 Found within the Colony in small troops, amongst hills and 

 rocks. 



36. Redunca Scoparia. The Ourebi. Ditto of the Cape Colo- 

 nists. Subokoo of the Matahili. 



Less than two feet high at the shoulder, and about four in 

 extreme length. Very slight. Horns four or five inches long ; 

 black, round, and nearly vertical : wrinkled at the base, with four 

 or five annuh in the middle. A white arch above the eyes. Tail 

 short and black. General colour pale tawny; beneath white; 

 long white hair under the throat ; fulvous tufts below the knees. 

 A small muzzle. Lachrymal opening well developed. 



Female similar, but smaller, and hornless. Mammae four. 



Found in grassy plains, usually in pairs. 



37- Oreotragus Saltatrix. The Klipspringer. Ditto of the 

 Cape Colonists. 



Adult male about twenty-two inches high at the shoulder, and 



