rft-«Vii *^, 



hiijus Antilopes exiftat brevis defcriptio, quae qua- 



tenus aliquantum differt, ut heic iteretur, e re es- 



fe judicamus. En igitur eam integram & quo me- 



lius fibi conftet, ipfa etiam lingua, qua compofita 



fuit, exhibitam! ,iFebr:y 24:th iid(>. Beitig at 



ihe Storehotife this niortiivg^ I faw a killed 



Bujhgoat there expofed to fale. 1t was exaBIy of 



the fhape of a Fantombo , (Antiiope Grimmia ? ;, 



btit larger & brownifhblack, except the nofe & fo- 



rehead being reddifh. The horns were abotit an 



inch lottg, at the bafe wrinkled & in the top 



fmooth. Ihe tail did not reach to the knee, it was 



rotind, btishy & black but in the top white. This 



cnitnal was a female-, the male beittg larger, blacker 



& furnished with longer horns.'-'- — Qux. heic adfe- 



njntur difFerentia; coloris, cornium & caudx nobis 



non tanti videntur momenti, ut de alia quam fu- 



pra defcripta fpecie cogitandi anfam prxbeant, fed 



potius aetati vel leviori cauflx cuicumque tribuen- 



dae, aliquam folum ejusdem fpeciei varietatem in- 



dicare. 



Antilope Silvicultrix neque campos apertos 

 colit, neque rupes montesque altos & prjeruptos 

 habitat, fed in faltibus virgultisque locis planis fe 

 femper tenet, vel plerumque folivaga vel veneris 

 pra^fertim tempore pcr paria, vix in plures congre- 

 gabilis. — Dorfo curvo, trunco longo & pedibus 

 proportione brevibus prsdita , nec capite erefto 

 nee tam celeriter valet currerc, quin eam facile ca- 

 nes adfequi pofient, fi pro anguftiis, ubi verfatur, 

 venatio ibidem permitteretur. — E latibulis primo 



diluculo 



