Mr, Woods on a new Species of Antelope. 3 



The native country of this Antelope is the vicinity of the Cape of Good 

 Hope, where we may conclude that it is exceedingly rare, from its having 

 escaped the notice of Barrow, Lichtenstein, Burchell, and other South 

 African travellers : hence I have been able to gather no information re- 

 specting its mode of life ; but it has evidently been seen sufficiently often 

 to be recognized by the Dutch colonists, as they have given it an appel- 

 lation. The following description is a precise transcript of notes taken 

 during two visits to the animal whilst alive. 



Its size was that of a Goat, the body being about 2 feet and a half in 

 length ; the head large ; the neck (for an Antelope) short ; the body 

 thick-set, being very deep at the shoulders, between which was situated a 

 small but well-defined hump, from which, no doubt, its vernacular name 

 has been derived ; the legs long, slender, graceful, and deer-like. 



The head was much elongated from the horns to the muzzle ; very 

 wide from the frontal bone to the angle of the jaw, and suddenly tapering 

 from the latter to the face, which becomes, in profile, narrow to the muz- 

 zle ; the frontal bone projected considerably ; the upper part of the 

 nasal bones was concave ; they were then convex to their termination. 

 The top and sides of the head, forehead, and round the eyes, were of a 

 fulvous brown, a white crescent-formed streak extending from under each 

 eye to the ear. 



The horns were short, not exceeding 6 inches in length, round, black, 

 smooth, excepting one annulus at the base, diverging laterally, and again 

 converging slightly at their tips ; in a profile view they were nearly 

 straight, slanting backwards, their points being again slightly inclined 

 forwards. 



The ears were very large, six inches and a half long, and pro- 

 portionably broad ; on the outside they were of a dark dun or mouse- 

 colour, with the margins white, and the extreme tips black ; in the in- 

 side grey, crossed by two broad black bands. 



The eyes were large, and of a chesnut-brown, their expression soft 

 and ' gazelle-like :' the suborbital sinuses were very small, but distinct. 



The singular marking of the face suggested the specific title, which I 

 have imposed upon the animal. From between the horns arose a dark 

 grey stripe, which was continued to the muzzle, its grey colour being pro- 

 duced by a mottling of short black and white hair : at first it was nar- 



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