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The Canna {Ant. Oreas. Pall.). Cape Elk of the Hol- 

 landers. Named improperly Coudous by Buff. Supp. VI., 

 pi. XII. 



As large as the strongest horse, with thick 

 straight conical horns, surrounded with a spi 

 ral ridge ; fur grayish, a slight mane along the 

 spine, a sort of dew lap under the neck, the 

 tail terminated by a tuft. It lives in troops in 

 the mountains north of the Cape * . 



The Coudous {Ant. Strepciseros, Pall.), improperly named 

 Condoma by Buff. Supp. VI. pi. xin. 



As large as a stag, gray brown, striped across 

 with white ; large horns in the male only, 

 smooth, with a triple bend, and a single longi- 

 tudinal ridge slightly spiral ; a little beard un- 

 der the chin, a mane along the spine. Lives 

 insulatedly northward of the Cape. 

 g. With smooth horns. 



The Nylgau (Ant. Picta et Trago Camelus), Buff. Supp. 

 VI. pi. x. and xi. 



As large or larger than a stag, the horns short, 



xxin. and xxiv. This species is probably the same as the Kob, (Ant. 

 Koh,) of which the horns only are known. Buff. XII. pi. xxxn. /. 1. 

 The Griesbock, the Steinbock, and the Beckbock of Forster, Buff'. 

 Supp. VI. p. 186, should also belong to it. 



* Near to the Canna ought to be placed the Guib, (Ant. Scripta.) 

 Buff. XII. pi. XL.; the Bosch-bock (Ant. Sylvatica.J Buff. Supp. VI. 

 xxv. 



