18 CLASS MAMMALIA. 



whitish gray in winter. Its cartilaginous, thick, 

 and swelled muzzle, with very open nostrils, 

 obliges it to feed in retrograding. The species 

 sometimes unite in herds of ten thousand. 



The Antelope of India {Ant. Cervicapra, Pall), Buff. 

 Supp. VI. xviii. xix. 



Is also very similar to the Gazelle, but its horns 

 have a triple flexure. They make offensive 

 weapons of them in India by uniting two with 

 the points opposed. The female is without 

 horns *. 

 b. Horns annulated with a double bend, but 

 contrariwise to the preceding subdivion, and 

 the point backward. 



The Bubalis of the Ancients {Ant. Bubalis, Lin.), vul- 

 garly the Barbary Cow. Buff. Supp. VI. xiv. 



With heavier proportions than the other spe- 

 cies, the head long and thick, of the size of a 

 stag, with yellow fur, except the end of the 

 tail, which is terminated by a black tuft. 

 Common in Barbary. 



The Caama. {Ant. Caama, Cuv.) The Cape Stag of the 

 Hollanders. Buff. Supp. VI. pi. xv. 



Similar to the preceding, but with the curves 



* To this subdivision also belongs the Purple Antelope. (Ant. Py- 

 garga.J Schr. ccxxxin., and the Boba, (Ant. Senegalensis), the horns 

 only of which are known, Buff. XII. pi. xxxn. 2, unless it be the same 

 as the Pallah of S. Daniels, African Scenery, pi. ix., which much re- 

 sembles the Gazelle, but is larger. 



