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female, who, excepting that the latter is deprived of horns, 

 are perfectly alike. Its local name of Grysbock signifies 

 Gray poat. 



The Bleekbock. (A. Palida.) Among the Cape Colonists 

 mention is often made of the Bleekbock, or Pale Goat, but 

 the animal is rare. Professor Lichtenstein considered it as 

 a mere variety, but it does not appear that a specimen 

 actually came under his eyes, because he insinuates that it 

 is the female, whereas the female is without horns; nor is 

 it less in size, we having compared three specimens, all 

 higher on the legs than the Klipspringer. It is about 

 equal in stature to the Steenbock, but much more slender, 

 and delicately formed : the head is rather square about the 

 forehead, the horns perfectly straight, incline slightly back- 

 wards ; they are round, black, smooth, and very pointed, 

 with an obscure line running down the front ; the muzzle 

 is small and black, passing in a point upon the nose ; the 

 e)'es, with a very small lachrymary opening, have a black 

 edge round them ; the ears are somewhat shorter and 

 broader than the former, more villous within, and marked 

 with two dark perpendicular streaks on their inner surface, 

 and grayish on the outside; the forehead, neck, back, 

 shoulders, posterior part of the upper arm* flanks, thighs, 

 and buttocks, are of a pale rufous fawn colour ; the lips, 

 chin, and arch over the eyes, a spot on the throat, the 

 breast, anterior part of the arm, belly, anterior and internal 

 face of the thighs, white ; the legs from the joints down- 

 wards pale buff ; the tail, near three inches long, is buff; 

 the pasterns are long ; the hoofs very low, small, and black ; 

 the groin is naked, and the skin black ; the females are 

 somewhat more red in colour, without horns, but in other 

 respects the same, shewing two black mammae. 



The Bleekbock inhabits the plains, is solitary, or only 

 accompanied by one female ; they conceal themselves in the 

 bushes, are excessively shy and swift, and owing to the in- 



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