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cimen seemed long in the body, and the fore-legs may be 

 some inches lower than the hind, of which the shanks are 

 evidently long. 



By the denomination of Steenbock, though it be applied 

 to the wrong species, we may infer that the animal resides 

 on rocky mountains in the interior of Caffraria, but its 

 habits are unknown. If it be the same as Silvicultrix, the 

 species must extend from Senegal to the banks of the 

 Gareep. The figure was designated, in the original series 

 of drawings in our possession, by the name of Platous, 

 before the description of Silvicultrix was published, and 

 we have thence preferred retaining them separately, be- 

 cause there appear no proofs that the species of the Cape 

 Colonies and Nigritia are the same, excepting when they 

 both reside on the east coast of Africa, and our speci- 

 men was understood to have come from the vicinity of the 

 Gareep. There is, besides* a doubt that Silvicultrix is 

 described from a female, in which case that species cannot 

 belong to the present group, but must be referred to 

 another not at present determinable. 



Four-tufted Antelope. {A. Quadriscopa.) We saw this 

 singular and hitherto undescribed species in a living state 

 at Exeter 'Change, where it was kept for some time and 

 then sold, but being excessively shy, we understood that it 

 met with an accident in removing, and probably perished. 

 Thus much it is necessary to premise, in order to explain 

 why a more accurate description could not be obtained. It 

 was less elevated on the legs than a roebuck, but about 

 equally long in the body ; the head round with a tapering nose 

 and muzzle ; the horns about four inches long, situate rather 

 high on the head, nearly straight, divergent, slightly bent 

 back, round, black, sharp at the tips, with about six or 

 seven small annuli at base ; the ears rather wide, longer 

 than the horns, marked with two black striae within ; the 

 neck long, the body rather bulky, and the legs very elegant ; 



