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singularly arranged, the first descending from the root 

 of the ears unites under the throat; the second begins upon 

 the nape of the neck, ending at the sides of it, a little be- 

 neath, and in the rear of the origin of the first ; the third, 

 by far the most considerable, forms a large tuft of long 

 hairs, standing up or inclining forwards upon the ridge of 

 the neck, then descends upon its sides and joins anteriorly 

 the band beneath the throat, and extends downwards to 

 the breast. Upon the middle of the back the hair is like- 

 wise very long, those of the after part of the body being 

 directed towards the tail, and those of the fore part towards 

 the head. There are, besides, several other small streaks or 

 tufts of longer hair upon the limbs, neck, and flanks. Dis- 

 section offered nothing remarkable in the skeleton or viscera: 

 the intestinal canal was more than eighty-three feet in length. 

 Mr. Otto observed only one individual, a female, perfectly 

 adult, about four feet long ; the tail one foot. It was sent 

 from a menagerie without indication of its native country. 



The learned professor does not mention whether in this 

 species the shoulders were higher than the croup, a circum- 

 stance which may have escaped observation, because females 

 in general are lower at that part than males. It is to be re- 

 gretted that the dimensions, at least, in the abstract, found 

 in the Bulletin des Sciences Naturelles, are not more de- 

 tailed. It may be surmised that this species belongs to 

 Central Africa, and there seems to be some affinity be- 

 tween it and the Tragelaphus of Caius, which we refer to 

 the genus Ovis. 



The Koba. (D. Senegalensis.) Of this species so little 

 is known that there may be an error in placing it among 

 the Acronotine series of Damalis, but as it appears to 

 have some affinity with the following, whose location in this 

 group seems to be proper, we place it here until further 

 observations decide the question. The skull and horns of 

 the animal were brought from Senegal by Mr. Adanson, 



