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Dr. Blainville describes a pair of horns, black, smooth, 

 close at base, thrown out sideways, and bending again 

 inwards, round at base, and compressed at the points ; 

 seemingly belonging to this species. 



The Brindled Gnoo. {C. Gorgon.) A third species, which, 

 however, is somewhat doubtful, because it may be a mere 

 variety of the last, is at present exhibited in the Museum 

 of the Missionary Society of London. It is larger than the 

 Gnoo, but inferior in size to the last. In the stuffed form, 

 the neck appears more slender than either of the above ; 

 the eyes are near the summit of the head, and the horns, 

 placed very close together on the frontals, stand up, bend- 

 ing outwards, and the points turned towards each other, 

 present the figure of a pair of forceps. Suspecting them 

 to be placed improperly, we inquired of Mr. Leadbeater, 

 the very able artist in this line, who had set up the spe- 

 cimen, and learnt from him, that they are most certainly 

 in their true direction. At base they offer no great deve- 

 lopement; they are whitish, smooth, round, tapering, and 

 the points dark ; on the forehead and chaffron are irre- 

 gular depressions and elevations, not covered with bushy 

 hair ; the nose and mouth are flat and square, but much 

 narrower than in the preceding ; the ears not longer than 

 in the Gnoo ; on the neck is a long flowing mane of black 

 hair extending half way down the back ; there is no beard 

 immediately beneath the jaw, but long black hairs descend 

 from the throat down the breast ; the tail is lined with 

 black hair, which in the specimen is not longer than below 

 the houghs. The whole animal is at present of a dirty 

 sepia dun-gray, probably clearer when first obtained ; over 

 the neck, back, and shoulders, are indistinct darker streaks 

 or brindles, running from the back down the sides, and in 

 front of the upper arm, four or five cross streaks ; the fore- 

 head and chaffron are sepia-brown, and the hair of these 

 parts is somewhat longer than elsewhere. It was sent from 



