SPECIIiS Of MAMMALIA. 



men about equal in bulk to the former, but probably lower 

 on the legs ; head long and pointed ; horns not five inches 

 long-, reclining, straight, divergent, irregularly annulated 

 or rugous, pointed, and black ; ears very wide, pointed, 

 longer than the horns, whitish within, dun-coloured at the 

 back; eyes large ; a black spot on the cheek, marking the 

 opening of the sinus; dark sepia streak on the chafFron, 

 spreading in a coarser tuft about the horns ; general colour 

 brown, and fawn-colour above, whitish-gray beneath ; no 

 tufts on knees. 



A. Platous, Nobis MS. 



Icon. Nobis. 



Habitat. The mountains on the west side of Caffraria. 



847. 40. A. Quadriscopa, Nob. (Four-tufted Antelope.) 

 Adult male about the size of a roebuck, lower on the legs ; 

 head round; nose tapering ; horns four inches long, reclin- 

 ing, straight, divergent, sharp at tip, with six or seven 

 small annuli at base ; ears wide, longer than horns, two 

 black striae inside; neck long; darkish streak down the 

 chaffron ; small lachrymary opening beneath the eye, and 

 a naked line from thence towards the nose, indicating a 

 second pouch on the cheek ; forehead covered with longish 

 hair of a dark colour; general colour brownish-yellow gray, 

 beneath white, a feint lateral streak and several dark cross 

 marks upon the arm; legs slender, with tufts on the knees, 

 and tufts on the upper anterior end of the posterior 

 shanks ; pasterns short. 



A. Quadriscopa, Nobis MS. 

 Icon. Nobis. 

 . Habitat. West coast of Africa. 



848. 41. * A. Burchellii, Nob. (Burchell's Antelope.; 

 Adult male three feet five inches long, and about twenty- 

 two inches in height; head seven inches long; cars six 



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