SPECIES OP MAMMALIA. 



shorter and broader in proportion ; eyes very high in the 

 head; horns less broad at base, marked with irregular 

 rugosities at the roots, more distant at base, black, bent 

 down sideways behind the ears, and then suddenly turned 

 upwards, but not to the front; forehead high between their 

 bases ; head one foot ten inches long; ears ten inches; tail 

 three feet three inches, covered with long black hair ; neck 

 with a long flowing dark mane, reaching beyond the withers ; 

 a cartilaginous protuberance covering the chaffron, and 

 furnished with long black hair ; large circular glandulous 

 naked spot, distilling a viscous humour beneath each eye ; 

 chin covered with dark bristly beard, descending down the 

 dewlap to the breast; general colour dark ashy-gray. 



Cocong, LichtensteirCs Travels. A. Taurina, Burcheli. 

 Kokoon, Somerville and Daniell. 



Icon. DanielV s Sketches of Southern Africa, 1820. Nobis. 



Habitat. Country of the Caff'res, South Africa. 



887. 3. * C. Gorgon (the Brindled Gnoo.) A. male? 

 larger than the Gnoo ; horns placed close together, white, 

 round, standing up, bent outwards, and the points turned 

 towards each other, and black ; forehead and cliaiTron 

 covered with irregular depressions; nose and mouth Hat 

 and square ; ears short; long flowing mane on neck, ex- 

 tending beyond the withers; no beard on the under jaw ; 

 long black hairs on the throat and dewlap ; tail black, but 

 shorter than in the former; general colour dirty-dun and 

 sepia-gray, variegated with obscure streaks or brindles ; 

 four or five cross streaks on the upper arm. 



Bastard Wilde Beest of the Dutch Colonists. 



Icon. Nobis. Howitt. 



Habitat. The interior of South Africa. 



Note. In Mr. Brook's toUec tioii a liorn thirtcoti inchosand a f|uar1or 

 long-, base nearly tlat, very open, formiiif,' a triaiii^iilar fi^^iirc, and trrnii- 

 iiatiug in a rounded point, bendint;' back and then forward, tlic base 

 extremely rug-ous and pearly, tiic point sinoolli, all sliining black. In our 

 MS. cidlection noted as C, Brnohsii. 

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