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their base would represent a triangle ... Of the known genera of 

 antelopes, none approach this singular type more nearly than the 

 Tfagelaphus. Iragelaphus has, likewise, horns trihedral in shape 

 at the base, and, if we imagined the longitudinal axis of the horns 

 of our specimen twisted outwards, a form of horn would be produced 

 which could not be separated from Tragelaphiis. And there is 

 no doubt that the ancestral form of Tragelaphus must have 

 resembled or been identical with our type. But without being 

 acquainted with the cranial, dental, or other characters, it would 

 seem to me premature to offer an opinion as to its generic relations, 

 or even to give a distinct generic term, much as the shape of the 



!■ ig- 37- — The TniANGUL^vTED-HonNED Antelope (Antilope triangularis). 



horns differs from that of all other known antelopes. It therefore 

 seenis to me to be sufficient to distinguish it for the present as a 

 species of Antilope in the Cuvierian sense, viz., as Antilope triangu- 

 laris." In addition to Dr. Giinther's remarks, it may be interesting 

 to observe that five years ago Mr. H. Boyne (a well-known trader in 

 Sichele's country) had a pair of horns almost exactly resembling those 

 above described, and from whom they came into the possession of one of 

 the authors, but it is regrettable that they were subsequently mislaid. 

 Mr. Boyne was unable to state from whence they originally came, 

 but those of Sichele's people who saw the specimen were unanimous 

 in delaring that they at one time adorned the head of a cow Koodoo. 



