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f;)Ikcd and tre&, ,and ciliated glumes. A. cnro/iiii^nttsi 

 v.'ith radicating culm, fublpiked panicle, fmooth glumes, 

 and awiicd coroUx. A. lyphoiJfs, vvitli limple raceme, and 

 avvuk-fs flofcidi. A. caudalus, with fpiktd caudiitcd panicle, 

 and flofculi intrenched with awns. A. Oviilus, with panicle 

 ovated, contradled, refembling a fpike, and exterior petal 

 awned before the apex. Wilidenow, bcfides the A. iiidicus, 

 A. biilbofus, A. pratenfis, A. agreftis, and A. geniciilatus, 

 defcribes the following fpecics, -viz. A. capcnfis, with cylin- 

 dric fpike, and fmooth awnlefs glumes, a native of the Cape 

 of Good Hope. A. antartlicus, with creft culm, ovated 

 fpike, hairy glumes and awncd coroUae, the awns being 

 longer than the calyx ; brought from the Straits of Magel- 

 lan. A. ech'iimttis, with fpiked, oifated panicle, punctated, 

 ciliated glumes, and genieulated culm, a native of the Cape 

 of Good Hope. For the propagation and culture of this 

 genus, fee Grass. Maityn's Miller, Gmelin's Liiinn;us, 

 Withering, Arrang. vol. ii. p. 419. Smith's Flor. Lrit. vol. i. 

 72. Willdenow's Liim. tom. i. p. 356. 



ALOPES, in Ancient Geography, one of the ancient 

 names of Ephefus. 



ALOPEX, in Entomology, a fpccies of the Scarab.'EUS 

 Melohntha, with yellow hair, the clypeus reflex and tmargi- 

 nated, and the elytra; fmooth and bkick ; found at the Cape 

 of Good Hope. 



ALOPEX,in Zoo//)j-j', afpeciesof the can is, with a tail ftrait 

 and black at the tip. This is lefj than the comi.''on fox, and 

 lias a thicker and dufl<ier fur, though it is fometimes brighter 

 and redder than that of the fox. A Penufylvanian brant- 

 fox, defcribed by Mr. Pennant, was fcarcely half the fize of 

 the common fox ; with the nofe black and (harper, the 

 fpace round the eyes ferruginous, the forehead and upper 

 parts of the body black, mixed witli red, a(h-coIour, and 

 ^lack, and by the predominance of the a(h-coI(.)ur, appearing 

 hoaiy, the belly ydlowifli, the tail black above, red beneath, 

 and on the fides afli-coloured. The Britifli variety of the 

 fox with a black tip on the tail, fays Mr. Pennant, is un- 

 known in America ; and therefore his brant-fox miift be ei- 

 ther a variety of the other, oradiftintl fpeeies. This fpccies 

 is found in Europe, Afia, and America. The alopcx curo- 

 pseus, or coal-fox, the charbonnier of Buffon, is reckoned 

 another variety. It inhabits Burgundy, is of a filver-grey 

 colour, and the tail tipped with white like the common fox; 

 but from the remarkable blackncls of its feet and legs, feem- 

 ing to have been produced by chai coal-dull, it is called char- 

 bonnier, or coal-fox. 



ALOR, in Ancient Geography, a river of Macedcuiia. 



ALORIT/E, a people of Macedonia. 



ALORUS, a town of Macedonia, north-weft of the 

 Thermaic gulf, placed by Ptolemy in Pxonia, and by M. 

 d'Anville in Pleria. 



ALOS, or Alus, a town of the Phthiotis in ThefTaly, 

 eaft of the Pelafgic gulf, at the foot of Mount Othrys, upon 

 the little river AmpliryfTus. It was built by Athamas, and 

 fo called in honour of one of his female domeftics. 



Alos was alfo a town of Peloponnefus, in the Argolid. 



ALOSA, in lehihyology, a fpeeies of the Clu pe a, having 

 the fides fpotted with black, and the upper jav>' bifid. It is 

 the thriffa of Arillotle, Rondeletius, and Aldrovand, the 

 alaufa of Gefner, the clupeaof Willugliby and Ray, and our 



S.HAD. 



ALOSANGA, in Ancient Geography, a town of India, 

 beyond the Ganges, according to Ptolemy, 



ALOST, in Geography, a town of Flanders, fituate on 

 the river Dender, ten leagues fouth of Antwerp. 'Jliis town 

 contains a collegiate church, and feveral convents, in one of 

 which, vi%. that of Guillen-.ins, is the tomb of 'I'hcodore 



VoL.-i. 



ALP 



Martin, who brought the art of printing out of Germany 

 into the Low Countries. He was a fritud of Ei-afmus, wh» 

 wrote his epitaph. 



This town, which is the capital of a county, was taken 

 anddifmanlledby M. Turenny, in 1667 ; and abandoned to 

 the allies, in 1 706, after the battle of Ramillies. N. lat. 49* 

 SS'- E.long. fjG. 



ALOUAl E, ill Zoology, a name given by BuETon to the 

 Sim I A Seniculus, or long-tailed, bearded, red monkey, withi 

 prehenfile tail, of the Liniixan 1;. ftem ; the arabuta of Gu- 

 niilla, Oronoko, torn. ii. p. 8. and the roy.il monkey of Pen- 

 nant. Some have conlidertd this as a variety of the Si mi A 

 Beelzeliil, from which it differs by its very bright bay colour ; 

 but Dr.Shaw (Zool. vol. i. p. 71.) is of opinion, that it is a 

 dilUnft fjiccies. From young animals in the Levcrian Mu- 

 fcum, he defcribes it as being about the fizc of a fquinel, 

 and entirely of a very bright, ferruginous, or rcddifh chefnut 

 colour, with the face iiakid and black, furrounded on the 

 lower parts by a ilraggling beard of black hairs, and the tail 

 ilrongly piifliciifile. This fpeeies is faid to be rare in Braiil, 

 but very common in Cayenne. Its voice and manners arc 

 the fame with thofe of the Simia Beelzebul, which is com- 

 mon in Brafil, but nut found in Guiana. By an account of 

 a perfon who kept tliefc animals at Cayenne, it appears that 

 the allouates, or howlers, as they are called, inhabit the moifl 

 forells in the neighbourhood of waters or marflies. They 

 are commonly found in the woody illets of large flooded fa. 

 vannahs, and never on the mountains of the interior of Gui- 

 ana. They go in fmall numbers, often in pairs, and fome- 

 times fingly. Their cry or horrible fcream may well infpirc 

 terror, for it feems as if the forells contained the united 

 bowlings of all its favajre inhabitants together. This cla- 

 mour is ufually made in the morning and evening ; but it is 

 repeated in the courfe of the day, and fometimes in the niglit. 

 The found is fo llrong and varied, that one would imagine it 

 to be produced by feveral animals at once, though it is emit- 

 ted by only two or three, and fometimes one. In a ftate of 

 captivity the animal lofes its voice, or does not exert it 

 in the fame manner as he does when wild, and in this 

 ftate he fcldom lives long. The male is larger than the 

 female, and tlie latter always carries her young on her back- 

 In order to kill thcfe animals it is nccellaiy to fire feveral 

 times ; while any life ivmalns, and after they are dead, they 

 will remain clinging to the branches by the hands and taiL 

 Their flefh, after all the trouble of poftefTing them, is not 

 good; it is always tough, and never admitted to any tables 

 but to thofe of indigent inhabitants and travellers, to fupply 

 the want of other food. This animal is faid to be as large as 

 a calf, and to live on the fruit of the banana-tree. 



ALOUCHI, a kind of fweet-fcented gum which run* 

 from the tree that produces white cinnamon. 



ALOUETTE de Mer, in Ornithology, a name given by 

 Buffon to the Tringa Hypoleucos, or common Sandpiper. 



ALOUETTE, is alfo the name of the Alauua Ar- 

 •venjis. 



ALOUS, in Ancient Geography, a town mentioned by 

 Stcph. Byz. and whiih belonged'to Illyria. 



ALP, in Ornithology, an Englidi name ufed by fom8 /or 



the BuLL-FINCH. 



AI-PAGE, alpagiiim, in Ancient Writers, denotes the 

 privilege of feeding cattle on the Alps or high mountains, 

 or a funi paid for the purchafe of fuch a right. 



Tliiii is othcrwife called Alpatictim. 



ALPAGNA, in Zoology, the Camelus Paco of ths 

 Linns-an Syftem, and the Pacos of Pemuuit. 



ALPAM, in JJotjny. SeeApAMA. 



ALP ARSLAN,' ill Biography and Ni^oiy, fecond 



f D • ' fult;.« 



