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with a few slight modifications. These authors have divided the Family 
Lovide, to which the Antelopes pertain, into nine different groups, called 
sections, which are denominated as follows :— 
1. Alcelaphine Section. 5. Hippotragine Section. 
2. Cephalophine Section. 6. Tragelaphine Section. 
3. Cervicaprine Section. 7. Rupicaprine Section. 
4, Antilopine Section. 8. Caprine Section. 
9. Bovine Section. 
The Antelopes, commonly so called, belong to the first six of these sections, 
and will form the subject of the present work, the last three sections, which 
contain the Mountain-Antelopes, Sheep, and Oxen, being excluded. 
It is further considered to be more convenient to regard the sections of 
Messrs. Flower and Lydekker as subfamilies, and to give them the usual 
termination employed for such groups. ‘Thus, after dividing the ‘“ Cepha- 
lophine Section” into two portions, which it seems desirable to do, we shall 
have altogether seven subfamilies of Bovide to be treated of, viz. :— 
I. BuBaLipina, comprising the Hartebeests and Gnus. 
Il. CepHALOPHIN®, comprising the Duykers and Four-horned Antelopes. 
Ill. Neorracin#, comprising the Dwarf Antelopes, Oribis, Klipspringers, 
and Dik-diks. 
IV. CERVICAPRIN®, comprising the Waterbucks, Reedbucks, and _ their 
allies. 
V. ANTILOPINA, comprising the typical Antelopes and Gazelles. 
VI. Hipporragins, comprising the Sable and Roan Antelopes and the 
various species of Gemsbuck. 
VIL. TRAGELAPHINS, comprising the Nylghai, Bushbucks, Kudus, and 
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