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has given it a name, we will allow him the benefit of the doubt for the 
present, and will call this northern striped form Taurotraqus oryx gigas until 
further investigations have been made. 
Fig. 118. 
Abnormal horns of female Eland. 
a, front view ; 6, side view ; c, transverse section at spot marked x. 
(P. Z.8. 1889, p. 74.) 
Before closing our systematic account of the Eland we must say a few 
words respecting s ome curious horns which were at first ascribed to a new and 
unknown Antelope, but are now generally admitted to be nothing more than 
