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of the same colour. The horns bend outwards 

 and backwards, and are very strong, and black, 

 thickly or coarsely annulated, tow^ards the base, 

 and seated pretty close to each other on the head : 

 they are about twenty inches in length, and ele- 

 ven inches round at the base : the teeth are large, 

 the lower lip black, with a sort of tuft of bristles 

 on each side : along the snout and forehead runs 

 a black band, terminated at the forehead by a tuft 

 of hair between the horns. Dr. Forster surmises 

 this animal to be the same with the Koba of Buf- 

 fon, or at least very nearly allied to it : indeed 

 it must be confessed that some of the species 

 of this genus seem not very clearly ascertained. 

 Dr. Forster mentions dark or black stripes on 

 each side the head in this animal ; but of these 

 there is no appearance in the figure given in the 

 sixth supplemental volume of the Count de Buf- 

 fon's Natural History. Mr. Allamand, in his 

 description, says the face is divided into two equal 

 parts by a black band or stripe running from the 

 nose to the top of the forehead. The figure given 

 by Mr. Allamand is selected for the present work: 

 the horns seem to differ considerably from those 

 represented in a figure published by Buffon, having 

 a remarkable interval or smooth space about the 

 middle of the horn, which is annulated above 

 and below it. This figure, however, having been 

 taken from the living animal, may be supposed 

 the most faithful of any yet published. The female 

 has been represented in the Anatomical History of 

 Animals, published in the Memoirs of the French 



