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The Earl of Derby received a pair from the Cape. They were bright purple red, face whitish, dark- 
edged, with a dark-edged white streak to between the horns ; legs whitish, upper and lower part brown 
varied ; temple and upper part of the throat whitish ; rump to above the tail pure white ; tear-bag round, 
distinct, moist. The female is similar, but the throat and under part of the body are white. These animals 
are often brought to the Cape market for food. 
The Bless bock. Damalis albifrons. Tab. XXII. fig. I. 
Purplish red ; face and back of thighs white ; rump like back. 
Bless hoh or Antilope albifrons, Burchell, Trav. ii. 335 ? — Harris, W. A. A. t. 21. — Bubalis albifrons, Sundev. 
Inhabits S. Africa. 
With the pair above described there was a half-grown specimen of the Bless bock, of the same size. It 
was darker, with a pale spot between the horns, separated by a dark spot from the white on the face 5 the 
temple was white, with a white spot ; the legs had a brown stripe down the outer side of the front ; and 
the throat and rump brown, the latter without any white spot. 
Dr. Burchell, when speaking of the Bless bock, proposed to call it A, albifrons, as the name Pygarga 
has been used for both the Springer and the Bless bock ; but it is not certain if he intended by Bless bock 
this or the preceding species. Captain Harris's figure shows the distinction of the species. 
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The DoRiA. Damalis ? Zebra. 
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Bright golden brown, with numerous black cross bands narrowing at the sides ; outer sides of fore 
and hind legs dark 
Antilope Zebra, Gray, Ann. Nat. Hist. 1836. — A. Doria, Ogilby, P. Z. S. 1836, 121.— Frazer, Z. T. t. . — 
A. Zebrata, Robert. — Viverra Zebra, Whitfield's MSS. — Cephalophus? zebra, Gray, Cat. Mam. B. M. 
Inhabits W. Africa ; Gambia. 
Skins without head and feet are alone known ; they are brought down by the negroes. In the Cata- 
logue of the Mammalia in the British Museum I have referred this species with doubt to Cephalophus. 
Mr. Ogilby (P. Z. S. 1836, 121) thinks it should be referred with the Harness Antelopes to Calliope. I am 
inclined, on account of the dark mark on the outside of the limb, to think it belongs to the genus Damalis. 
Mr. Whitfield believes it to be a species of Viverra. 
Since the preceding pages were printed in 1847, there have been discovered the following species : 
[Between Gazella and Antilope, insert — ] 
3 a. PROCAPRA {Hodgson-), 
with strong, elongated, lyrate, black horns ; the face tapering ; nose simple ; tear-bag none ; inguinal sinus 
none; interdigital pore small; tail very short; no knee-tufts: female hornless; teats two. 
The Ragoa or Goa. Procapra picticauda. 
Hair sordid brown, with pale rufous tips ; underside, inside of ears, limbs and small caudal disk 
rufescent white : tail black ; in winter upper parts canescent slaty. 
Procapra picticauda, Hodgson, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, 1846 (173), 334. t. . 
Inhabits Thibet, in the plains. Not gregarious. 
Mr. Hodgson kindly sent a specimen of this animal and some heads to the Museum ; but unfortunately, 
the skins were destroyed by insects and damp during the transit from Nepaul. The skulls are very similar 
to those of the genus Gazella. The horns are more elongated and erect, but not so long as those of the 
Chiru. The shortness of the tail allies it to the Goat-like Antelopes. 
