KOBUS ELLIPSIPRYMNUS. 
counting for the occurrence, but I must confess I have never had the good fortune to find herds 
lines it holds its head high, and assumes a lively and spirited position Its pace is a trallon d 
generally all the individual, of the herd brush rf a, the sale timl e c^n W Th b« "of 
IeZ W min'd ."Til’ “ ° ,her ° f ,hC A ” li '^ * 
l~~T- V h “ <l,8tUrbed ,h 'y % feom the places where they are discovered 
touards the higher grounds of the neighbourhood, and if unable to reach then, I without passim, 
ft, ZtnT th . Z m “f 8 ' “f ” fe " n0r “'ttnetinntion to plunge into the st**.-!^ 
° ga ° f the name b y whlch th ey are designated by the colonist. Their flesh is in lit tin 
repp even with the Aborigines, though 1, is not „„ite rejected ; the dislike" “Arises ^ 
‘ Stnn °- y '“ ture . “<1 trom exhaling a strong urinous odour The 
of 7 / T™ el ”" a “ ralher Pard ’ strong, and somewhat unsavoury, its skin like that 
of Abte e,l„ry mm „ .hick, very compaot Md firm|y altached to , he £ usdes ‘ 
aie also various other points in which the two animals strongly resemble each other 
In consequence of having found that I could not, upon satisfactory grounds, class Aiaoceros 
dhpszprymnus m any of the yet constituted groupes into which the Antilope family has been 
t me ec came at last to the resolution of establishing one to receive it. The value of the 
gioupe, however, I have not ventured to surmise, being of opinion that in the present state of 
the science the naturalist is often hampered by difficulties created merely from an inj'ff f ° 
accomplish more than is to be done consistent with the knowledge we yet posses! fa Z 
of wlstem ^ " 1S ° ‘° P ' a " to ° ^‘“T 3 
me tl, thi r tt“ r “ ter! ’ T be “ V “' i0U8ly C ‘ aSSed by differ “ t 
me that if our animal is not to be admitted into any of the ahead, established forms, cl, ai^ 
witothlrVTr' 1 mUS ‘ they lust be viewed l sliding 
whteh S bl'g to We F0P °“ e - The foll °™ g ’ ” ~ ba »pecief 
Kohis ellipsiprymnus, Aigoceros ellipsiprymnus. Ogilby. 
Kobus seneyalensis, Antilope senegalensis. Desm, 
Kobus Adansoni, Antilope, Kob. Ehxleb. 
