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THE GRIM. 
limbs. The body is covered with a yellowish co- 
loured hair, except along the back, where the hairs 
are of a rich grey. The end of the muzzle, with the 
extremity of the lower jaw, and the edge of tiie up- 
per lip, is white ; b:‘tween the nostrils and the eyes 
appear two dark streaks, whence issues a dark co- 
loured secretion from a suborbital, .sinus, which the 
animal appears always anxious to express by rubbing 
against every convenient substance. The horns were 
three inches in height, but did not appear to have 
reached thetr full 'developmeht. The specimen wa.s 
brought from Senegal. 
The last form wliich we shall be enabled to notice in 
the Hunts of the present volume, is composed of’ very 
diminutive animals, inhabiting central and southern 
Africa, Neotragus of IMajor Smith. The best known 
species will be the Aniilope pygmea of Dr Shawy 
tli.“ Gnevi of Frederic Cuvier. It is scarcely a foot 
in height, delicately formed, and pos.sesses gfcat agi- 
lity. The colour is a reddish grey on the upper parts 
and sides, almost white on the neck and bellv. Fre- 
diM-ic Cuvier has given a figure of a female guevi, in 
which short and stumpy horns are exhibited, a cir- 
cumstance which is at variance with the characters 
given by Major Smith to Neotragus. We shall iU 
lustrate the group by 
