THE ISIPOOFO. 
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“lit of the frontal bone, sometimes two feet in length, 
snd having a spirally twisted appearance. On the 
middle of the forehead there is a recurved crest of 
I'l'istles, reminding us of what will be seen in the 
Gnu, and which passes along the ridge of the neck. 
The colour of the animal appears of a dirty grey, 
n rufous or buff colour being placed on a black hide. 
The hoofs resemble those of a Guernsy cow. The 
females exhibit all the separating mjirks which distin- 
guish the bull and cow, less powerful neck, smaller 
I'orns and dewlap, and altogether a smaller bulk. 
The other species which Major Smith has intro- 
*fuced into this subgenus, he denominates B. Canna, 
animal comparatively little known, and generally 
confounded with the preceding. It is of less size. 
The general colour is a dark brownish grey, a white 
•*pace between tbe forelegs. They ai'e met with in 
*■''0 same districts with the Impoofo, but the herds 
’^over mingle ; and from the colonists they receive the 
Uame of Bastai'd Eland. 
The next subgenus is also an A frican form, and 
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