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■ ■ THE GNOO. 
Catoblepas Gnu. — Smith. 
PLATE XXII. 
Antelope Gnu of English Authors The Gnoo, Daniel. II. 
lust, of the Scenery of Southern Africa Catoblepas Gnu, 
Smith ill Griff. Cuv. 
With this very singular animal Major Smith 
commences the Bovine race, and he is followed in 
a similar manner by Mr Swalnson in his family Bo~ 
videe. We shall particularly notice the family as we 
proceed, after describing the present animal and the 
Musk Ox. Mr Smith indicates four species, and 
applied the above generic name to them. They in- 
habit the plains of Central and Southern Africa, 
abounding on the arid deserts in company with herds 
of the zebra and quagga, and flocks of ostriches, and 
beyond the bounds of civilization, where some spe- 
cies have not been nearly extirpated, are almost al- 
ways found in company. The aspect of the head is 
decidedly bovine, the forehead is ample and flat, 
and the horns, which are present in both sexes, are 
placed on the fore part of the frontal ridge, flattened 
and large, and nearly meeting at the base. They 
