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the gxoo. 
the genus, which is now considered to be composed of 
four species, the present animal C. taurina, gorgon, 
and Brooksii. The last is only known by a horn which 
was in the collection of the celebrated Joshua Brooks, 
and which could not be referred to any of the others. 
The C. taurina is nearly six feet high at the shoulder. 
It has been called Kokoon or Kokong, from an ap- 
pellation of a similar sound in the Booshuana dialect. 
The colour is of a dark grey, of a silky appearance, 
the tail and mane white.* It is found in the Cafifre 
country. The last, the Brindled Gnoo, C. gorgon of 
Major Smith, that gentleman observes may be a va- 
riety of the C. taurina. It is intermediate in size 
between the two last, and the horns stand bonding 
outwards, with the points turned towards each other. 
The colour of the animal is a dirty sepia dun grey, 
with indistinct darker streaks or brindles running 
from the back down the sides. Nothing farther was 
known of its habitat than that it was from South 
Africa. The specimen \vhich furnished the descrip- 
tion is in the museum of the Missionary Society of 
London. 
Lichtenstein. 
