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a. The nose hairy, cervine , ow/y a small moist naked space be¬ 
tween the edges of the nostrils, a/zrf « narrow streak on the 
upper lip ; the body is large, heavy ; the neck is maned. 
1. Strepsiceros, H. Smitli; Calliope , Ogilby; Tragelaphus, sp. 
Blainv. 
Horns large, heavy, spirally twisted, keeled in front; tear-bag a 
naked space; throat with a central, linear mane : female hornless. 
1. Strepsiceros Kudu. The Eechlongole or Koodoo. 
The horns diverge from the line of the forehead, and have two 
twists ; the calf is marked like the adult. 
Antilope Strepsiceros, Pallas.— Bamalis (Strepsiceros ) Strepsice¬ 
ros, H. Smith, G. A. K.— A. Tendal, Riippell, Abyss. 22 ; Fischer, 
Syn. 475.— Strepsiceros Kudu, Gray, Cat. B. M.; Knowsley Menag. 
26. t. 24. f. 2, young.— S. Capensis, Harris, AV. A, A. t. 20.— S. ex- 
celsus, Sundev. —Striped Antelope, Penn.— Comdoma, Buffon, H. N. 
xii. t. 39; Supp. vi. t. 13. 
Inhabits S. Africa. Mus. Brit. 
Yar. Smaller. 
Inhab. Abyssinia. Mus. E. India Company, adult. Mus. Frank¬ 
fort, adult and young. 
2. Oreas, Desm.; Boselaphus, sp. Blainv., Gray; Bamalis 
( Boselaphus ), sp. H. Smith; Bamalis, Sundev. 
Horns large, erect, slightly curved, with a spiral keel; throat with 
a longitudinal, crested dewlap; hoofs narrowed in front. Female 
with smaller, thimier horns. 
I formerly adopted the name of Boselaphus, which Blainville had 
used for the genus, but Ray had previously applied this name to the 
Bubale, and Desmarest has formed a subgenus specially for it under 
the name of Oreas. 
1. Oreas Canna. The Impoofo or Eland. 
Pale brown ; throat and beneath whitish. 
Antilope Oreas, Pallas .—Bamalis ( Boselaphus ) Oreas, H. Smith, 
G. A. K. t. 200.— A. Oryx, Pallas, Misc. 9.— B. Boselaphus Canna, 
H. Smith, G. A. K. 1 . 181. f. 5, horn £. — Oreas Canna, Gray, Knows. 
Menag. 27. t. 26, 27.— Coudou, Buffon, H. N. xii. t. 46 b.- — Canna, 
Buffon, Supp. iii. t. 12.— Bland, Kolbe, Sparmann, K. Yet. Handl. 
1779, t. 8; Harris, W. A. A. t. 6 ; Daniel, Afr. Seen. t. 
Inhabits S. Africa; Cape of Good Hope {Sparmann) . Brit. Mus. 
This Antelope has much the character of the Oxen, and Dr. Bur- 
chell informs me that it is the best food of any of the genus at the 
Cape, being the only one which is moist and has any fat intermixed 
with the muscle ; the flesh of the others is dry and hard. At Knows¬ 
ley it breeds with the facility of domestic cattle, but they are ravenous 
feeders, and appear liable to an epidemic. 
It should be remarked that the skin of the specimen shot by Burke 
