. Cassell's natural history. Animals; Animal behavior. 40 NATriiAL HISIOK in which the hair is instead of nearly black or lirown, the short horns being, as well, directed considerahly upwards instead of directly outwards. In the Island of Celebes the smallest species of Buffalo is found, which differs but little in appear- ance from the young of the Cape species. It is knowai as the Anoa ; Ls black, with short, wavy hair, and has short, jiarallel jirismatic horns directed upwards from the forehead. THE I'KOXGHOEN ANTELOPE.* This Antelope of North America, one of the few forms o
. Cassell's natural history. Animals; Animal behavior. 40 NATriiAL HISIOK in which the hair is instead of nearly black or lirown, the short horns being, as well, directed considerahly upwards instead of directly outwards. In the Island of Celebes the smallest species of Buffalo is found, which differs but little in appear- ance from the young of the Cape species. It is knowai as the Anoa ; Ls black, with short, wavy hair, and has short, jiarallel jirismatic horns directed upwards from the forehead. THE I'KOXGHOEN ANTELOPE.* This Antelope of North America, one of the few forms of the Hollow-horned Ruminants which inhabit the New World, is different from all the other members of the group in two respects at least, namely, that its horns are branched, as implied in the name, and that they are amiually shed. The accompanying figure Ls a side view of the skull of the animal, whose size is nearly that of a Fallow Deer, although its build is not so heavy. It is there seen that each liorncore forms a blade-shaped projection six inches long, with the pointed end behind, situated above the eyes perpendicular to the line of the face, ded jjosteriorly and sharpened in front. Each horn itself is a foot or so in its greatest length, pointed and gently curved backwards, at the same time that from the front of it, very slightly above the middle of its height, a short Ijranch arises which is directed forwards, the whole there dividing into two. Each horn is flattened from side to side, is not anuulated, and in its structure scarcely differs from that of a 8heep or Goat. For some years before it was certainly known to be the case, it had been rmnonred by the hunters of Fort Union that the Pronghorn Antelope shed its horns each year; and in the year 1838 Dr. C. A. Caiitield, of Monterey, California, in writing to Professor Baird, of the Smithsonian Insti- tution, Washington, informed him that in speci- mens in hLs jiossession " their horns drop ott
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