. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Mammals; Natural history; Mammifères; Sciences naturelles. â â¢Il OtiO TIIK lIAirrKUKEST. riic coldiii' (.r tl nliniiry ( {('oiuioc/ntrs (hiii) is , sometimes witli 11 hlui'--irv , Thf iimiH' is I)1ik'1<, with tin- cxa' dl' (lie IdWi-r pmt, wliid, IS often -^'rcyisli-wliitc, us is (lie ).iiit nt' tlio tail. Tlic iiiisc is wjlli u full lit' rcvLTscd Iiiiir, and tli.'ir is a mane niion liic dirst. The i'. (;N(Mt may Im' distmgni^ilicil tnai; the common (! ., or Koknon, its convex
. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Mammals; Natural history; Mammifères; Sciences naturelles. â â¢Il OtiO TIIK lIAirrKUKEST. riic coldiii' (.r tl nliniiry ( {('oiuioc/ntrs (hiii) is , sometimes witli 11 hlui'--irv , Thf iimiH' is I)1ik'1<, with tin- cxa' dl' (lie IdWi-r pmt, wliid, IS often -^'rcyisli-wliitc, us is (lie ).iiit nt' tlio tail. Tlic iiiisc is wjlli u full lit' rcvLTscd Iiiiir, and tli.'ir is a mane niion liic dirst. The i'. (;N(Mt may Im' distmgni^ilicil tnai; the common (! ., or Koknon, its convex and smoolii fact', tin-" Imir iyinji towards tiio nose, instcail of ,' I'cveiscd, Tliciv is no nianu npon tlie c'liost, and tlic hide is varied and with ^rey. It is hi^Iar at tlie withers than th,. Ivokoon, and its action is rather cinmsy. It is very local in its m larne herds, and when observed, the whole herd forms in single file, and so tlies from the object of its terror. One of these aninads, called in the interior the i'.lne Wildelicest, was iiy Cumming m a very curious mamu'r. The aninad had contrived to hitch one of his fW- legs over his horns, and beinn- thus incapacitated from running, was easily intercepted and killed. It hud i)robably got into this unpleasant position while ti'ditiii"- The Gi IS about throo foot nine inches liigh at the , and measures "abouT six feet six niches Irom the imse to Ijie rndt i\\' the tail. hi \\W\' ;/?â ' f^. nAi;ri??iivi - .i/,,;7u'/»o conma. Ul- the genus Alcephalus, or Klk-heade,l, the 11 AUTKIifJEST, .,r , is a ..nod exam]de. ^ This handsona. animal inay be t. sily kimwn the pmiliar shape nf the laans wliicli are lyrate at their eninnaiieenieni, thick and heavilv knotted at the base, and |, ..uith oil suduenly nearly at a iiyht Its oeneral colour is a grevisli-bruwn, diversilitd .â "'iiiimiii. Please note that these images are extract
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