The animal kingdom : arranged after its organization, forming a natural history of animals, and an introduction to comparative anatomy . more slender than those of the preceding: it is whitish, tinged with grey on the back, and has a large brown spot on the forehead. [There are horns in both sexes, as in most of the foregoing: this animal seems to be allied rather to A. strepsiceros, pertaining to a subsequent section.] c. Horns annulated, with a double curve, but winding in an opposite direction to those of the preceding, the points directed backward; the Damalis of H. Smith, in Buba
The animal kingdom : arranged after its organization, forming a natural history of animals, and an introduction to comparative anatomy . more slender than those of the preceding: it is whitish, tinged with grey on the back, and has a large brown spot on the forehead. [There are horns in both sexes, as in most of the foregoing: this animal seems to be allied rather to A. strepsiceros, pertaining to a subsequent section.] c. Horns annulated, with a double curve, but winding in an opposite direction to those of the preceding, the points directed backward; the Damalis of H. Smith, in Bubalus of the ancients (A. hubalus, Lin.).—More heavily formed than the others; the head [very] long [and the eyes situate remarkably backward]; size of a Stag, and yellowish-brown, except the end of the tail, which is terminated by a black tuft. A common species in Barbary. The^. caama, or Uarie-beeste of the Cape colonists, [and A. lunata,] range in this division. [These animals have much the aspect of a small Cow, and inhabit the more sterile regions of Africa in small herds, headed by an old male. They are easily domesticated.]. t ? .>8 —Adda] <a. Gn] ?emarks (he iiutbtir, hki 140 MAMMALIA.
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