[198] Wild Beasts and their Ways, 1890, p. 151.

[199] See also Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc., 1901, ii. p. 3.

[200] Forsyth Major. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1891, p. 315.

[201] "On the Shedding of the Horns in the Prongbuck," see Bartlett, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1865, p. 718; Canfield, ibid. 1866, p. 105; Murie, ibid. 1870, p. 334; and Forbes, ibid. 1880, p. 540.

[202] The distinction between the two families has been called "fanciful." It may be admitted that it is not great.

[203] The Book of Antelopes, London, Porter, 1894-1900.

[204] They are straight in the young.

[205] W. L. Sclater, The Fauna of South Africa, Mammals, i. 1900.

[206] Taurotragus oryx has unfortunately been discovered to be the correct name for the Eland.

[207] A. D. Bartlett, "On some Hybrid Bovine Animals bred in the Society's Gardens," Proc. Zool. Soc. 1884, p. 399.