of the chackma, or large baboon of the country, which, with a small monkey, Cercopithecus Erythropyga, is the only quadrumanous animal found within the British Colony: the lynx and various smaller species of cats are destructive principally among birds and small arborial quadrupeds, which their power of climbing trees, and creeping through bushes, places within their reach. Three different species of hyænas, called wolves at the Cape, with innumerable smaller carnivorous quadrupeds, prowl about in search of dead carcasses, or whatever else they can manage to surprise and overcome.

After having thus given a very brief outline of the general character of African zoology, I shall proceed to the description of a few of the more remarkable species, either such as have not been already described, or which, from their extreme scarceness even in their native country, are but seldom met with.

ANTILOPE ELLIPSIPRYMNUS.-This magnificent animal was exhibited at a meeting of the Zoological Society, where it was described by Mr. Ogilby, and attracted the universal attention of the members, by the singularity of its characters and the elegance of its proportions. Its entire length from the muzzle to the root of the tail is seven feet four inches; its height from the hoof to the tip of horn, seven feet three inches; to the shoulder, three feet ten inches; the length of its horn on the curve,