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Rh The section of a horn represents more an oval than a cylinder. The general colour of the horns is of a semi-transparent green, except the tips, which are jet black for about six inches, and the bases, which are very rough, irregular, gnarled, ringed, and rugged, and also black in colour. The horns gradually taper to a very sharp point; their direction being—(1) backwards and outwards; (2) forwards and upwards; (3) backwards, the tips looking almost directly back.

The description is taken from a Cow which I shot at Tammu (Kubo-Kalé Valley) on the 28th of June, 1896. It was an extremely handsome, well-bred looking beast, in appearance half Antelope, half Cow.

The general colour was light red, but as the upper parts near the back and buttocks were approached the red became darker, being almost a reddish brown. As the under parts were reached the red colouring became fainter and fainter, gradually merging into