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hoofed, with a very short, depressed tail covered with hair to the 

 base ; horns conical. 



II. The Antelopes of the Sandy Deserts have a broad nose, 

 and the nostrils lined with bristles within. 



4. The Equine Antelopes have the nose very broad, soft, spongy, 

 and bristly. 



5. The Bovine Antelopes have the nose moderately broad, with a 

 black, moist muffle. 



I. The Antelopes of the Fields. Nose tapering, the nostrils 

 bald within, close together in front and diverging behind. 



1 . The True Antelopes. Body moderate-sized, elegant ; legs 

 slender ; tail moderately elongate, hairy ; horns placed over the eye- 

 brows. 



A. Horns lyrate (or rarely cylindrical, subspiral), strongly ringed 

 at the base; nose ovine, without any naked muffle ; deep in- 

 guinal pouches ; and tear-bag generally well-developed. 



* 1. Saiga. 



Horns short, strong, annulated, lyrate, white; nose very high, 

 compressed, rounded ; nostrils very close together ; tear-bag distinct ; 

 fur soft. 



1. Saiga Tatarica. The Colus or Saiga. 



Pale yellowish, crown and back greyish washed ; belly and anal 

 region beneath the tail white ; young, crown greyer. 



Capra Tatarica, Linn. S. N. 97. — Antilope Saiga, Pallas. — Ibex 

 imberbis, Gmelin. — Antilope Colus, H. Smith. — Colus Strabonis, 

 Gesner. — Colus Tartarica,W agrier. — Cervicapra, sp. Blainv. — Saiga 

 tatarica, Gray, Knowsley Menag. 3. 



Inhabits Siberia. Cab. Brit. Mus. 



2. Kemas. 



Horns elongated, rather lyrate ; nose with a dilated pouch on each 

 side ; tear-bag distinct ? hair close, erect, spreading ; nose-hole of 

 skull very large ; females hornless. 



1. Kemas Hodgsonii. The Chiru. 



Pale brown ; chest, belly and inside of the limbs white ; front of 

 face and front of legs blackish. 



Antilope Hodgsonii, Abel. — A. Kemas, H. Smith (not horns, 

 t. 181. f. 6). — A. Chiru, Lesson. — Kemas Hodgsonii, Gray, Knows- 

 ley Menag. 3. 



Inhabits Thibet. Cab. Brit. Mus. 



3. Gazella, H. Smith. 



Horns strong, lyrate, black ; face tapering ; nose simple ; tear-bag 

 distinct ; fur short, close-pressed. Females with smaller horns ; teats 

 four. 



