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XXIII. Descriptions of two Species of Antelope from India. By 

 Major-General Thomas Hardwicke, F.R.S. and L.S. <^c. 



Read February 18, and June 17, 1823. 



ANTILOPE. 



Subgenus III. Cervicapr^. Desmar. Encyclop. 



*** Cornibus recurvatis. 



Antilope Goral. 



A. CORNIBUS brevibus approximatis recurvis subulatis basi an- 

 nulatis ultra medium laevibus, corpore supra colore murino 

 canescente subtus pallidiore, gula albente, cauda brevi at- 

 tenuata subfloccosa, oculis sinubus lacrymalibus. 



Tab. XIV. 

 This small Antelope is a native of the Himalayah range and 

 the mountains of the Nepaul frontier; and by the natives of those 

 regions it is called Goral. 



Its size is about that of a common goat, of extraordinary agility, 

 leaping to a great extent, and with great sureness of footing ; 

 very timid. 



Head very conical, rather compressed, and tapering suddenly 

 from the eyes to the snout, very wide across the cheeks, and 

 narrowing towards the forehead. Horns black, short (4J- 

 inches), subulate, approximating at the base, gently bend- 

 ing backwards, and slightly diverging towards their apex, 



smooth. 



