SIAGIN^: 



15 



Antilope tatarica, Forster, Descrip. Anim. p. 390, 1844; Sundevall, 



K. SvensJi-a Vet.-Ak. Handl. 1845, p. 270, 1847. 

 Saiga colus, Ch'ay, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 1, vol. xviii, p. 231, 



1846. 

 Gazella colus, Turner, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1850, p. 168. 

 Colus saiga, Fifzinger, Sitzher. li. Ale. Wiss. Wien, vol. lix, pt. 1, 



p. 161, 1869. 

 Colus tataricus, Brelim, Thierlehen, Sciugethiere, vol. iii, p. 283, 1880. 

 Saiga saiga, Jentinh, Cat. Osteol. Leyden Mus. {Mus. Pays-Bas) 



vol. ix) p. 134, 1887, Cat. Mamm. Leyden Mns. {op. cit. vol. xi) 



p. 165, 1892. 



Saiga, or Saigak. 



Typical locality Ural Steppes. 



Size approximately that of a large sheep, the shoulder- 

 height being about 30 inches. General colour in summer 



Pig. 3. — The Saiga (Saiga tatarica). 



dull yellowish, with the throat and indistinct markings on 

 the face whitish ; in winter, when the coat is much longer 

 and thicker, the colour is uniformly whitish throughout ; 



