ANTILOCAPRID^'] 231 



and Deer of N. America, p, 21, 1877, ed. 2, p. 21, 1884; 

 Williston, Amer. Nat. vol. xi, p. 599, 1877 ; Endlich, ibid. 

 vol. xii, p. 557, 1878 ; Cope, ibid. vol. xii, p. 557, 1878, vol. 

 xxii, p. 1081, 1888; Forbes, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1880, p. 540, 

 1882, p. 1; Alston, Biol. Centr.-Amer. p. 112, 1882; Flower 

 and Qarson, Cat. Osteol. Mus. B. Coll. Surg. pt. ii, p. 277, 

 1884; True, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. vol. vii, p. 592, 1885; 

 H. L. Ward, Science, vol. xiii, p. 70, 1889 ; Merriam, N. Amer. 

 Fauna, p. 78, 1890, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, vol. xiv, p. 13, 

 1901 ; W. L. Sclater, Cat. Mamfn. Ind. Mus. pt. ii, p. 171, 1891 ; 

 Marshall and Pohlig, Zool. Garten, 1891, p. 97 ; Flower and 

 LydekJcer, Study of Mammals, p. 333, 1891 ; Allen, Bull. Amer. 

 Mus. Nat. Hist. vol. viii, p. 52, 1896 ; Elliot, Synop. Mamm. 

 N. America {Field Mus. Zool. Pub. vol. ii), p. 43, 1901, Check- 

 List Mamm. N. Amer. {op. cit. vol. vi) p. 51, 1905, Cat. Mamm. 

 Field Mus. {op. cit. vol. viii) p. 53, 1907 ; Lydekker, Game 

 Animals of Europe, etc, p. 333, 1901 ; Stone and Cram, American 

 Animals, p. 54, 1903 ; Matthew, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 

 - vol. XX, p. 104, 1904 ; Pocock, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1905, vol. i, p. 191, 

 1910, p. 935 ; Seton, Scribner's Mag. vol. xl, p. 33, 1906 ; Mearns, 

 Mamm. Mexican Bound. U.S. {JBull. U.S. Nat. Mus. no. 56) 

 p. 224, 1907; Lyo7i, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. vol. xxxiv, p. 398, 

 1908 ; Ward, Records of Big Game, ed. 6, p. 118, 1910, ed. 7, 

 p. 116, 1914; Miller, List N. Amer. Mamm. {Bull. U.S. Nat. 

 Mus. no. 79) p. 393, 1912. 



Antilope furcifer, H. Smith, Trans. Linn. Soc. vol. xiii, p. 28, pi. iii, 

 1822, Griffith's Animal Kingdom, vol. iv, p. 170, vol. v, p. 323, 

 1827. 



Antilope (Dicranocerus) furcifer, H. Smith, Griffith's Animal Kingdom, 

 vol. V, pp. 322 and 323, 1827. 



(?) Antilope palmata, H. Smith, Griffith's Animal Kingdom, vol. iv, 

 p. 169, 1827.* 



Antilocapra furcifer, Brookes, Cat. Mus. p. 64, 1828; Gray, List 

 Mamm. Brit. Mus. p. 170, 1847. 



Dicranoceros furcifer, Jardine, Naturalist's Libr., Mamm. vol. iii, 

 p. 193, pi. xxu, 1835. 



Pronghorn, Prongbuck or American Antelope. 



Typical locality the Missouri plains ; the range extending 

 from the valley of the Saskatchewan — lat. 53 N. — south- 

 wards to Mexico, and from the plains of the Missouri west- 

 wards to the Rocky Mountains and the Cascade Range in 

 Oregon and Washington. 



Somewhat antelope-like, with relatively long limbs; 

 shoulder-height about 36 inches ; general colour yellowish 

 rufous, with a band on forehead between eyes, a patch below 

 each ear, and nose sooty brown ; lips, chin, sides of lower part 

 of head, three bands on throat and chest, the first of which 



* If identical with this species, the locality (Baffin Bay) must be 

 wrong. 



