654 CLASS XVII. 



Hijypotragus Sundev., JUgocerus Ham. Sm. Horns annulate, 

 large, inserted over the eyes, recurved. Lacrymal sinuses none. 

 (Large species, with neck maned. Tail moderate, setose; nose sub- 

 concave.) Horns of females less. (Sometimes none?) 



Sp. Antilope leucophcea Pall., Buff. Swppl. vi. PI. 20, Schreb. Sdugth. 

 Tab. 278; the hlaauwe hok of Kolbe; a very rare species, extinct in some 

 districts of South Africa; the individual figured by Allamand in the 

 Dutch edition of Buffon and copied in the French loc. cit., has now been 

 transferred from tlie collection of the Haarlem Maatschappij van Weten- 

 schappen to the Museum at Leyden ; — Antilcype equina Geoffb., Smith 

 Illusfr., Mamm. PI. 27 ; — Ant'do'pe Harrisii, Aigocerm niger Harris Trans, 

 of the Zool. Soc. 11. 3; 1839, PI. 39, pp. 213 — 215. Species from South 

 Africa to the north of the Colony at the Cape. 



"M" With %ipper lip ample, hroad, not sulcafe. (In all four mammae.) 



Hipiyela-phus (from Aristot.), Portax Ham. Smith. Horns short, 

 recurved. Lachrymal sinuses. Neck short. Tail long, tufted. 

 Back short, declivous, with shoulders higher. 



Sp. Antilope picta (and Tragocamelus) Pall., Hunter Philos. Trans, for the 

 year 1771, PI- 5, Buff. Suppl. vi. PI. 10, 11, Bennett Gardens and 

 Menag. of the Zool. Soc. i. p. 125 ; the Nylghau, of a dark colour especially 

 under the belly, from the continent of India, with a bunch of long, black 

 hair under the neck. (Sundevall states that the female also is horned, 

 perhaps exceptionally only or when of a great age.) 



Oreas Desm. (jDartialis Ham. Sm., Sundev., Boselaphus Ham. Sm.). 

 Horns reclined in both sexes, marked by a spiral keel in males. 

 Lachrymal sinuses none. Tail moderate, tufted at the tip. 



Sp. Antilope oreas Pall., Vosmaer Besclirijving van het Afrikaansche dier, 

 hekend onder de benaaming ran Eland, Amsterd. 1783; Buff. Swppl. vi. 

 PI. 12, Smith Illustr., Mamm. PI. 40, 41. This largest species oi Antelope 

 (it attains a length of 9 and a height of 5 feet) lives in herds of 10 or more 

 together on the mountainous northern boundaries of the Cape Colony. The 

 male has a dewlap deeply hanging down ; colour yellowish-grey. 



Oryx Blainv., Ham. Sm. Horns in both sexes very long, reclined, 

 towards the tip smooth, acuminate. Lachrymal sinuses none. Tail 

 moderate or long, at the tip setose. (Legs strong ; trunk elongate ; 

 habitus of A sinus.) 



Sp. Antilopie addaxLiicnTETUSi:. 1.1. Tab. 11. Eueppell All. zu der Reise im 

 nordl. Afr., Zool. Tab. 7 ; milk-white, head and upper part of the neck 

 reddish grey; a bunch of dark brown hair on the forehead, the horns bent 

 three times sinuously with numerous rings; — Antilope Uucoryx Pall., (and 

 Antil. gazella Pall.) Lichtenst. 1. 1. Tab. i. Guek. Iconogr., Mammif. 

 PI, 44, fig. 3 ; white with neck reddish ; the horns, which are gently curved. 



