470 MamMALiA OF INDIA. 
from the base the lateral compression becomes gradually less, and 
towards their tips the horns are nearly rounded. Compared with their 
length the thickness of the horns is as nothing—in other words they are 
slender, but not therefore by any means weak. ‘The tips are acute 
rather than otherwise ; the divergence 
at the points is from one-third to one- 
half of the length. At the base a 
finger can hardly be passed between 
the horns. Throughout five-sixths of 
their length from the base the horns 
describe an uniform slightly inward 
curve, and on the top angle of the 
curve they turn inwards again more 
suddenly, but still slightly, the points 
of the horns being thus directed in- 
wards; the lateral view of the horns 
shows a considerable concave arctua- 
tion forwards, but chiefly derived from 
the upper part of the horns.” 
There is an excellent coloured 
plate of this animal in Blanford’s 
‘Mammalia of the Second Yarkand 
Mission.’ The only fault I see lies 
in the muzzle, especially of the male, 
which the artist has made as fine as 
that of a gazelle. The photograph in 
Kinloch’s ‘Large Game of Thibet’ 
shows the puffiness of the nostrils 
much better; the latter author says 
of it :— . 
“The Thibetan antelope is a 
thoroughly game-looking animal; in 
size it considerably exceeds the com- 
mon black buck or antelope of India, 
and is not so elegantly made. Its 
colour is a reddish fawn, verging on 
white in very old individuals. A 
dark stripe runs down the shoulders 
and flanks, and the legs are also dark 
brown. The face alone is nearly 
black, especially in old bucks. ‘The hair is long and brittle, and extra- 
ordinarily thick-set, forming a beautiful velvety cushion, which must 
most effectually protect the animal from the intense cold of the elevated 
regions which it inhabits. A peculiarity about this antelope is the 
Pantholops Hodgsonit. 
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