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blackish grey, the latter browner in colour. In C. maria and one or 
two other species the horns are more curved backwards and again 
forwards than in some of the others, where their form is sublyrate. 
The Reedbucks, Cervicapra, are closely allied to Cobus ; they 
are, however, of smaller size. Here, as in that genus, the females 
are hornless, and the horns of the males are of medium size. 
Five species are referred to the genus. They are all of a 
brownish fawn colour. <A genus Pelea, with but one species, P. 
capreolus, has been separated on account of the fact that the 
horns are nearly straight and that there is no naked patch of 
skin beneath the ears. This animal has received its name on 
account of its resemblance to the Roebuck. 
The Antilopine section includes a number of genera. 
The genus Antilope is Indian in range. It includes but one 
species, A. cervicapra. This Antelope is of medium size, with a 
brown pelage getting blacker with years; it is thus known as the 
Black-buck. The female, which is hornless, is lighter brown. The 
horns are long, spirally twisted, and closely ringed. 
Aepyceros, With two species, is African. The Palla (4e. melam- 
pus) is a large Antelope, with longish lyrate horns in the male, 
which are half-ringed. 
The Saiga Antelope, genus Saga, is one of the most remark- 
able types of Antelope in its outward appearance. Its nose 
is very large and inflated, the two nostrils being quite widely 
separated, a depression indeed lying between them dorsally. 
The horns are lyrate in the male, absent in the female. The 
“ovine expression” of this bovine animal is moré pronounced in 
the female. Corresponding with the clumsy nose are very short 
nostrils, the commencement of the narial aperture being therefore 
very far back. It is almost suggestive of Macrauchenia in this 
respect. The fleece is also Sheep-like. The genus occurred in this 
country during the Pleistocene. It is now an inhabitant of Eastern 
Europe and Western Asia. The only species is S. tartarica. 
The Chiru, Pantholops, is allied to the Saiga. The horns of the 
male are long and nearly straight; they are ringed in front. The 
muzzle is swollen in the male; the nostrils are large, and provided 
with extensive sacs internally. The colour of this animal, which 
is exclusively Thibetan in range, is a pale fawn. The hair, in 
accord with its habitat, is very woolly. No living specimens have 
ever been brought to Europe. This creature has accumulated much 
