THE SABLE ANTELOPE AND ROAN ANTELOPE 87$ 



The horns of the females are shorter 



tinctly tufted, and the ears are enormous, 

 than those of the males. 



The roan or equine antelope (Hippotragus equinus] the bastard 

 gemsbok of the Boers is represented in the right-hand figure of the 

 accompanying illustration, and is the largest and one of the best-known repre- 



Roan Antelope 



THE SABLE ANTELOPE AND THE ROAN ANTELOPE. 

 ( One-twentieth natural size. ) 



sentatives of the genus, standing rather over four and one-half feet at the withers. 

 There is considerable individual variation in color, some specimens, according to- 

 Mr. Selous, being of a strawberry roan, others of a deep dark gray or brown, and 

 others again so light in color as to appear almost white at a distance. The undei 

 parts are but little lighter than the body, while the head and jaw have dark brown 



