100 NATURAL HISTORY. 



Europe. They may be divided into four sub-families: 

 1. The true Antelopes, remarkable for their graceful 

 forms, long and slender limbs, and great agility. 2. The 

 Bush Antelopes, having a more compact form and shorter 

 limbs, and living in jungles and thickets. 3. The Capri- 

 form Antelopes, shaped much like goats, and living on 

 hills and mountains ; the Chamois of Europe is of this 

 kind. 4. Bovine Antelopes, verging in their shape to 

 the Ox family ; this may be considered as a decidedly 

 aberrant group. I will notice but a few of the species 

 of the Antelope tribe. 



171. The Springbok, Fig. 84, is one of the most beau- 



Fig. 84. The Springbok. 



tiful and agile of the true Antelopes. It inhabits south- 

 ern Africa. It derives its name from the habit which it 

 has of springing up to the height of several feet when 

 alarmed. Large herds of Springboks spread themselves 

 over the wide plains. When a drought occurs, as is 

 often the case in the tropical regions, they migrate in 

 large bodies in search of food. Some persons have seen, 

 as they suppose, as many as twenty or thirty thousand 

 together. 



172. Among the true Antelopes is also the Gazelle, 



