198 THE PROXG-HORNED AXTELOPE. 



mam m se two ; stature large ; shoulders higher than 

 the croup." The animals composing the subgenus 

 are found in central parts of South Africa, inhabiting 

 the borders of the deserts, living in small herds. 

 Our information regarding any of them is by no means 

 ample. They are all of large size. Among the 

 best known may be mentioned the Blauw-bock* of the 

 Cape colonists, A. leucophsea, now a very rare animal, 

 and extirpated from the colony. It is above four 

 feet high at the shoulders. At a little distance it ap- 

 pears of a silvery bluish-gray, occasioned by long 

 coarse hairs sparingly scattered over a deep black 

 skin. Another, the Roan Antelope, A. equina, ex- 

 ceeds the preceding in height, and the general colour 

 is grey, mixed with a reddish tint. It inhabits the 

 elevated plains in the vicinity of Latakoo. 



A third animal allied to the above we have select* 

 ed to .'liuptrate this form ; it i 



