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THE ADDAX. 



Oryx addax SMITH. 



PLATE XXV. 



Oryx addax, H. Smith in Griff. Cuv. iv. p. 193. and Synopa. 

 Fred. Cuvier, Hist. Nat. des Mammif. Antilope ad- 

 dax, Riese in Nordlichen Afrika. Ruppel^ tab. 7. 



THE distinctions, or rather variations, between this 

 6ne animal and the true Oryxes, are, in " having the 

 croup somewhat more elevated than the shoulders, 

 a lengthened mane on the neck, and a tuft of hair be- 

 low the throat." The spiral twisting of the horns 

 will also be seen to vary from those of the animal on 

 our last plate, where they are nearly straight. Ac- 

 cording- to Ruppel, the Addax is found in Nubia, 

 and extends over the whole of the desert, which 

 they are enabled to traverse from their fleetness, 

 assisted by theii wide-spreading hoofs, which do 

 not sink in the running sands, nor clog their pro- 

 gress. In the plate of this animal given by Ruppel, 

 which has served for our copy, the whole body and 

 limbs are white, the head and neck of a greyish-brown, 

 marked across the forehead and in front of the eyes 

 with a white band, broadest at the ends as they fall 

 upon the cheeks. The hair between the horns on 



