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SALTS ANTELOPE 



Neotragus SaUiana. 

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Antilope Saltiana, Blainville, Ruppel, Atlas Zuder Rets 

 im Nordliken Afrika, i. 2i. Neotragus Madoka, Major 

 Smith, Griffith's Cuvier. 



THIS beautiful animal was first noticed by M. de 

 Blainville, from imperfect specimens brought irom 

 Abyssinia by the British Consul, Mr Salt, and named 

 in honour of that enlightened individual. M. Ed. 

 Ruppel hasj however, since published figures of both 

 sexes in his Zoological Atlas of Northern Africa, 

 which we have used for our illustrations. The height 

 at the shoulder is only about thirteen inches, and the 

 whole form of the limbs is of great delicacy. The fore- 

 head, where the hair is lengthened back, and outside 

 of the limbs, are of a reddish-brown ; the outsides of 

 the forelegs spotted with whitish. The neck and 

 sides are grey, and the lower parts are nearly pure 

 white. The male only is possessed of horns, about 

 three inches in length. 



