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To these M. GeofFroy has advantageously added those afforded by the 

 substance of the frontal prominence or the bony nucleus of the horn. 



ANTILOPE*. 



The substance of the bony nucleus of the horns of the Antilopes is solid, 

 and without pores or sinus, like the antlers of the Stag. They resemble 

 the Stags moreover by their carmiers, by the lightness of their figure, and 

 their swiftness. It is a very numerous genus, which it has been found 

 necessary to divide, and principally according to the form of the horns. 



a. Horns annulated, with a double curvature directed forwards, inwards, 

 or upwards. 



A. dorcas, L. ; Buff. XII. xxiii. (The Gazelle). Round, large 

 and black horns, and the size and graceful shape of the Roebuck; 

 light fawn colour above ; white beneath ; a brown band along each 

 flank ; a tuft of hair on each knee, and a deep pouch in each groin. 

 It inhabits the north of Africa, and lives in large herds, which form 

 a circle when they are attacked, presenting their horns at all points. 

 It is the usual prey of the Lion and Panther. The soft expression 

 of its eye furnishes numerous images to the Arabian poets. 



A. corinna, Gm. ; Buff. XII. xxvii. (The Corinna). Only 

 differs in the horns, which are much more slender. It is perhaps a 

 mere variety of sex. 



A. kevella, Gm. ; Buff. XII. cclxxv. (The Kevel). Also very 

 similar ; but its horns are compressed at the base, and have a greater 

 number of rings. The only mark in which it is even pretended that 

 it differs from the Ahu of Kajmpfer, or the Tseyrain of the Persians 

 and Turks (A. subgutturosa, Gm.), is a slight swelling under the 

 throat of the latter. 



A, (jutturosa. Pall. ; the Dseren of the Montgoles ; Hoang Yang, 

 or Yellow Goat of the Chinese; Schreb. CCLXXV. Nearly 

 similar colours, and the same kind of horns as the Gazelle properly 

 so called ; but it is nearly as large as the C. dania, and there is a 

 considerable protuberance in the male produced by the larynx, and a 

 large pouch under the belly. The female has no horns. This 

 species lives in herds, in the barren plains of central Asia, and 

 avoids both the forest and water. 



A. euchore, Forster; the Pouched Gazelle; Buff. Supp. VI. pi. 

 xxi. (The Springbock). The south of Africa is filled with herds 

 of this species. It is larger than the Gazelle, but of the same form 

 and colour ; it is distinguished by a fold of the skin of the croup 

 covered with white hairs, which opens and enlarges at every bound 

 the animal makes. 



* This name is not antient; it is a corruption of Antholops, a word found in 

 Eustathius, who wrote in the time of Constantine, and which seems to refer to the 

 beautiful eyes of tlie animal. The common Gazelle was well described by yEliaii 

 imder the name of Dorcas, which is properly that of the Roebuck. He calls it tlie 

 Dorcas of Lybia. Gaxel is an Arabic word. 



