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d. Small, straight, or but slightly carved horns, less than the head — in 

 the greater number of species found only on the male. 



A. lanata, Desmar. ; Reebock or Roebuck of the Dutch of the 

 Cape. (The Woolly Antelope). Somewhat smaller than the Deer; 

 hair woolly; grey ahove, white heueath; some black on the external 

 face of the limbs, and at tlie extremity of tlie lower jaw. 



A. mergens, Blainv. ; Duiker-Bock of the Dutch. (The Plung- 

 ing Antelope). A light fawn coloured brown ; some wliite beneath 

 the under jaw; a black line on the external face of the limbs. It 

 derives its name from the manner in which it plunges into the bushes 

 when pursued. 



A. oreotragus, Forst. ; the Klip-Springer of the Dutch : Buff. 

 Supp. VI. pi. xxii; Schr. 259. (The Rock-Springer). Distin- 

 guished by its stiff brittle hair, w^hich is of a greenish yellow.* 

 The smallest antelopes are comprehended in this division. 



A. grimmia, L. ; F. Cuv. Mammif. (The Grimme). Fawn-co- 

 loured grey; the forehead blackish; a small tuft of hair on the top 

 of the head. 



A. pygmcea, Pall. ; F. Cuv. Mammif. f (The Guevei). Ash- 

 coloured; a pale line along each side of the forehead, which is 

 blackish. 



€, Annulated horns with a simple curve, the points directed forwards. 

 The Redunc^ of Smith. 



A. redunca, Buff. XII. pi. xlvi; Schreb. 265. (The Nagor). 

 Reddish-brown. From Senegal.;}; 



/. Horns annulated, straight or but slightly curved, and longer than the 

 head. The Oryx of Smith, in part. 



A. Oryx, Pall.-, erroneously termed Pasan by BuiF. Supp. VI. 

 pi. xvii; Cape Chamois of the Dutch. § (The Oryx, or Long- 

 horned Antelope). As large as a stag, with slender horns two or 

 three feet long, straight, pointed, round, the lower third obliquely 

 annulated, and smaller in the female ; hair ash-coloured ; head white, 

 barred with black; a black band on the spine and one on each flank; 

 a deep chestnut spot on the shoulder, and one on the thighs ; tail 

 long and blackish, and the hairs of the spine directed towards the 

 neck. It is found to the north of the Cape, and in the interior of 

 Africa. The length of its hoofs, which is greater than in the other 



* Add ^. quadriscopa, Ham. Smith. 



t Tlie figure of Schreb. 260, B, is too red; in that of Shaw, Gen. Zool. Vol. II. 

 Part II. pi. clxxxviii. the horns are too large. 



X Add the Ritbock {A. eleotragus). — The Ourehi {A. scoparia). It is very neces- 

 sary to observe that many antelopes, while young, have horns of this form bent for- 

 wards. 



§ M. Lichtenstein has remarked, that as this antelope with long straight horns is 

 only found in the south of Africa, it is not probable it is the Oryx. It is rather the 

 following species. 



