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<?pace between the base of the horns dftscendhig in a streak 

 down the forehead ; another passing through the eyes to the 

 corner of the mouth, connected by a third which runs round the 

 head over the nose; a fourth passes from the base of the ears 

 under the throat completing the appearance of a head-stall ; 

 the rest of the head white. Ears round ; white with black 

 edging. General colour of the coat vinous buff. The breast, 

 belly, and extremities, white. A tuft of bristly black hair on 

 the larynx, and the latter edged with black. A mane reversed ; 

 and a black list stripe from the nape of the neck along the 

 back, widening angularly over the croup, and terminating in a 

 bushy black tail, three feet long, which sweeps the ground. A 

 broad black bar across the elbow, passing along the flank, and 

 ending in a wide angular space on the thigh above the hocks; 

 and a black spot upon each leg between the knee and fetlock„ 

 Nose ovine. No suborbital sinus. 



Female similar, with longer horns. An udder with two 

 mammcc. 



Gregarious. Principally found in the Karroo, or in the open 

 plains of Namaqua land. 



28. Gazella Euckore. The Spring Buck. Spring-bok of the 

 Cape Colvnists. Tsepe of the Matabili and Bechuana. 



Adult male about two feet eight inches high at the shoulder, 

 and two feet ten at the croup. Extreme length about four 

 feet ten inches. Head and face white, resembling a lamb's. 

 Horns black, lyrate, robust, with about twenty complete rings ; 

 the tips turned inwards, and generally either forward or back- 

 wards. General colour of the hair yellow dun, with a white 

 croup consisting of long hairs which can be erected or depressed 

 at pleasure. Belly, throat, and inside of limbs, white, separated 

 from the dun by a broad rich chesnut band along the flanks; 

 another along the edges of the folds of the croup ; and a streak 

 from the back of the horns through the eyes to the nose. A 

 truly ovine nose. Small indistinct lachrymary sinus. Ears 

 long, attenuated, and dirty white. Eyes very large, dark, and 

 expressive. Tail eight inches long ; white, with a tuft of pos- 

 teriorly directed black hairs. 



Female similar, but smaller, with very slender horns, and few 

 indistinct annuli. Mammte two. 



Scattered over the plains in countless herds. 



