WHITE AXTELOPE. 



315 



Though this species has but lately been well de- 

 scribed. \ ct it> ln)rns, like those of several ot I 

 have been long since known to naturalists, and 



i to have been pretty well figured in Aldro- 



randus. 



WHITK AXTELOPK. 



Antilopc Lcucoryx. A. cornibus subulatis rectis can-ccxe annulat'u, 

 corpore lacteo. Lin. Si/st. b'at. Gtnel. p. 190. 



Milk-white Antelope, with very long, nearly strait, tapering 

 slightly annulatcd horns. 



Leucoryx Antelope. Pennant Quadr. i. p. 76. 



IT has already been observed in the introduc- 

 tion to tli is genus, that some few species are of a 

 far less elegant and light form than the rest : of 

 this the Leucoryx or White Antelope seems the 

 most remarkuble instance-; the body being thick 

 and heavy, and the head very large. In the dis- 

 position of colours on the face there is a rt mark- 

 able approach to those of the I'usan or Egyptian 

 Antelope, before described ; and bad the ligurc 

 alone of this animal been given, without its de- 

 scription, one would be almost tempted to suppose 

 it a bad representation of the former species. The 

 Leucoryx, however, is entirely milk white, ex- 

 cept the markings on the face and limbs, a.ssl: 

 in the engraving: these are described as ot' .1 ud 

 colour, and not black, as in the Pasan : the nose 

 is thick and broad, like that of a cow: the ears 

 somewhat slouching ; the body heavy ; the limbs 



