II 'ith curved, bent, or twisted Honu. 



NILGHAU. 



AiitiIi)|K- 1'irta. A. comibus antrorswn wcunis, cercict collogue 

 j abatis, cauda Innga Jioccosa, pedibus albo nigroque annulatu. 

 Ijn. Syst. Nat. Gmcl. p. 184. 



Slate-coloured Antelope, with the back of the neck and breast 

 manctl, the feet barred with black and white, and subtriangu- 

 lar tapering horns bending forwards. 

 Njl-ghau. Hunter. Phil. Trans, vol. 61. p. 170. pi. 5. 

 Xil-Gaut. Huff. SuppL 6. p. ioi.pl. 10, n. 



itc-footed Antelope. Pennant Quadr. i.p. 83. 



TIIK Xilgau, or White-footed Antelope, is a 

 large and beautiful species, known only within 

 the .space of a few years past. Its height, as given 

 hv Dr. William Planter, in the Philosophical 

 Transactions, is four feet one inch to the top of 

 the shoulders, and its length, from the bottom of 

 the neck to the base of the tail, four feet. The 

 colour of the Nilgau is a fine dark grey or slate- 

 colour, with a large spot of white beneath the 

 throat, and t\u> white bands or marks abo\e each 

 foot : the ears are large, white within, and edged 

 with the same colour; and marked internally by 

 two black stripes : along the top of the neck runs 

 a slight mane of black hair, which is continued 

 to some distance down the back ; and on the 

 breast is a much longer mane or hanging tuft of 

 a similar colour: the tail is moderately long, and 

 terminated by a tuft of black hair : the horns arc 

 short, pointed, smooth, triangular at their base, 



