SAIGA. 



Antilope Saiga. A. conubut distant Una lyrat'u palliJit-diaphanit, 

 ntuo cartilagineu rf*/rico*0. Lin. Sytt. Nat. Gntcl. p. 185. 



Yellowish-grey Antelope, with distant, semitransparent, lyrated, 

 and annulated horns. 



Capra Tatarica. C. cor^ibus terctibtu rectiufculu perfect* owm- 

 latu a pice diaphanis, gula imbfrbi. Uau Sytt. Nat. p . 97. 



Col us. GCSM. Quadr. p. 893. 



Suhac. Aldr. bisulc.p. 763. 



Saiga. Bvff. 12. p. 198. pL aa./. I. (the korns) 



Scythian Antelope. Pennant Quadr. i . p. 98. 



THE Saiga, or Scythian Antelope, is an inhabi- 

 tant, according to Dr. Pallas and Mr. Pennant, 

 of all the deserts from the Danube and the 

 Dnieper to the river Irtixh, but not beyond ; nor 

 is it ever seen to the north of 54 or 55 degrees of 

 latitude. It is therefore found in Poland, Mol- 

 davia, about Mount Caucasus, and the Caspian 

 as well as in the dreary open deserts of Si- 

 beria, where salt-springs abound, feeding on the 

 salt, acrid, and aromatic plants of those countries. 

 It i-> about the size of a common or Fallov. Den, 

 and is of a dull yellowish uiry above, and whitr 

 In neath, and along the back runs a dusky stripe. 

 It is distinguished from all the rest of the Ante- 

 lopes by the remarkable colour of its horns, which 

 are of a pale yellow*, and semitransparent : they 

 are strongly annulated for about two-thirds of 



The A. gutturosa, or next described species has also yellow 

 horns, but not transparent. 



