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extremely swift and active, and of a very tnsid 

 disposition. It is generally seen in flocks, which 

 are olm-n ed to be much larger or more numerous 

 in winter than in summer. It is said to be so 

 i to water, that it will not go into it even to 

 save its life, \vhen driven by dogs to the brink of 

 a river. If taken young, it may be easily tamed. 

 Its tlesh is much esteemed as a food, and the horns 

 an in rreat request among the Chinese for va- 

 rious purposes. The female has no horns. 



GULDENSTEDS ANTELOPK. 



Antilope Subgutturosa. A. cunubus lyrat'u, corpure svpra ex 

 cinerascente brunnev, infra nirrtt, fascia laterali ex albuio lute- 

 KfHte. Lm. Syat. ifef. Gincl. p. 186. Sckrtt. Sacvgth. 

 t. 270.8. 



Grey-brown Antelope, white beneath, with ly rated horns, and 

 tumid throat. 



Guildenstcdt's Antelope. Pennant Q*atlr. i. p. 97. 



1 His species was first described by Mr. Gul- 

 . in the Petersbur^li Transactions. Hf 

 us tlr.it it is found in Persia, between the 

 Caspian and the lllack seas ; that its sire and ge- 

 neral appearance is that of a Roebuck ; that it is of 

 a gregarious nature, and feeds principally on the 

 Artemisia Pontica, or Pontic Wormwood. The 

 horns are about thirteen inches long, and smooth 

 at the tips. The colour of the animal is a cinereous 

 brown above, with the belly and insides of the limbs, 

 and space surrounding the tail, white : the tail is 



