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BARBARY ANTELOPE. 



Antilope Dorcas. A. cornibus lyratis, corporesuprafulvo, subtus 

 albo, fascia lateralifmca. Ian. Syst. Nat, Gmel.p. 187. 



Fulvous-brown Antelope, white beneath, with lateral brown 

 band, and lyrated horns. 



Capra Dorcas. C. cornibus tcretibits perfecte anmlatis recurvatis 

 contortis. IM. Syst. Nat. p. 96. 



Antilope Dorcas. Pall. Spic. Zool. 12. n. 



La Gazelle. Bvff. 12. p. 201. pi. 23. 



Barbary Antelope. Pennant Quadr. i.p. 92. 



This species is about half the size of a fallow 

 deer : its colour is reddish brown above, and white 

 beneath ; the two colours being separated by a 

 dark or blackish lateral line or stripe : on each 

 knee is a tuft of blackish hair : the horns are 

 twelve inches long, of a round or cylindric form, 

 and incline first backwards, then bend in the 

 middle, and lastly, revert forwards at their tips : 

 they are of a black colour, and are annulated 

 with about thirteen rings on the lower part. This 

 animal is supposed to be the JDr;w/.v ofsft/ian, lib. 

 14. c. 14. It is a native of Barbary, Egypt, and 

 the Levant, and is said to be found in large flocks. 



