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a common goat, but stands considerably higher 

 on its legs: its colour is an uniform black, but 

 each hair, when narrowly examined, is grey to- 

 \i a i ds the base : on the top of the neck, just above 

 die shoulders, is a patch of -whitish, bristly, long, 

 strait hair, much stronger tlian the rest, and hav- 

 ing somewhat the appearance of a partial mane : 

 nn each side the lower jaw is a longitudinal patch 

 of \ ellou ish white : the eirs are of moderate size, 

 marked internally with three obscure longitudinal 

 bunds of white, as in some other Antelopes: the 

 horns arc MX inches long, bending slightly back- 

 wards, sharp-pointed, black, and annulated near 

 half their length with prominent rings: the tail is 

 about the length of the horns, and sharpish : the 

 hoofs rather small, and black : the hair on the 

 whole animal is rather har>h. and not lighter co- 

 loured below nr on the hells than on the upper 

 parts. 



BLUE ANTELOPE. 



Antilope Leucophsea. A. ContOnu rtcvreatu (trrtitucufu MMH 

 lot is, corpore cerruleactnte. Lin. Syst. Nat. G'i*r/. p. 181. 



Blue-grey Antelope, with roundish, arcuralcd, recurved, annu- 

 lated horns. 



Blue Goat. Kulbtni Cape. a. p. 1 14. 



La Gazelle Tzeiran. Bujf. Suppl. 6. p. 168. pi. 20. 



Blue Antelope. Pennant Quadr. t . p. 74. 



THIS is a species of very considerable size, being 

 larger than a fallow deer, and from the form of 



