NANGUER 959 



exact, was communicated by the Viscount Pis- 



ciolini, which latter is engraved in the sixth sup- 

 plemental volume. The engraving, however, af- 

 .irds published by Mr. Allamand, having been 

 utcd \\ith great care from the living animal, 

 is supposed to be more exact than any other, and 

 is therefore introduced into the present publica- 

 tion. 



XANGUER. 



Antilope Dama. A. conubus antrorsum incurcu, corpore afro, 

 dortofa-wiatfiic ocularifuhu. Lia. Syst. Nat. Gmcl. p. 183. 



Dama. * Pit*. Hist. Nat. VIII. c. 53. XI. c. 37. 



White Antelope, with fulvous back, and round horns, incunrated 

 forwards. 



Le Nangueur, ou Nanguer. Bvf. ia. p. a 13. pi. 34. 



Swift Antelope. Pennant Qua Jr. i. p. 85. 



THIS is one of the few species of Antelopes 

 supposed to have been known to the ancients. It 

 is a native of Africa, and is believed to be the 

 Dtiwti of Pliny. Its colour is rufous or tawny 

 brown above and white below ; the rump and hind 

 part of the back, together with the thighs and legs, 

 an also white, and on the fore part of the breast 

 is a large patch of white. It is observed, how- 



. to vary soimwhat as to colour in diil'c 

 individuals : the horns are round, black, eight 

 inches long, and bent forwards at their tips. This 



