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with transverse rings ; larynx forming a remarkable projection 

 before the neck ; glandular bag near the prepuce ; fur fawn-co- 

 loured in summer, grayish in winter. Inhabits deserts in Cen- 

 tral Asia Pall. Spic. fas. xii. t. 2, 3, fig. 14-17- 



Sub- Gen. 1. GAZELLA, Blainville. Horns with double flexure, lyre- 

 shaped, cumulated, without ridges, in both sexes. 



A. dorcas, Pall. Desm. Horns black in both sexes, lyre-shaped, 

 annulated in the greater part of their length ; fur fawn-coloured 

 above, white below, with a band of brown black upon each flank ; 

 tail tufted with black ; no projection of. the larynx. Smaller 

 than the roebuck. Inhabits Northern Africa, &c Buff. xii. pi. 23. 

 Major Smith describes three varieties of this species under the names of A. Kevel- 



la, Corinna, and Cora. 



A. subgutturosa, Desm. Horns large, grayish black, lyre-shaped, 

 annulated ; larynx projecting ; fur ash-coloured above, white be- 

 low, a brown band on each Hank. Three feet and a-half long. 

 Inhabits Persia, &c Schreb. t. 170, B. 



A. Euchore, Forster, Desm. The Springbok. Horns brown black, 

 lyrate, annulated j a longitudinal fold of skin on the croup, with 

 white hairs ; fur fawn-coloured, white below, with a brown line 

 on each flank. About four feet and a-half long. Inhabits plains 

 of Southern Africa. Shaw, ii. pi. 102. 



A. pygarga, Desm. Pall. Horns black, round, lyrate, with eleven 

 or twelve projecting rings ; fur hoary brown above, whitish below; 

 head and neck of a red gray ; a line of white on the forehead; 

 belly and buttocks white ; no lachrymal sinuses. Upwards of 

 five feet long. Inhabits Southern Africa.- Schreb. t. 273. 



A. mytilopes, Smith. Horns one foot long, slender, round, sublyrate, 

 black, with thirteen or fourteen obsolete rings, standing on a 

 - broad rufous spot ; space between the eyes, mouth, under jaw, 

 breast, belly, croup, and legs, white ; a bar across the nose, neck, 

 shoulders, and flanks fulvous ; hoofs broad, flat, rounded. In- 

 habits Western Africa Griff, iv. 204. 



A. melampus, Desm. The Pallah. Horns black, round, very long, 

 lyrate, strongly annulated at their base ; fur ferruginous above, 

 white below ; a black line on the back and a transverse band of 

 the same colour on the buttocks ; a black spot above the spu- 

 rious hoofs. Nearly five feet long. Cape of Good Hope 

 Daniell's Afr. Seen. No. 9. 



A. Senegalensis, Desm. The Senegal Antelope, Penn. Horns 

 black, a little flattened laterally, lyrate, very long, marked with 

 from 12 to 17 rings, and their termination smooth ; head and tail 

 long. About 5 feet long. Inhabits Senegal Penn. Quad. p. 38. 



Sub-Gen. 2. CERVICAPRA, Blainville. Horns simple, few or no 

 annulations or ridges. 



f Horns bent forwards. 

 A. dama, Pall. Desm. Horns short, round, black, bent &rwards 



