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Antilope caan-M. — Tny. Hartbeest.— Plate XXI*. fig. 6. 

 — Described, vol. II. p. 55, &c. 



Suh-Genus^:. — Tuagelaphus. — Horns spiral, more or less 

 compressed, with ridges in both sexes, or in the males only; 

 .achrymal sinuses sometimes awantiiig. 



Antilope scripta. — The Harnessed Antelope. — Plate 



XXIII. fig. 8 Fur bright fulvous bay; sides with two white 



transverse and longitudinal bands ; horns seven inches long, re- 

 clining. Four feet eight inches long. Inhabits Senegal. 



Sub- Genus 5. — Or\"s.. — Horns large, erect, and pointed in 

 both sexes, with a slight curvature backwards ; annulated ; hav- 

 ing lachrymal sinuses ; tail tufted. 



Antilope leucoryx.— -The White Oryx.— Plate XXI*. fig. 

 8. — Fur white; a black triangular spot on the forehead, and 

 another lozenge-shaped one on the nasal ridge, and a third 

 through the eyes ; and a transverse brown fillet above the knee 

 joints in the fore legs ; mane short and brown ; tail with a tuft 

 at its point. Size of a small horse. Inhabits Arabia and 

 Persia. 



Sub-Genus 6.— Egocerus — Horns very large, strong, and 

 pointed, bent backwards ; annulated ; a semimuzzle ; no sub- 

 orbitary process ; tail pretty long. 



Antilope leucophaea. — The Blue Antelope. — Plate XXI*. 

 fig. 9. — Fur silver-gray ; mane short, white, and turning towards 

 the head ; tail with a tuft at the end ; horns slightly compressed, 

 scimiter-shaped, twenty inches long, very closely annulated ; 

 ears long. Nearly six feet long. Inhabits Southern Africa. 



Antilope equina.— The Roan Antelope.— Plate XVII*. 

 fig. 5. — Fur coarse grayish.brown ; a white spot round the eye, 

 which is formed of long hairs ; horns very strong, about twenty- 

 four inches long ; reflected with upwards of twenty prominent 

 annulations. Inhabits Southern Africa. 



Sub-Genus 7. — RvFiCAFH A. — With simple, vertical, round 

 and striated horns, strongly bent backwards towards the point 

 in both sexes ; no lachrymal processes or inguinal pores ; tail 

 very short ; mammae two. 



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