THE BLUEBUCK OR BLAAUWBOK 



markedly smaller than even those of immature 

 Roan : while Kohl published a valuable paper, Ueber 

 neue und Seltene Antilopen, in which he clearly 

 demonstrated the essential differences between the 

 two. 



" It was with considerable interest therefore that 

 the writer some years ago examined the classical 

 example the type specimen described by Pallas 

 in 1776, and now preserved in the Leyden Museum. 

 By the kindness of the late Dr. Jentink the glass 

 panelling was removed : the measurements then 

 taken gave a height at the withers of 49$ inches, 

 and a length (tip of muzzle to root of tail) of 

 73i inches : the horns were beautifully curved, 

 annulated with thirty-five rings, and had a length 

 of 24! inches. The neck mane was very slight 

 and directed forwards : there was no throat 

 mane. The specimen had been well mounted 

 in its day, and was an adult male, in very good 

 preservation. 



" The Paris specimen was more puzzling. Pre- 

 served in the museum of the Jardin des Plantes, it 

 at first sight indeed resembled a small, faded speci- 

 men of the Roan Antelope : closer study, however, 

 revealed the comparative length and slenderness of 

 the horns, the absence of any black area on the face, 

 and the relatively short ears. In the glass case a 

 big Roan Antelope stood next to it : comparison of the 

 Blaauwbok's slender horns and subdued coloration 

 with the ibex-like weapons, huge tufted ears, upright 

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