THE FOUK-HORNED ANTELOPES. 



WATEll-BUCK. 



reddish-bay ; the Bay Antelope, of West Africa, a dark bay, whilst there are other species black, 

 brown, &c. 



THE FOUR-HORNED ANTELOPES.* 



In India and Tibet there are two peculiar species of small Antelopes, the true Four-horned and the 

 Brown Indian Antelope. In the former of these, known also as the Chikarah, different from what is 

 found as a natural condition in any other living animal, there are two pairs of well-developed horns ; 

 the hinder, which are the larger, being five inches long, in the usual situation ; the smaller, an inch 

 and a half long, are close together not far behind the eyes. In the Brown Indian Antelope the anterior 

 pair of horns are rudimentary, and nothing more than knobs. All these horns are straight and conical. 

 Neither species is common. Their size is about that of the Arabian Gazelle : their colour a reddish- 

 brown, becoming lighter below ; the hair is coarse ; the female is hornless. Captain Kinloch says of 

 them that "four-horned Antelopes are generally found alone, or frequently in pairs ; they conceal 

 themselves in long grass or among low bushes, and somewhat resemble hares in their habits. They 

 are seldom to be seen out feeding, but usually jump up at the feet of the hunter and bound away 

 at a great pace." 



THE WATER ANTELOPES.f 



The NAGOR, the REITBOK, the LECHE, the AEQUITOON, the SING-SING, and the WATER-BUCK 

 are closely allied African Antelopes, with good-sized horns (only present in the males), which are 

 transversely wrinkled, curved forwards, and a little inwards at the tips. Most of them are water-loving 

 animals, and abound in marshy districts on the banks of rivers. 



The genus Tetraceros. 



The genus Eleotragus and its allies. 



