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HISTORY OF QUADRUPEDS. 



THE COMMON ANTELOPE. 

 (Capra Cervicapra, Linn. L,' Antelope, Buif.) 



THE Antelope, properly so called, abounds in 

 Barbary, and in all the northern parts of Africa. 

 It is somewhat less than the Fallow-Deer : its horns 

 are about sixteen inches long, surrounded with 

 prominent rings almost to the top, where they are 

 twelve inches distant from point to point. The 

 horns of the Antelope are remarkable for a beauti- 

 ful double flexion, which gives them the appearance 

 of the lyre of the ancients. The colour of the hair 

 on the back is brown, mixed with red ; the belly 

 and the inside of the thighs are white ; the tail 

 short. 



