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THE GUIB, OR HARNESSED ANTELOPE. 



(Antilope scripta, Pallas.) 



This beautiful species inhabits the woods at the sides of the 

 Senegal, Niger, and Gambia rivers ; but, as with several other 

 antelopes, very little is known of its habits. Its full length 

 is four feet and a half ^ its height at the shoulders is two feet 

 six inches, but it is rather higher at the croup. The ground 

 colours are fawn and white variously marked ; along the back 

 there is a stripe of white and black mixed, and from this stripe 

 sometimes a greater or smaller number of white streaks pass 

 backwards and downwards, and are crossed by longitudinal 

 ones of the same colour, nearly parallel to the ridge of the 

 back, and giving the animal the appearance of being in harness. 

 But this uniform marking is not always present ; and it is said 

 that no two specimens are marked exactly alike. The male 

 only has horns, which are straight, but wreathed with two 

 ridges in the form of a double screw, prominent at the base, 

 but becoming obliterated near the tips. 



THE NYL-GHAU. (Antilope picta, Pallas.) 



The range of this animal appears to be limited to the north- 

 western provinces of Hindoostan, and the countries situated 

 between them and Persia. 



The male is about the size of a stag, but of stouter make. 



