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UNGULATES. 



occasions accompanied by one or more full-grown bulls. Nilgai both graze and 

 browse, and will feed at any time of the day, although they resort sometimes to the 

 shade for repose. Mr. Blanford believes that, in the cold season, at least, they drink 

 but once in two or three days. General Kinloch writes that " in places where they 

 are not disturbed, especially in some of the native states, nilgai are absurdly tame, 

 but in districts where they are much molested they become extremely shy and 

 wary. It must not, therefore, be supposed that they can always be easily shot, but 

 they afford such a poor trophy that they are not much sought after. When they 

 can be found sufficiently far from thick cover they may be speared, and they then 

 show capital sport, as they will probably lead a well-mounted horseman a chase of 

 several miles. On hard ground I doubt if a cow nilgai could be speared by a 

 solitary hunter ; the bull, being much heavier, is more easily ridden down." They 

 can be readily tamed, but the bulls are apt to be savage. Either one or two young 

 are produced at a birth. 



The Addax. 

 Genus Addax. 



"With the addax (Addax nasomacvlatus) we come to a group of African and 

 Arabian antelopes of large size, including the genera Addax, Oryx, and Hippotragvus, 



the addax (i 1 ! nat. size). 



which present the following distinctive characteristics. They have long cylindrical 

 horns in both sexes, which are placed over or above the eyes, and are either sub- 



