394 THE SAIGA, OR 



rcfcmbles the domeflic goat. But the form of 

 its horns and the want of a beard make it ap- 

 proach nearer to the antilopes; and, indeed it 

 ieems to conftitute the made between thefe two 

 kinds of animals ; for the horns of the faigae 

 are perfectly fimilar in figure, tranfverfe rings, 

 longitudinal furrows, &c. to thofe of the anti- 

 lope, and they differ in colour only. The horns 

 of all the antilopes are black and opaque ; but 

 thofe of the faiga are whitim and tranfparent. 

 This animal is mentioned by Gefner under the 

 name of coins j* , and Gmelin under that of 



faiga * 



Colus : Gefner, quad. p. 36 r. 



Suhak ; Rzaczin/k/, Hijl. Polov. p. 224. 



Ibex imberbis ; Nov. Com. Petrop. torn. 5. tab. 19. torn. 7. 



f- 39- 



Sayga; Phil. Tranf. 1767, p. 344. Bell's travels, vol. 1. 



/•• 43- 



Capra Tartarica, cornibus teretibus, re&iufculis, perfecfte 



annularis, apice diaphanis, gula imberbi ; Linn. Syfl. JYaf. 



p. 97. 



Antilope Scythica ; Pallas Spicil. p. 9. Faunul. Sinenj. 



* Apud Scytas et Sarmatas quadrupes fera eft quam Colon 

 (KoAas) appellant, rnagnitudine inter cervum et arietem, al- 

 bicante corpore ; eximiae fupra hos levitatis ad curfum ; 



Strabo lib. 7 Sulac (a quo litteris tranfpoiitis nomen 



Colus faemm videtur) apud Mofchovios vulgo nominatur ani- 

 mal fimile ovi fylveftri candidae, fine lana : capitur ad pul- 

 ium tympanorum dum faltando delaffatur . . . Apud Tar- 

 laros (inquit Matthias a Michow) reperitur Snack, animal 

 rnagnitudine ovis, duabus parvis cornibus praeditum, curfu 

 velociffimum, carnes ejus fuaviiTimae ... In defertis campis 

 circa Boryfthenem ( iniquit Sigifmundus, Liber Baro in Her- 

 berftain in commentariis rerum Mofcoviticarum) Tanaim et 

 Rha eft ovis iylveftris quam Poloni Solhac, Mofci Seigak, appel- 

 lant, rnagnitudine capreoli, brevioribus tamen pedibus ; cor- 

 nibus 



