404 THE ANT I LOPES, 



this animal under the name of dfljeren^ it re- 

 fembles the roebuck, except in its horns, which, 

 like thole of the wild he-goat, are hollow, and 

 never fall off. This author adds, that, in pro- 

 portion as the horns grow, the cartilage of the 

 larynx enlarges, and forms a confiderable pro- 

 minence when the animal is old. According 

 to Kempfer *, the figure of the ahu differs not 



from 



ner of going. . . It has no cutting teeth in the upper jaw. 

 The male differs from the female by having horns and a pro- 

 tuberance on the throat. The horns are fomewhat compref- 

 {td at the bafe. They have rings for a great part of their 

 length ; they are fmooth at the points ; and they are blackiih, 

 but perfectly black at the extremities. They are permanent, 

 and ihed not, like thofe of the roebuck. . . . Upon the throat 

 of the male, there is a large protuberance of five inches in 

 length, and three in breadth : It is fmaller when the animals 

 are young, and is not perceptible till they are near a year 

 old. Its growth keeps pace with that of the horns. . . This 

 protuberance is occafioned by the llruclure of the larynx and 

 the orifice of the trachea, which are very large. . . The fe- 

 male is perfectly fimilar to the female roe. . . . This animal 

 differs from the Ibex hnberbis, or faioa. The nofe of the iaiga 

 is large and fplit like that of the ram ; but the nofe of this a- 



nimal is entire and pointed, l'-ke that of the roebuck 



The Monguls, and even the Ruffians, call the male dferen, and 

 the female ona, &c. ; Nov. Comment- Acad. Petropol. torn. 5. p. 

 347. — The Secretary to the Peterfburg Academy adds, that, 

 in the manufcripts of MelTerichmid, this animal is mentioned 

 under the names of ohna, dferen, and fcharchoefchi ; Id p. $6. 



* Ipfum animal (Ahu) a cervis nihil habet diffimile praeter 

 barbam, et cornua non ramofa quibus fe caprino generi adfo- 

 eiat ; cornua funt fimplicia, atra, rotundis annulis ultra me- 

 dium ufque longitudinem diftin&a, levia et quaii ad modulum 

 tornata ; in mari quidem furrecla, pedalis longitudinis, in 

 medio levi arcu disjuncla, faltigiis reclis mutuo utcunque im- 



minentibus ; 



