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d. Small, straight, or but slightly curved horns, less than the head—in 
the greater number of species found only on the male. 
A. lanata, Desmar.; Reebock or Roebuck of the Dutch of the 
Cape. (The Woolly Antelope). Somewhat smaller than the Deer; 
hair woolly; grey above, white beneath; some black on the external 
face of the limbs, and at the extremity of the lower jaw. 
A. mergens, Blainv.; Duiker-Bock of the Dutch. (The Plung- 
ing Antelope). A light fawn coloured brown; some white beneath 
the under jaw; a black line on the external face of the limbs. It 
derives its name from the manner in which it plunges into the bushes 
when pursued. 
A. oreotragus, Forst.; the Klip-Springer of the Dutch: Buff. 
Supp. VI. pl. xxii; Schr. 259. (The Rock-Springer). Distin- 
guished by its stiff brittle hair, which is of a greenish yellow.* 
The smallest antelopes are comprehended in this division. 
A. grimmia, L.; F. Cuv. Mammif. (The Grimme). Fawn-co- 
loured grey; the forehead blackish; a small tuft of hair on the top 
of the head. 
A. pygmea, Pall.; F. Cuv. Mammif.{ (The Guevei). Ash- 
coloured; a pale line along each side of the forehead, which is 
blackish. 
e. Annulated horns with a simple curve, the points directed forwards. 
The Revuncz of Smith. 
A. redunca, Buff. XII. pl. xlvi; Schreb. 265. (The Nagor). 
Reddish-brown. From Senegal. 
f. Horns annulated, straight or but slightly curved, and longer than the 
head. The Oryx of Smith, in part. 
A. Oryx, Pall., erroneously termed Pasan by Buff. Supp. VI. 
pl. xvii; Cape Chamois of the Dutch.§ (The Oryx, or Long- 
horned Antelope). As large as a stag, with slender horns two or 
three feet long, straight, pointed, round, the lower third obliquely 
annulated, and smaller in the female; hair ash-coloured; head white, 
barred with black; a black band on the spine and one on each flank ; 
a deep chestnut spot on the shoulder, and one on the thighs; tail 
long and blackish, and the hairs of the spine directed towards the 
neck. It is found to the north of the Cape, and in the interior of 
Africa. The length of its hoofs, which is greater than in the other 
* Add 4. quadriscopa, Ham. Smith. 
+ The figure of Schreb. 260, B, is too red; in that of Shaw, Gen. Zool. Vol. IE. 
Part II. pl. clxxxviii. the horns are too large. 
+ Add the Ritbock (A. eleotragus).—The Ourebi (A. scoparia). It is very neces- 
sary to observe that many antelopes, while young, have horns of this form bent for- 
wards. 
§ M. Lichtenstein has remarked, that as this antelope with long straight horns is 
only found in the south of Africa, it is not probable it is the Oryx. It is rather the 
following species. 
