A.VTILOPID-E.- 



-MAIUIALIA.- 



-Antilopid^. 



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foot, leaping, it is said, as much as thirteen feet in 

 heiglit, and clearing a space of twelve yards at a single 

 bound ! The flesh is insipid. 



THE FALLAH {Antilo^ie inelampus), or Betjuan, is 

 a native of South Africa. It is a fine species, standing 

 upwards of three feet high at the shoulders. The 

 honis are twenty inches in length, lyrate, and coarsely 

 annulated. The general colour is rufous, being much 

 darker above than below, whilst the belly is quite 

 white. The tail is about a foot long, white at the 

 extremity, and marked by a dark-bromi streak down 

 tlie middle. The Pallah is gregarious in its habits ; 

 only six or eight indiWduals constituting a herd. The 

 females are hornless, and proWded with two teats. 

 The flesh is coaree, but palatable. 



THE MADOQUA {Antilope Saltiana) is a remarkably 

 small and slim-built antelope inhabiting the mountain- 

 ous districts of Abyssinia. The summit of the shoulder 

 is only fourteen niches above the level of the gi-oimd ; 

 but it stands rather higher on the hmd quarters. The 

 horns are correspondingly thin, and about three inches 

 in length, wliilst tlie tail is only rudunentary, measuring 

 scarcely more than one inch and a half from root to 

 tip. The females are hondess. 



THE GtTEVI [Ccphalophus pygmcuus) —Vliia 19, fig. 

 (34 — is even smaller tlian the species above described, 

 and has been variously designated the Pigmy antelope, 

 Kleene, Blauw-boc, and Monmetzi. It is a native of 

 South Africa, dwelling either singly or m pairs amongst 

 dense woods and tliickets near the sea-coast. The 

 head is long and pointed, with a wide muzzle, short 

 round ears, and diminutive homs ; the latter beuig less 



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than two inches long, black, conical, and strongly 

 annulated. The tail is about the same length, dark 

 above and white below. The fur exhibits a dull- 

 brownish, buft', or mouse colour, generally ; being lighter 

 underneath. The females are hornless. 



THE MOHK {Antilope Mohr) is an inhabitant of 

 Western Africa, and stands about two and a half feet 

 in height at the shoidder. The horns are of moderate 

 size, tliick, and strongly annulated at the lower two- 

 thirds of their extent, the tips bemg rather sharp, and 

 bent forwards. The fur exhibits a deep brownish-red 

 colour generally, but is white underneath and on the 

 back part of the rump. The Mohr is highly valued by 

 the Arabs on accoimt of the bezoar stones or concre- 

 tiuns found in its intestines. 



THE SAIGA (AntilojJe coins), or COLUS, is an inhabi- 

 tant of eastern Europe from Poland to the Caucasus, 

 beuig also found in Northern Persia and Siberia. It is 

 of moderate size, and rather bulky ui appearance. It 

 is gregarious in its habits, many thousands of them 

 herding together, and migrating southwards during the 

 cold season. They are much himted and valued for 

 the sake of their horns, which are light-coloured, 

 semitransparent, and slightly twisted on their axis ; 

 the skms of tlie young are likewise highly esteemed, 

 and employed in the manufacture of gloves. 



THE CHIRTJ (Antilope Hod/jsoni) is another gregari- 

 ous species udiabiting the open plauis of Thibet. It is 

 a fine animal, measuring three feet in height at the 

 shoulder, and furnished with annulated horns more 

 than two feet m length. The fur displays a bluish- 

 gi-ey colour generally, overcast with a rufous tint. 



GO. 



The Spring-boc (Gazelle EuchoreJ. 



The tail measures about eight inches ft'om root to tip. 

 The Chira is shy, bold, swift, and, lU^e other species 

 in which bezoar stones are found, is very partial to saluie 

 matters, which it hcks greedily. 

 Vol. I. 



THF SPKIN6-B0C [Gazella Euc7iorc) is a beautiful 

 little creature, everywhere scattered over the plains of 

 Southern Africa m countless herds (fig. GO). The 

 liorus are black, lyrately disposed, provided with about 



