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tlie absence of knee-tufts, of preorbital glands, and of horns in 

 the female) are not absolutely distinctive of the group ; 6'. siil.- 

 gi(ttnrosa, for instance, has the female hornless and " several 

 species besides [the thi'ee in question] are without knee-brushes, 

 while the antorhital fossae in others ai'e so shallow as to be prac- 

 tically non-existent." In accordance, however, with the modern 

 more i-estricted application of generic names, it may be douljttMl 

 wdietlier these reasons will l)e regarded as in\alida,ting Frocapra 

 from recognition, especially as the shortness of the tail seems to 

 be an absolutely distinctive feature of the tln-ee above-mentioned 

 species, as compared with Gnzelles proper. 



Pallas, according to Gray'*, says that the male of (1. (uMitrosa 

 has a. follicle, like the musk-bag of Moschus, in front of the pre- 

 puce. Still more interesting is the record by Hodgson of the 

 pi'esence of a. large sinus behind the horns in 2^'i'<^i'icaudata. This 

 pi'obably represents the postcornual gland of Riqnca'pra. Indeed, 

 four of the characters cited by Hodgson as diagnostic of Procaqn'a, 

 namely, the absence of preorbital glands and of inguinal glands, 

 the presence of small pedal glands, as compared with those of 

 Gazella^ on all four feet, and of a, postcornual sinus, apply ecpially 

 well to riupicapra ; and it may be that in P. 2ncticaudata we have 

 the link between Rupiccqrra and Gazella. Possibly also the organi- 

 sation of Prompt may throw some light upon the true position 

 of Saiga and PaMliolops. 



Genus Axtidorcas Sund. 



Antidorcas marsupialis Zimm. [=euchore). 

 (The Springbuck.) (Text-fig. 104, D.) 



According to Owen, this species, which he appears to quote 

 twice, under the names Antilojie eA( chore and ptygarga^ has large 

 preorbital glands and inguinal glands. 



ISTo information as to the glands is contained either in Sclater 

 and Thomas's ' Book of Antelopes," or in W. L. .Sclater's volume on 

 ' The Mammals of 8. Africa,' or in Rowland Ward's ' Great and 

 iSmall Game of Africa.' 



I have examined three examples of this species, two males and 

 a female. The preorbital glands resemble those of the Gazelles 

 described above, except that the gland itself is pale yellow instead 

 of black in colour. When everted and squeezed, the gland yields 

 a clear fluid. 



In spite of what Owen says, there is no trace of inguinal 

 glands. 



Pedal glands are present on all four feet and so closely resemble 

 those of Gazelles as to need no redescription. 



There are no knee glands, the knee-tufts being absent, as has 

 already been recorded by previous describers. 



* Cat. Rum. IMainiu. in B. M. i). 37, 1872. 



