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of the horns more angular; a space round the 

 base, a band on the bottom of the forehead, a 

 line on the neck, a longitudinal band on each 

 leg, and the end of the tail black. Common at 

 the Cape, 

 c. Horns annulated, straight, or little bent. 



The Oryx {Ant. Oryx, Pall.), ill-named Pasan by Buf- 

 fon. Supp. VI. pi. xvii. Cape Chamois of the Hol- 

 landers. 



Size of a stag, with slender horns, two or three 

 feet long, straight, pointed, round, annulated 

 obliquely at the lower third, smaller in the fe- 

 male; fur ashy, head white, barred with black; 

 a black band on the spine, and one on each 

 flank ; a deep brown spot on the shoulders, 

 and one on the thigh. The tail long and 

 blackish, and the fur of the spine directed to- 

 ward the neck. This singular animal is the 

 Oryx of iElian, and it is from an individual 

 which had lost one horn that the idea first ori- 

 ginated of the Unicorn, so celebrated by the 

 discussions it has occasioned. It is found to the 

 north of the Cape and in the interior of Africa. 

 Its hoofs longer than in the other species faci- 

 litate its climbing rocks, and it frequents moun- 

 tainous countries by preference*. 



* The Ant. Leucorix. Schreb. cclvi. B, and Ant. Gazelle, appear to be 

 only varieties of the Oryx ; but the Klip-springer, (Atit. Oreotragus.) 

 Buff. Sup. VI. pi. xvii., the Grim, (Ant. Grimmia). id. ib. ///. #1. xiv. 



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