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measuring twenty-eight inches along the curve; at the 

 base they are closely wrinkled, numbering from twenty to 

 thirty annuli, without appearance of striae ; the ears are 

 long and pointed, gray at the back, and white within ;'a 

 white spot passes before each eye, extending downwards 

 towards the mouth ; the forehead and chaffron are dark 

 gray, as also the anterior part of the legs ; the inside of the 

 limbs is white : but what distinguishes this animal most, 

 is the silvery blue-gray of his coat, occasioned by the hair, 

 which is rather long and coarse, lying sparingly scattered 

 upon a shining black hide, which is also the cause why the 

 beauty of this colour fades into a duller gray after death, 

 the skin becoming browner with drying. 



There is a short mane of reversed white hair on the neck, 

 and the muzzle is black ; but the beard ascribed to it by 

 Kolbe is more doubtful, because not observed in the figures 

 or specimens, though it is not improbable that the long 

 hairs composing it are inclined to drop out from the skins, 

 or perhaps only remarkable in the rutting season, and 

 wanting in the females. 



The manners of the species are totally unknown, and the 

 horns are rare in cabinets of natural curiosities. The only 

 specimen now known is in the Museum of Paris, whither 

 it was brought, we believe, from the collection of the late 

 stadtholder of Holland. We possess a drawing of the indi- 

 vidual, which, however, is far inferior in beauty to another 

 which we copied from the original drawn by Colonel Gor- 

 don, a duplicate of which appears figured in the works of 

 Count de Buffon. 



The Roan Antelope. (A. Equina.) This species ex- 

 ceeding the former in stature by five or six inches, and 

 measuring about eight feet in length, is, nevertheless, so 

 nearly allied to it in form and characters, as to have 

 been suspected of being only a variety, but upon a close 

 examination, the differences are sufficiently evident. The 



