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back; in ours they are distinct all round, and the middle 

 rings only divided by small intervals. The eyes are large, 

 dark, and soft ; the ears long, straight, and marked with 

 the usual triple stria? ; the tail is about five inches long, 

 lined with distichous hairs, and the larynx is prominent, 

 protruding in the form of an egg ; the colour of the hair is 

 fulvous gray ; brown on the upper parts of the body ; the 

 face ochery ; a brown mark occupies the middle of the nose, 

 and a whitish line each side of the chafrron, succeeded by a 

 dark streak from the inner canthus of the eyes to the corner 

 of the mouth ; in old specimens these marks are effaced : 

 the lips are blackish ; the throat and legs pale ochre 

 colour: there is a darker band on the flanks, sometimes 

 separated from the colour of the back by a paler streak ; 

 the tufts on the knees are of a mixed whitish and black 

 hairs ; the tail and hoofs are black ; the hair of the back 

 is near two inches long. The females have smaller horns ; 

 they are destitute of lachrymary sinus and of tufts on the 

 knees ; their mammae are placed on a naked surface, and 

 the inguinal pores distil a scented substance. 



This species is an inhabitant of the open sandy plains 

 and hills of Northern Persia, Asia Minor, Southern Siberia, 

 and the shores of Lake Baikal. It is gregarious, and feeds 

 in preference on the Absinthium Ponticum. The Persians 

 and Tartars hunt it for the savoury venison it affords, both 

 with the Hawk and the Cheetah. We presume this to be the 

 Brown or Mountain Gazelle of Russel and Haselquist, 

 reported to be so fond of the smell of tobacco, as to ap- 

 proach shepherds while reposing with their pipe, and come 

 almost in contact. This species would then be found as far 

 south as Aleppo, but probably only in the colder season. 



The Barbary Antelope. (A. Dorcas.) The Barbary An- 

 telope, or Aopa? of iElian, is the M •£ Gazal of the Arabs, 

 and, perhaps, the ast Tzebi of Scripture. It is in stature 

 a little less than the Roebuck ; the horns are round, black, 



