220 CLASS MAMMALIA. 



that sex had horns, the place of the Pallah would be after 

 Mytilopes and before Ruficollis in the former section, be- 

 cause there is much similarity in the distribution of the 

 colours with the latter, and in the dark spot on the spurious 

 hoof with the former. It is an animal of majestic and grace- 

 ful form. The horns of the male are at least twenty inches 

 long, bending outwards and midway, forming an obtuse 

 angle with the base, the upper half being turned inwards ; 

 they are strong, black, striated, prominently and ruggedly 

 annulated, with about seventeen rings ascending two-thirds 

 of their length, the rest smooth, and the points sharp ; the 

 height at the shoulder is above three feet, at the croup 

 about two inches more, and the length nearly five feet- It 

 stands high on the legs, and has a long neck; the ears are 

 about seven inches long, white inside and on the edges, 

 fulvous outside, and black at the tips : between the nostrils 

 there is a bare pale coloured moist space ; the mouth and 

 lips are white, this colour passing upwards with a fawn- 

 coloured tone round the eyes ; the forehead is brown, soft- 

 ening into fulvous on the chaffron, and expanding this 

 colour over the cheeks, with a dark streak below the orbits ; 

 the neck, throat, and sides, are fulvous, turning to a deeper 

 brown upon the back and rump ; the breast, inferior part 

 of the shoulder and thighs, the belly, buttocks, inside of 

 the limbs and legs, are pure white ; a black streak, some- 

 times double, separating the rufous from the white on the 

 buttocks, but a dark streak running along the spine, not 

 always perceptible; the tail, about eight inches long, is 

 white, and without terminal tuft ; but above the spurious 

 hoofs, at the back of each leg, there is a black spot; the 

 hoofs are small and black, and the whole animal is a model 

 of elegance and vigour. 



The females are represented without horns, but with the 

 ears still longer than the males ; they are nearly similar in 

 the distribution of the colours, but the rufous is less vivid. 



