242 CLASS MAMMALIA. 



structure these animals assimilate most with the Reduncae; 

 for although the horns are nearly vertical on the head, the 

 tips have a slight inclination forward ; they have the 

 muzzle of Fulvo Rufula, and the lachrymary sinus, though 

 inwardly sufficiently large, is outwardly scarce visible ; but 

 the proportions of the animal have peculiarities not ob- 

 servable in other species ; the neck is longer, the body less 

 in circumference than any other Antelope, if we except the 

 Chiru of Bootan ; the hair also is soft, silky, and long, 

 properties which it may derive from the scorched barren 

 nature of the soil, which Providence has assigned it for a 

 home. 



The male is about four feet six inches long, two feet 

 five inches at the shoulder, and two feet seven inches at 

 the croup ; the horns, placed above the eyes, are eight 

 inches and a half long, straight, a little inclined forwards, 

 nearly perpendicular to the plane of the face, black, round, 

 slender, with thirteen rings reaching from the base half 

 way up ; distant at base one inch and a half, at the tips 

 three inches and three-quarters ; the head measures from 

 the nose to the horns six inches and a half, and from the nose 

 to the ears eight inches ; the ears are six inches and a half 

 long, open, pointed at the tips, white inside, with three dark 

 striae, and gray outside ; there is a dark spot at the angle of 

 the eye, beneath the orifice of the sinus ; the eyes are large 

 and black ; the muzzle round, small, and black, termi- 

 nating in a pointed nose ; the lips and chin, white, with a 

 black spot at the inferior angle of the mouth ; the neck is 

 long in proportion to the body, and the body very slender 

 in girth ; it is covered with rather long hair, feeling in 

 texture like that of the Kanguroo, annulated gray and 

 white, with a coat of yellowish, which becomes darker with 

 age, on the specimens preserved in Museums, but is at 

 first bluish ash colour ; the breast and belly, and the inside 

 of the arms and thighs, are white ; the front of the legs are 



