22 THE ANTELOPE OF AMERICA. 



Aiitilope (Dicraiioceros) palniata. Ham. Smith, Griff. Cuv., V. 



323, 1827. 



Aiitilope anteflexa Gray, Pr. Zoo]. Soc. Loud. 



Cerviiis liamatiis Blainville, Bull. Soc. Philo- 



mat., 73, 1816. 



Dicranoceros furcifer SuNDEVALL.,Kong. Sv.Vetensk- 



Handl., 1844. 



Ibid. Horns. Archv. Skaud, 

 Beit, II. 268, 1850. 

 Dicraiioceros Americaiiiis • • • Turner, Pr. Zool. Soc. Loud., 



XVIII. 174, 1850. 



Teuthlaliuacailie Hernandez, Nov. Hisp., 824, 



325, pi. 1651. (Richardson.) 



Cabree Goss, Journ., 49, ill. 



Canadian Votagees. (Rich- 

 ardson.) 



Cei'VUS bifurcatllS Rafinesque. (Richardson.) 



Apistocllickosllisb Umfreville, Hud. Bay, 165, 



1790. (Richardson.) 



Proiig-horn Antelope Smith, Griff. An. Kingd., IV. 



170. Fig. 

 Godman, Nat. Hist., II. 321. 



Fig. 

 Baird, Pacific R. R. Rep., VIII. 

 666. 



Pl'Ollg-bllck Bartlett, Pr. Zool. Soc. Loud., 



1865. 

 Caton, Trans. Ott. Acad. Nat. 

 Sci., 8, 1868. 



Size less than Virginia deer; form robust; body short; neck short, 

 flexible, and erect ; head large and elevated. Horns hollow and decidu- 

 ous, with a short, triangular, anterior process about midway their length, 

 compressed laterally below the snag and round above. Horns situate 

 on the super-orbital arches. Tail short ; legs rather short, slim, and 

 straight. Hoofs bifid, small, pointed, convex on top, and concave on 

 sides. 



No cutaneous gland or tuft of hairs on outside of hind leg or inside of 

 hock. No lachrymal sinus or gland below the eye. Mucous membrane 

 very black ; lips covered with short, white hairs, with a black, dividing, 

 naked line in front of upper lip, extending from the mouth to, and sur- 

 rounding both nostrils. Face brownish black, with sometimes reddish 

 hairs upon it. Top of head above the eyes white ; cheeks and under 

 side of head white. Ears white, with dark line around the edges, — most 

 pronounced on front edges ; a brown black patch under each ear. Horns 



