SYNOPSIS OF THE 



no suborbital sinus, ovine muzzle, darker coloured streak 

 through the eyes, mane on the neck reversed ; tail reaching 

 to the houghs, and terminated by a tuft of long hairs: no 

 tufts on the knees, nor inguinal pores? two mamma. Stature 

 large ; general colours of the fur rufous or vinous gray upon 

 a white ground. 



814. 7. A. Oryx (the Caffrarian Oryx.") Adult male 

 three feet eight or three feet ten inches high, six feet six 

 inches in length ; horns three feet long, annulated, with 

 twenty-eight to thirty-three rings, straight or very slightly 

 bent, horizontal, diverging, and sharp at the points ; eyes 

 high in the head ; black space round the base of the horns, 

 descending in a streak down the forehead ; another passing 

 through the eyes, to the corner of the mouth, connected by 

 a third which runs round the head over the nose. The rest 

 of the head and ears white. General colour vinous buff; 

 the breast, belly, and extremities white ; a black list from 

 the nape of the neck to the root of the tail ; a broad bar of 

 the same across the elbow, passing along the flank, and 

 ending in a wide space on the thigh above the houghs. 

 Black spot upon each leg beneath the joints. 



A. Oryx, Aucior. Passan, Buffon Resc. Sonnini. Ceinse- 

 bock of the Dutch Colonists. 



Icon. Daniell's Sketches. Nobis male and female. 

 Habitat. Caffraria. 



815. 8. A. Leucoryx (the White Oryx.) Adult male 

 three feet seven inches high at the shoulder ; head rather 

 square, thick; neck short; body bulky; legs slender ; horns 

 three feet long, slender, horizontal, bent back, obliquely 

 annulated, tips smooth ; black spot at the base of the horns 

 passing dov/n the face, a second through the eyes towards 

 the mouth, widening upon the cheek ; a dark band upon 

 the upper arm, passing down the fore-legs ; lower part of 



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