SPECIES OF MAMMALIA. 



neck long; croup more elevated than the withers; horns, 

 twenty-one to twenty-six inches long, black, slender, 

 striated, annulated, slightly lyrate, points turned forward 

 and sharp ; no lachrymary sinus; nose ovine ; ears short ; 

 body long ; tail eight inches without tuft ; hair rough, 

 thick, coarse, concealing a fine downy wool underneath; the 

 face and legs, dark ; neck and back, blue-gray slate co- 

 lour passing to rufous ; belly, inside of the limbs, and end 

 of the tail, white. Female characters unknown. 



Kemas ? Mlian. Chiru q/'5Aoo^a?i, pretended Unicorn 

 of the Natives. 



Icon. The horns ? Nobis. 



Habitat. The Hymalaya Mountains. 



Subgenus IV. — Gasella. Horns common to both sexes, 

 placed nearer the orbits, more vertical, bending back, and the 

 points forward, and also turned outwards, and again in- 

 wards, constituting a lyrate form : they are black, annu- 

 lated and striated. These animals have small lachrymary sinus, 

 inguinal pores, ovine nose ; mostly tufts on the knees, and 

 dark-coloured bands on the flanks ; eyes very large and dark; 

 tail short and tufted ; mamrnce two or four. Gregarious on 

 open plains. 



820. 13. A. Pygarga (the White-faced A.) Adult 

 male three feet eight inches at shoulder ; six feet long ; 

 horns, twelve to fifteen inches long, seven inches circum- 

 ference at base, black, very strong, with ten or twelve 

 semi-annuli on their anterior side, and striated between. 

 A patch of rufous hair at base of the horns, divided by a 

 white streak, which passes down the face to the nose; 

 ears long, reddish outside, sides of the head, neck, flanks 

 and croup, deep purple-brown, the back hoary, bluish 

 white, as if glazed; legs white ; no tufts on knees. Cha- 

 racters of the female unknown. 



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