SYNOPSIS OF THE 



brown band on the flanks; the larynx tumescent; females 

 smaller; no brushes on the knees. 



A. Subgutturosa, Guldenst. et Auctor. Ahu of Kcempfer, 

 Tzeiran of the Persians. Jairou of the Turks. 



Icon. Schreber. Guldens tcedt. Nobis. 



Habitat. Persia, Syria, Bucharia, 



825. 18. A. Dorcas (the Barbary Antelope.) Adult 

 male less than the Roebuck ; horns black, round, lyrated, 

 thirteen inches long, annulated at base, semi-annulated in 

 the middle, with twelve or thirteen bars, points slightly 

 turned forwards, and the sides striated ; facial line concave ; 

 face rufous, with black in the middle, and edged at the side 

 with yellowish-white, which extends from the orbits to the 

 nostrils ; a white and black streak from the eyes to the 

 nose inside ; ears streaked with black ; eyes large and 

 black; general colour pale fulvous; below white; tail 

 short, tufted with black ; brushes on the knees ; a broad 

 brown band on the flanks ; female with horns more slender, 

 points turned inwards ; two mammae. 



Dorcas, Mlian. A. Dorcas, Pallas et Auctor. Gazal of 

 the Arabs. Tzehi of Scripture. G azaWe, Biiffon. 



Icon. Buff. Schreb. F. Cuvier. Nobis male, female, and 

 young. 



Habitat. Northern Africa, Southern Syria, and Persia, 



Var ? A. Kevella (the Kevel.) Adult male equal in size 

 to the former; facial line straighter ; horns more robust, 

 compressed at base, longer, with more decided flexures, 

 with twelve to twenty annuli, points turned forwards ; 

 orbits larger; eyes fuller, hazle colour; v/hite space round 

 the eyes, broader, and the same colour extending on the 

 nether jaw; streak down the face fulvous ; below each eye 

 fulvous-brown, without blackish intermixture ; general 

 colour pale-fulvous, beneath white, and on the buttocks 



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