GEMSBUCK 



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Skull and Horns of Genisbuck, frum F. II. Harbei's specimen. 



GEMSBUCK (Oryx gazella). 



The long, straight, spear-like horns, of which even the lion fights 

 shy, render the gemsbuck and its more immediate allies an easily 

 recognised sub-group. And even when, as in the white oryx, the horns 

 are scimitar-shaped, they differ from those of the sable antelope by 

 starting in the plane of the face. It is also a noteworthy fact that in 



