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intervals tlie Wliite-Bearded species inhaliits southern Bast 

 Africa, from about S. Lat. 23°, to the Albert Nyanza and 

 Lake Rudolph, but chiefly near the coast. In only one 

 locality do we learn of its occurrence west of the 30th me- 

 ridian. To-day it is most numerous in German East Africa 

 and the southern portions of Uganda. 



The Addax Antelope, {Addax naso-inaculatus), is a spiral- 

 horned antelope which inhabits the southern edge of the 

 Sahara Desert from Dongola quite across Africa to Senegal. 

 Its extremely broad and spreading hoofs betoken a dweller 

 upon sand, and are strongly suggestive of the snow-shoe 

 hoofs of the caribou. It is said that this animal is not to 

 be taken Avithout making a .journey into the desert, with 

 camels. 



The Leucoryx Antelope, (Oryx leucoryx), is the only 

 member of its genus which has curved horns. Because of the 

 length and very slight curvature of the horns, this species 

 has by some writers been spoken of as the Sabre Antelope, 

 and by a mischievous perversion that name has been turned 

 into "Sable" Antelope, which refers to a totally different 

 creature, (Hippotragus niger). Anyone who places an order 

 for the purchase of a real Sable Antelope, and receives a 

 Leucoryx instead of Hippotragus niger, is profoundly dis- 

 appointed. 



This species is a desert habitant, and its home is the desert 

 region of North Africa from Dongola to the Senegal coun- 

 try. It is breeding regularly here, and the offspring mature 

 successfully. The largest Leucoryx horns on record meas- 

 ure 39% inches. 



The Beisa Antelope, {Oryx beisa), is a good representative 

 of the group of straight-horned antelopes found in the genus 

 Oryx. Of all the long-horned species, the two Beisas and 

 the Gemsbok of Africa, and the Beatrix of Arabia, are the 

 only species possessed of horns that are practically straight 

 from base to tip. The Gemsbok is the largest and most 

 showy species, being painted like a harlequin, in a startling 

 pattern of roan, black and white. The Beisa is a good 

 second, however. The horns of all these antelopes grow 

 to great length, and are excellent weapons for use in 

 encounters with the smaller game-killing carnivores. The 

 longest horns of record measure 40 inches. 



The Beisa inhabits eastern Central Africa, from Suakin 

 on the Red Sea southward to the Equator. 



The Beatrix Antelope, {Oryx beatrix), of the Arabian 



