THE BLUEBUCK OR BLAAUWBOK 



markedly smaller than even those of immature 

 Roan : while Kohl published a valuable paper, Ueher 

 neue und Seltene Antilopen, in which he clearly 

 demonstrated the essential diflEerences between the 

 two. 



" It was with considerable interest therefore that 

 the writer some years ago examined the classical 

 example — the type specimen described by Pallas 

 in 1776, and now preserved in the Leyden Museum. 

 By the kindness of the late Dr. Jentink the glass 

 panelling was removed : the measurements then 

 taken gave a height at the withers of 49! inches, 

 and a length (tip of muzzle to root of tail) of 

 73i inches : the horns were beautifully curved, 

 annulated with thirty-five rings, and had a length 

 of 24T inches. The neck mane was very slight 

 and directed foirwards : there was no throat 

 mane. The specimen had been well mounted 

 in its day, and was an adult male, in very good 

 preservation. 



" The Paris specimen \vas more puzzling. Pre- 

 served in the museum of the Jardin des Plantes, it 

 at first sighf indeed resembled a small, faded speci- 

 men of the Roan Antelope : closer study, however, 

 revealed the comparative length and slenderness of 

 the horns, the absence of any black area on the face, 

 and the relatively short ears, In the glass case a 

 big Roan Antelope stood next to it : comparison of the 

 Blaauwbok's slender horns and subdued coloration 

 with the ibex-hke weapons, huge tufted ears, upright 



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