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The Living Animals of the World 



I .S. G. Faynt, Aiil.r.l. 



W.ill. r j;.,ll,xrhilJ. 



WHITE OUYX. 

 Found in Nurtbern Africa from Donf,fola to Senegal. 



a length of about 28 inches in 

 a straight line, and about 36 

 inches following the spiral. In 

 the female they are thinner and 

 less S2:)ii-ally curved. The addax 

 is confined to the desert regions 

 of Northern Africa from Dongola 

 to Senegal, and the broad, rounded 

 hoofs, so unlike those of any 

 other antelope, would seem 1o 

 show that it inhabits countries 

 where the soil is deep, soft 

 sand. 



Very little is known of the 

 life history or habits of this 

 antelope. It is said to associate 

 in pairs or small herds, and to 

 be entirely independent of water, 

 thougli it travels gi'eat distances 

 over the desert in the traclc of 

 thunder-storms for the sake of 

 the young herbage which giows 

 so quickly where\er rain falls in 



those thirsty regions. It is killed in considerable numbers by the Arabs for the sake 



of its Hesh and hide, and is either stalked or hunted on horseback, with the help of 



greyhounds, by Europeans. 



The last of the sub-families into which modern 



naturalists ha\e divided the antelopes of tlie 



world comprises some of the handsomest species 



of the whole gi'oup, and includes the largest of 



all antelopes, the Eland, as well as such small 



and beaut ifally marked creatures as the Harnessed 



Buslibucks. 



With one exception — the Nilgai — all the 



members of this sul>family are denizens of the 



great African Continent. 



The Nilgai, or Blue Bull, is an inhabitant 



of India, and is found throughout the greater portion 



of the ijeninsula, from the base of the Himalaya 



to the south of JMysore. It is an animal of large 



size, standing about 4 feet G inclies at the shoulder. 



In general colour the male is of a dark iron-giey, 



the female tawny fawn. White spots on the cheeks 



and just above the lioofs on the fore and hind feet 



are the outward signs of its affinity to the African 



harnessed antelopes. The male alone carries horns, 



which are nearly straight and very small for the 



size of tlie animal, rarely exceeding 9 inches in 



length. 



Passing now to the Harnessed Antelopes of 



Africa, OQr attention is first claimed by the Busn- 



BUCKS. Excluding the Inyala and the Broad- 



7V,o(t) bi/ ir. p. Ba.ulo] 



BEISA ORYX. 



[RciKiifs Park. 



Tbe Itei.sa iy found in North-east Africa ; l^y sonio it is believed 

 to liave suggested tbe original idea of tbe tiuicorn. 



