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Antilope. Bell, trav. i. 311. 319.— Capra flava, Hoang Yang, Whang Yang, or Yellow Goat. 

 30u Halde, Chin. ii. 253. 278. 290 — Ablavos, Le Brun, i. 1 15.— Capra gutturofa. Mefferfchmidt, 

 muf. Petrop. i. 336. n. 12. — Caprea carnpeftris gutturofa. J. G. Gmel. nov. con>. Petrop. v. 347. 

 t. 9 Tzeiran. Sm. Buff. vi. 405. — Chinefe Antilope. Penn. hift. of quad. n. %6. 



Inhabits the deferts of Mongalia, the whoie fouthern deferts from China to Thibet, along the ri- 

 ver Amur, in Tangut, the northern borders of India, and among the Burats fouth of lake Baikal. — 

 This animal is about the fame fize and form with the Common Antelope, being about four feet four 

 inches long, and two feet and a half high at the fhoulders ; the horns are about nine inches long, 

 furrounded with about twenty rings, or annular wrinkles, almoft to the ends; they recline backwards, 

 diverge at the upper parts, and approach at the extremity ; are of a yellow colour and opake, in 

 which latter circumftance they differ from the horns of the Saiga, which are almoft tranfparent ; 

 the lachrymal furrows under the eyes are very fmall ; on the fore part of the neck is a large move- 

 able protuberance, occasioned by a lingular conformation of the wind-pipe; the cells in the groins are 

 very large ; in fummer the fur is fhort, clofe, and tawny, or of a rufty grey colour, on the upper 

 parts of the body, and whitifh on the lower parts ; but in winter it grows long, rough, and hoary, Co 

 as to feem almoft white at a diftance : The head is thick, with a blunt nofe, convex on its upper 

 part; the ears "are fmall and pointed ; the tail is fhort. This fpecies keeps in confiderable flocks, 

 moftly in mountainous and rocky places, or in dry and funny paftures, feeding only on fweet and 

 tender herbs ; they are extremely fwift, and take prodigious leaps, and, though very fhy and timid, 

 will not take the water even when driven to extremity, and are equally fearful of woods ; when ta- 

 ken young they are eafily tamed ; they run in a regular file, which is led by an old animal; they feed 

 in fmall parcels, during fpring and fummer, but collecT: into great flocks before winter. The male 

 has a remarkable bag or follicle, at the orifice of the prepuce, which is fometimes filled with a waxy 

 or glutinous matter, but is generally empty ; the female has no horns, but is of the fame colour with 

 the male ; they procreate in winter, confiderably later than the Saiga, and the female brings forth a- 

 bout the beginning of June. They are much hunted by the Tartars, who are fond of their flefh 9 

 and the horns are a confiderable article of commerce with the Chinefe. 



10. Perfian Antelope.— 10. Antilope fubguttur of a. 23. 



The horns are bent in form of a lyre ; the upper parts of the body are of a brownifli 

 afli colour, the under parts pure white, with a yellowim white (tripe along each fide. 

 Schreber, v. t.-cclxx. B. Galdenftedt, in act. Petrop. an. 1778, i. 251. t. 9.— 12. 



Inhabits Perfia between the Cafpian and Euxine. — This fpecies refembles the Roe in fize and ap» 

 pearance ; it lives in large flocks, feeding chiefly on the Artemifia pontica; the horns are above thir- 

 teen inches long, and fmooth at the points ; the throat has a degree of protuberance at the fore part, 

 owing to the fize of the head of the wind-pipe ; and the knees are provided with brufh.es. The fe- 

 male brings forth in May. The flefh of this fpecies is reckoned extremely good. 



11. White-faced Antelope.— 1 1. Antilope pygarga. 10. 



The horns are bent in form of a lyre : The general colour is a hoary red, with a blood red 

 or bright bay neck, a deep red band along the fides, white buttocks, and a white face. 

 Pall. fp. zool. i. 10. xii. 15. n. 10. Schreber, v. t. cclxxiii. Span-man, act. Stock. 1780, 3. 4. 



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