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89 13. Barbary Antelope. — 12. Antilope Dorcas. 1 1. 



The horns are bent in form of a lyre : The upper parts of the body are reddifh 

 brown, the under parts and buttocks white, and both are divided by a dufky line 

 along the fides. Pall. mifc. zool. 6. n. 7. Spic. zool. i. n. n. 8. xii. 15. n.. 11. Schreber, v. 

 t. cclxix. Sparrm. act. Stock. 1778, ii. n. 4. 



Capra Dorcas. Syft. nat. ed. xii. i. 96. n. 10. — Hircus africanus, f. Gazella africana ; African 

 Goat, or Antelope. BrifT. regn. an. 69. n. 10. — Gazella africana, or African Antelope. Raj. quad. 

 80. — Aogxaj. iElian, hift. an. xiv. c. 4. — Dorcas, of the ancients, and Tzebi, of the Bible. Shaw, 

 It. 152. 357. — Gazelle, or Barbary Antilope. Sm. Buff. vi. 397. pi. cxciv. Penn. hift. of quad. 

 n. 32. fig. in the title page. 



Inhabits Barbary, Egypt, Arabia, and Syria. — This animal is about half the fize of a Fallow Deer; 

 the horns are about twelve inches long, and furrounded with about thirteen prominent rings, a fmall 

 part of the ends only being fmooth ; they incline firft backwards, then bend a little outwards in the 

 middle, and the ends, which approach, revert fomewhat forwards; the knees are each furnilhed with 

 a long brufh, or tuft of hair ; the tail is fhort, covered with longifh black hairs, and is white under- 

 neath. This fpecies is fuppofed by Dr Gmelin to be the Difchon of Mofes; perhaps the animal men- 

 tioned in the books of Solomon, and, in our tranflation, named the Roes of the mountains : It goes 

 in large flocks, is eafily tamed, though naturally very timid, and is reckoned excellent eating. 



* 14* Kevel. — 13. Antilope Kevella. 12. 



Has large horns, which are flattened, and bent in form of a lyre: The fur is yellowifh, 

 with pale flreaks ; and a dark coloured band runs along each fide. Pall. mifc. zool. 7. 

 n. 9. Spic. zool. i. 12. n. 9. xii. 15. n. 12. Schreber, v. t. eclxx. 



Ahu. Kaempf. amoen. 408. — Kevel. Sm. Buff. vi. 400. pi. exev. — Flat-horned Antilope. Penn, 

 hift. of quad. n. 33. 



Inhabits Barbary, Senegal, and Perfia.- — Is about the fize of a fmall Roe : It lives in large flocks, 

 and, like moft fpecies of the genus, is reckoned very delicate eating, though it has a mufky odour 

 when alive. In both fexes the horns are furrounded with prominent rings, ufually from fourteen to 

 eighteen, except the ends, which are fmooth ; they are bent in the fame manner with thofe of the 

 former fpecies, and in general the two animals refemble each other very much, except that the horns 

 of this fpecies are flatted, and have a greater number of rings. 



gi ry. Corine. — 14. Antilope Corinna. 24. 



Has very {lender, fhort, fmooth, ftraightifh horns, bent flightly into the form of a lyre % 

 The upper parts of the body are yellowifh tawny, the under parts white, with a 

 dufky ftripe along the fides, and two lines on each fide of the face, the upper one 

 white and the other black. Pall. mifc. zool. 7. n. 10. Spic. zool. i. 12. and xii. 15. n. 12. 

 p. Schreber, v. t. eclxxi. 



Corine. Sm. Buff. vi. 401. pi. exevi. Penn. hift. of quad. n. 38. Lev. Muf, 

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