MAMMALIA. PECORA. Antelope. 317 



nofe, like that of a Cow, .and foniewhat flouching ears ; the body : is thick and clumfyj and the whole 

 is of a pure white colour, except the middle of the face, the fides of the cheeks, and the limbs, which 

 are tinged with red; the tail is longifh, and is tufted at the end with a brufli of hairs; the horns are 

 very long, {lender, {harp-pointed, and of a black.colour. Mr Pennant's plate is from a drawing which 

 was done from the life, and is prefer ved in the Britiih Muieum. Dr Pallas mentions a horn, appa- 

 rently belonging to this animal, or fonte nearly refembling fpecies, being found, in a foflile (late, in 

 Siberia. The female comes into feafon in autumn, and brings forth in fpring. 



23. Coudous.- — 21. Antilope Oreas. 17. 



©fa grey colour; having ftraight, tapering, {harp pointed horns, which are furround- 

 ed at the bafe with a fpiral ridge. Pall. fpic. zool. xii. 17. n. 17. Schreber, v. t. cclvi. 



Antilope oryx. Pall. mifc. zool. 9. Spic. zool. i. 15. — Mazame. Seb. muf. i. 69. t. 42. f. 3. — 

 Pacaffe. Church, voy. i. 623. — Coudous, or Coefdoes. Sm. BufF. vii. 40. D°. Fr. ed. xii. 357. 



-t. 46. 47. — African Elk. Kolben, Cape. i. 145. t. 3. f. 1. — Eland. Sparrm. in aft. Stock. 1779, ii. 



-n. 5. t. 5. fig. knf. —Elk antelope. Sparrm. voy. ii. pi. 1. f. 2. — Indian. Antilope. Penn. hift. of 

 quad. n. 22. 



Inhabits India, Congo, and near the Cape of Good Hope. — Dwells moftly in the mountainous parts 

 •of the country, living in herds, but the older males are often folitary. They grow very fat, especially 

 about the breaft and heart, and- are eafily caught, as they cannot run with any fpeed, and even fre- 

 quently fall down dead during the chace. This animal is thick in the body, ftrongly made, and is 

 near five feet high at the fhoulder; the head is reddifh, with a duiky line on each cheek, and a ftripe 

 of long loofe hairs on the fore-head ; the body is of a bluifh am colour, fometimes white, and fpot- 

 ted with red and grey ; it has a ihort black mane along the neck and ridge of the back ; the tail is 

 fhortifh, and is tufted with black hairs at the end ; the females have horns .exactly fimilar to thofe of 

 the males, and both are made into tobacco-pipes by the Hottentots. The flefh is fine grained, very 

 juicy, and is reckoned delicious. The lachrymal groove is wanting in this fpecies. 



24. Guib. — 22. dntihpefcripta. 18. 



The horns are ftraight, tapering, (harp pointed, and directed backwards, having two 

 fpiral ridges along their whole length ; the body is marked with two longitudinal 

 white bands along the fides, which are croffed by others in a perpendicular direction. 

 'Pall. mifc. zool. 8. n. 14. Spic. zool. L T5. xii. 18. n. r8. Schreber, v. t. cclviii. 



Guib. Sm. BufF. vii. 12. pi. cxcviii. — Bonte bock, or Spotted Goat. Ivolben, Cape. ii. 115. — 

 HarnefTed Antilope. Penn. hift. of quad. n. 23. 



Inhabits Africa. — Lives in large herds in the plains and woods.; the horns are about nine inches 

 long ; the ears are broad ; the general colour is chefnut, with two white ftripes along each fide, crofT- 

 ed with two perpendicular ftripes from the back to the belly, and two perpendicular ftripes on each 

 hip, altogether giving the appearance of harnafs ; beneath each eye is a white fpot ; and there are 

 fome white fpots on the thighs; the under part of the neck, a part of the cheeks, and the inner parts 

 of the legs are white ; the fore-head and ridge of the back are black. This animal is four feet and 

 a half long, from the nofe to the rump, and two feet eight inches high ; the tail is ten inches long, 

 and is covered with long hairs. It is called Oulofes, or Jalofes, by the Negroes. 



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