THE BOOK OF ANTELOPES. ~ 
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INTRODUCTION. 
Tue Authors of the present work have no intention of offering to their 
readers a complete scientific treatise on the Mammals of the Family Bovide 
or on any section of it. Their main object is to furnish descriptive letter- 
press for the beautiful series of lithographic plates drawn some twenty 
years ago under the supervision of the late Sir Vicror Brooke, making 
thereto such necessary modifications and additions as the progress of science 
demands. ‘This letterpress, however, will contain a full synonymy of all the 
species of Antelopes recognized as valid, whether here figured or not, 
together with such descriptions as will facilitate their identification, and 
all particulars concerning their habits and distribution that have been 
recorded by Naturalists and Sportsmen up to the present time. 
As regards the Nomenclature and Systematic Arrangement to be employed 
in the present work, we think it sufficient to follow those adopted by 
Sir William Flower and Mr. Lydekker in their standard work on Mammals, 
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