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just 20 inches in length and 6:1 in basal circumference; they have the 
characteristic ridging and curvature of the horns of the male, and are obviously 
adult, but their size is less than the horns of the female Roan Antelope. 
The frontlet on which they are borne measures 3°85 inches between the orbits. 
The exact origin of this frontlet is not known, but it has been long in the 
Museum. 
Fig. 88. 
Frontlet of the Blue-buck. 
(From the specimen in the British Museum.) 
Our illustration of the Blue-buck (Plate LX XVI.) was put upon stone by 
Mr, Smit many years ago, from a water-colour sketch by Mr. Wolf, which is 
now before us. This sketch was drawn by Mr. Wolf under Sir Victor Brooke’s 
directions, probably from the specimen at Paris, which we _ believe 
Sir Victor examined more than once, but we regret to say that there is 
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