58 
(1834) ; Harr. Wild Anim. S. Afr. p. 38, pl. ix. (1840); Sund. Pecora K. Vet.-Ak. 
Handl. 1845, p. 207 (1847); id. Hornsch. Transl., Arch. Skand. Beitr. ii. 
p- 157; Reprint, p. 81 (1848) ; Fitz. SB. Wien, lix. p. 178 (1869) ; Buckley, P. Z. 8. 
1876, p. 289, 1877, p. 455; Brehm, Thierl. il. p. 230 (1880) ; Bryden, Kloof 
and Karroo, p. 292 (1889) ; Trouessart, Cat. Mamm. fasc. iv. p. 953 (1898). 
Onyx onyx, Gray, Med. Repos. xv. p. 307 (1821). 
Antilope gazella, Forst. Descr. Anim. p. 380 (1844). 
Antilope (Bubalis) oryx, Licht. Mag. nat. Freund. vi. p. 155 (1814). 
Antilope pasan, Daudin, in Lacépéde’s Buffon, xiv. p. 182 (1799). 
Cemas pasan, Oken, Lehrb. Nat. iii. pt. 2, p. 741 (1816). 
Cerophorus (Oryx) oryx, De Blainv. Bull. Soc. Philom. 1816, p. 75. 
Oryx gazellu, Gray, List Mamm. B. M. p. 156 (1843); id. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (1) 
xviii. p. 232 (1846) ; id. List Ost. B. M. p. 58 (1847) ; id. P.Z. S. 1850, p. 134; 
id. Knowsl. Men. p. 17 (1850); id. Cat. Ung. B. M. p. 105 (1852); Gerr. Cat. 
Bones Mamm. B. M. p. 240 (1862) ; Sclater, P. Z. S. 1872, p. 604; Gray, Cat. 
Rum. B. M. p. 35 (1872); id. Hand-l. Rum. B. M. p. 104 (1873); Drumm. 
Large Game 8. Afr. p. 426 (1875) ; Selous, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 755; id. Hunter’s 
Wanderings in S. Afr. p. 212; Bocage, J. Sci. Lisboa, (2) v. p. 26 (1890) 
(Benguela) ; W. Sclater, Cat. Mammn. Cale. Mus. i. p. 155 (1891); Flow. & Lyd. 
Mamm. p. 343 (1891); Ward, Horn Meas. (1) p. 143 (1892), (2) p. 184 (1896) ; 
Nicols & Egl. Sportsm. 8S. Afr. p. 49 (1892) ; Lyd. Horns and Hoofs, p. 246 (1893). 
Oryx oryx, Jent. Cat. Ost. Leyd. Mus. (Mus. Pays-Bas, ix.) p. 185 (1887) ; id. Cat. 
Mamm., Leyd. Mus. (Mus. Pays-Bas, x1.) p. 166 (1892); Matsch. SB. nat. Freund. 
1893, p. 102 ; Pousargues, Aun. Sci. Nat. (7) iv. p. 131 (1896). 
VERNACULAR Names :—Gemsbok of the Dutch at the Cape; Gemsbuck of English ; 
Kukama of Bechuanas and Makalakas ; Ko of the Masuras (Selous). Uhlaza of 
Kaffirs (Drummond) ; Gallengue in Benguela (Bocage). 
Height at withers about 48 inches. General colour of neck and body 
pale greyish tawny. Head with a black frontal patch at the base of the 
horns and a large patch of the same colour upon the nose, the two united by 
a narrow black line. Above the eye is a black stripe extending to the base 
of the horn, and below the eye a broad stripe passes downwards towards the 
corner of the mouth and, uniting with the nasal patch, spreads below on to 
the underside of the jaw; there is also a black stripe running from near the 
base of the ear along the line where the cheek passes into the neck and 
expanding on the lower part of the cheek fuses with the lower extremity of 
the ocular stripe, and contributes to the formation of the broad black area 
that occupies nearly the whole of the inter-ramal space. Muzzle, chin, and 
