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the finest being in this one. This animal is regarded as 

 having some of the attributes of the antelope and therefore 

 is not a true goat. It is peculiar to America; the chamois 

 of the Alps is nearer like it than any. 



The Prong-horn Antelope {Antilocapra amcricana). 

 This is a characteristic American animal, found in no other 

 country. It abounds on the western prairies, being there 

 found in large herds. The beautiful specimens here to be 

 seen give a capital idea of it. In size it is a little less 

 than the American red deer. This animal presents a fea- 

 ture quite unexpected in an antelope, its horns being par- 

 tially hollow and yet are shed yearly, like those of the 

 deer; a core or process of the skull is permanent, and over 

 that the new horn is developed when the old one is ready 

 to drop off. It thus reveals an intermediate link between 

 the solid and hollow horned ruminants. 



The antelopes are very fully represented in this collec- 

 tion. Reference to this group, will show what beautiful 

 creatures they are, and how diversified in shape of body, 

 horns, and other features. The great Sassihv, the smaller 

 GAZELLES, the Spring Bock, and others, all readily recog- 

 nizable by their labels, are very interesting creatures. 



Saiga Antelope. 

 From D. Avpleton * Co.'s "dements of Zoology, Science Series." 



