WHITE ANTELOPE. 



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Though this species has but lately been well de- 

 scribed, yet its horns, like those of several others, 

 have been long since known to naturalists, and 

 seem to have been pretty well figured in Aldro- 

 vandus. 



WHITE ANTELOPE. 



Antilope Leucoryx. A. cornibus subulatis reef is convexe annidatis, 

 corpore lacteo. Lhi, Syst. Nat. Gmel. p. 190. 



Milk-white Antelope^ with very long, nearly strait, tapering 

 slightly annulated horns. 



Leucoryx Antelope. Pennant Quadr. 1. p. 'j6. 



It has already been observed in the introduc- 

 tion to this genus, that some few species are of a 

 far less elegant and light form than the rest : of 

 this the Leucoryx or White Antelope seems the 

 most remarkable instance ; the body being thick 

 and heavy, and the head very large. In the dis- 

 position of colours on the face there is a remark- 

 able approach to those of the Pasan or Egyptian 

 Antelope, before described ; and had the figure 

 alone of this animal been given, without its de- 

 scription, one would be almost tempted to suppose 

 it a bad representation of the former species. The 

 Leucoryx, however, is entirely milk white, ex- 

 cept the markings on the face and limbs, as shewn 

 in the engraving : these are described as of a red 

 colour, and not black, as in the Pasan : the nose 

 ( is thick and broad, like that of a cow : the ears 

 somewhat slouching ; the body heavy ; the limbs 



