INDOSTAN ANTELOyE. 329 



not peculiar to the Nilgau, but is observed in 

 many others of the Antelope tribe. 



The Nilgau is said to go with young about 

 nine months, and to produce sometimes two at a 

 birth : the young is of the colour of a fawn. 



The elegant figure of this animal in the Philo- 

 sophical Transactions is represented in the present 

 work. A good figure both of the male and fe- 

 male may also be found in the sixth supplemicntal 

 volume of the Count de Buffon's History of Qua- 

 drupeds. 



INDOSTAN ANTELOPE. 



Antilope Tragocamelus. A. cornihus anfrorsum incurvis, cervice 

 jiibata, dorso gihho, Cauda longa Jioccosa. Lin. Syst, Nat. 

 Gmd. p. 184. 



Grey Antelope, with marxcd neck and breast, dorsal protube- 

 rance, long flocky tail, and tapering horns bending forwards. 

 Quadruped from Bengal. Farsons^ PIiiL Trans. JSFo. 476. p» 



Biggel. Mandelslos Voy. Harris's Collect, i. 

 Indostan Antelope. Pennant Qiiadr. i. p. 83. 



The Indostan Antelope appears to have been 

 first properly described by Dr. James Parsons, in 

 the Philosophical Transactions. It is of a far less 

 elegant appearance than the rest of the Antelopes, 

 and seems to partake, in som.e degree, of the form 

 of a Camel, having a strong, bending neck, and 

 a large elevation or protuberance over the should- 

 ers. Along the neck runs a short mane; and 

 the protuberance before-^mentioned is covered 



