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white, and this colour is generally continued into 

 a white spot or patch on each side the forehead : 

 the muzzle is black : the horns are of a peculiarly 

 beautiful form, having a double flexure, first in- 

 wards, and again outwards : their colour is black, 

 and they are very elegantly and distinctly marked 

 throughout almost their whole length, by nume- 

 rous prominent rings : their general length is 

 about fourteen inches, and they are about sixteen 

 inches distant from each other at the tips. 



In Barbary this species seems to be somewhat 

 larger than in India. Dr. Pallas has described 

 and figured a specimen of this latter race, some 

 of ^\ hich were brought from Bengal into Holland, 

 where they lived several years, and even produced 

 young. He informs us that they are about three 

 years in arriving at their full growth and perfec- 

 tion, and that the females are principally distin- 

 guished by their want of horns, and by a white 

 band or stripe on the flanks : the tail is black 

 above and white below. Though this species is 

 one of the most common of the Antelopes, yet its 

 particular habits and history in its state of natural 

 Vv ildness seem still but imperfectly known. 



