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CHINESE ANTELOPE. 



Antilope Gutturosa. A. cornihus hjratis, corpore rufescente 

 scopis genuum nullis. Lin. Sj/st. Nat. Gmel p. i86. 



Tawny Antelope, whitish beneath, with lyrated, yellowish annu- 

 lated horns, and prominent throat. 



Capra gutturosa campestris hydrophobes, &c. Messerschm. 

 Mils. Pefrvp. i. p. 336. ?i. 12, 



Chinese Antelope. Pennant Quadr. 1. p. 96. 



This is a species which is said to abound in 

 the southern parts of the deserts between Tibet 

 and China, and in the country of the Mongol 

 Tartars, freciuenting principally the dry and 

 rocky plains and hills of those regions, and feed- 

 ing on the finer and more aromatic plants. The 

 length of this animal is about four feet and a half, 

 and its colour, in summer, tawny above and white 

 beneath : but in winter of a whitish cast on all 

 parts; the hair growing far thicker and longer 

 during that season. The horns, like those of 

 the Saiga or Scythian Antelope, are of a yellow 

 colour," but opake ; and are annulated almost to 

 the tips : they are about nine inches long, have a 

 backward diiection, and diverge considerably at 

 their upper part, though the points bend towards 

 each other : the head is rather thick ; the nose 

 blunt, and the ears small and pointed ; but one of 

 the chief characters of the animal is a large protu- 

 berance in front of the neck, which is said to be 

 owing to the very large size of the larynx or 

 wind-pipe in that part. This species is called by 

 the Chinese Whang Yang, or Yellow Goat. It is 



