guldensted's antelope, 343 

 extremely swift and active, and of a very timid 

 disposition. It is generally seen in flocks, which 

 are observed to be much larger or more numerous 

 in winter than in summer. It is said to be so 

 averse to water, that it will not go into it even to 

 save its life, when driven by dogs to the brink of 

 a river. If taken young, it may be easily tamed. 

 Its flesh is much esteemed as a food, and the horns 

 are in great request among the Chinese for va- 

 rious purposes. The female has no horns. 



guldensted's antelope. 



Antllope Subgutturosa. A. cornibus lyratis, corpore supra ei 

 cinerascente hrwmeo, infra niveo, fascia laterali ex albido lute- 

 scente. Lin. Syst. Nat. Gmel. p. i86. Schreb. Saeugth, 

 t. 270. B. 



Grey-brown Antelope, white beneath, with lyrated horns, and 



tumid throat. 

 Guildenstedt's Antelope. Pennant Qnadr. i.p. 97. 



This species was first described by Mr. Gul- 

 densted, in the Petersburgh Transactions. 

 informs us that it is found in Persia, between the 

 Caspian and the Black seas ; that its size and ge- 

 neral appearance is that of a Roebuck ; that it is of 

 a gregarious nature, and feeds principally on the 

 Artemisia Pontica, or Pontic Wormwood. The 

 horns are about thirteen inches long, and smooth 

 at the tips. The colour of the animal is a cinereous 

 brown above, with the belly and insides of the limbs, 

 ^and space surrounding the tail, white : the tail is 



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