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RITBOCK. 



Antilope Anindinacea. A. cincrea siibttis alba, comibus aiinw 



lafis antrorsum incurvatis. 

 Ash-coloured Antelope, white beneath, with annulated horns 



bending forwards. • 

 Ritbock. J Ham. Svppl. Buff. ^.pL 13. 



Biff. SappL 6. p. 187. pi. 23, 24. 

 Ritbock. Pennant Quadr. i.p. 87, 



The Ritbock, or Ritrebock, so named from its 

 chiefly frequenting reedy places, was first de- 

 scribed- by JMr. Allamand, to whom a specimen 

 was sent by Captain Gordon. Mr. Allamand in- 

 forms us, that its size is that of a Roebuck, and 

 its colour a very elegant pale grey, with the 

 throat, belly, hips, and in sides of the limbs, v/hite, 

 but without any dusky line of separation along 

 the sides of the body, as in many other Antelopes. 

 The horns are black, glossy, slightly annulated 

 for about half their length, and are about one 

 foot three inches long, bent slightly forwards ^, 

 and sharp-pointed : the ears are very long, and 

 near the base of each is a bare spot : the tail is 

 eleven inches long, flat, and covered with long 

 white hairs : the eyes are black and beautiful, 

 with sinuses beneath. Mr. Allamand adds, that 

 he received another specimen, which resembled 

 the former entirely as to the horns, but differed 

 in colour, being of a reddish tawny. The female 



* The curvature of the horns is in that direction^ but they are 

 inclined very much backwards at the base. 



