BLUE ANTELOPE. 



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a common goat, but stands considerably higher 

 on its legs : its colour is an uniform black, but 

 each hair, when narrowly examined, is grey to- 

 wards the base : on the top of the neck, just above 

 the shoulders, is a patch of whitish, bristly, long, 

 strait hair, much stronger than the rest, and hav- 

 ing somewhat the appearance of a partial mane : 

 on each side the lower jaw is a longitudinal patch 

 of yellowish white : the ears are of moderate size, 

 marked internally Avith three obscure longitudinal 

 bands of white, as in some other Afttelopes: the 

 horns are six inches long, bending slightly back- 

 wards, sharp-pointed, black, and annulated near 

 half their length with prominent rings : the tail is 

 about the length of the horns, and sharpish : the 

 hoofs rather small, and black : the hair on the 

 whole animal is rather harsh, and not lighter co- 

 loured below or on the belly than on the upper 

 parts. 



BLUE ANTELOPE. 



Antilope Leucophaea. A. Cornibus recvroatis teretiuscuUs annu* 

 latis, corpore ccerulescente. Lin. Syst. Nat. Gmel. p, 182. 



Blue-grey Antelope, with roundish, arcurated, recurved, annu- 

 lated horns. 



Blue Goat. Kolbens Cape. 1, p. 114. 



La Gazelle Tzeiran. Buff. Suppl. 6. p. 168, pi. 20. 



Blue Antelope. Fennant Qiiadr. 1. p. 74. 



This is a species of very considerable size, being 

 larger than a fallow deer, and from the form of 



