NANGUER ' 



exact, was communicated by the Viscount Pis- 

 ciolini, which latter is engraved in the sixth sup- 

 plemental volume. The engraving, however, af- 

 terwards published by Mr. Allamand, having been 

 executed with great care from the living animal, 

 is supposed to be more exact than any other, and 

 is therefore introduced into the present publica- 

 tion. 



NANGUER. 



Antilope Dama. A. cornibus antrorsum incurms, corpore albo, 

 dorso fasciaque oculari fulvis . Lin. Syst. Nat. Gmel. p. 183. 



Dama. PUn. Hist. Nat, Fill. c. 55. XI. c. 37. 



White Antelope^ with fulvous back, and round horns, incurvated 

 forwards. 



Le Nangueur, ou Nanguer. Buf, 12. p. 213. ph 34. 

 Swift Antelope. Pennant Quadr. i.p. 8j. 



This is one of the few species of Antelopes 

 supposed to have been known to the ancients. It 

 is a native of Africa, and is believed to be the 

 Dama of Plin^^ Its colour is rufous or tawny 

 brown above and white below ; the rump and hind 

 part of the back, together with the thighs and legs, 

 are also white, and on the fore part of the breast 

 is a large patch of white. It is observed, how- 

 ever, to vary somewhat as to colour in different 

 individuals : the horns are round, black, eight 

 inches long, and bent forwards at their tips. This 



