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MR.  E.  T.  BENNETT  ON  THE  M'HORR  ANTELOPE. 
naked  muzzle  limited  to  a  narrow  border  round  the  nostrils,  which  is  prolonged  in  a 
middle  line  as  far  as  the  margin  of  the  upper  lip.  The  horns  are  black,  imbedded  at 
their  base  in  long  hair,  and  marked,  in  this  individual,  with  eight  complete,  rather 
distinct,  well-defined  rings,  and  one  or  two  incomplete  ones,  which  occupy  about  two- 
thirds  of  their  entire  length,  the  remainder  towards  the  points  being  perfectly  smooth 
and  shining.  They  rise  upwards  from  the  head,  and  pass  backwards,  and  a  little  out- 
wards to  a  short  distance  beyond  the  termination  of  the  rings,  from  which  point  they 
form  a  strong  curve  forwards,  and  thus  bring  the  upper  and  smooth  part  to  a  right 
angle  with  the  rest  of  the  horn,  and  with  the  line  of  profile.  Their  extreme  point  is 
nearly  straight.  In  the  living  individual,  which  is  evidently  an  older  animal,  the  number 
of  rings  is  eleven  ;  the  base  of  the  horns  rises  more  abruptly  from  the  head,  and  the 
proportionate  length  of  the  annulated  and  smooth  portions  corresponds  with  the  greater 
development  of  the  former. 
The  colour  of  the  upper  parts  is  a  deep  fulvous  or  dull  bay,  which  extends  about  two- 
thirds  down  the  sides,  where  it  terminates  abruptly  in  the  white  of  the  belly.  It  is 
continued  along  the  middle  of  the  back  to  within  a  short  distance  of  the  tail,  and  is 
rounded  posteriorly.  From  the  hinder  part  of  the  sides  the  deep  colour  is  continued  in 
a  broad  and  somewhat  triangular  patch  upon  the  haunches,  whence  it  proceeds  in  a 
narrowing  stripe  down  the  middle  of  the  outside  of  the  legs  as  far  as  the  hock,  on  which 
it  extends  rather  broadly  backwards,  and  below  which  the  stripe  crosses  obliquely  and 
gradually  towards  the  front  of  the  limb,  terminating  a  short  distance  above  the  hoofs, 
and  occupying  at  its  termination  the  anterior  outer  part  of  the  fetlock.  Throughout 
this  course  the  separation  of  the  fulvous  colour  from  the  pure  white  immediately  ad- 
joining it,  is  strongly  defined. 
At  the  shoulders,  in  the  individual  under  description,  the  deep  upper  colour  termi- 
nates below  abruptly ;  but  above  the  knees  on  the  outer  surface  of  the  fore  legs  a  faint 
stripe  is  seen  gradually  deepening  downwards  to  the  colour  of  the  upper  surface.  It 
crosses  below  the  knees  towards  the  front,  and  terminates  above  the  hoofs  like  the 
stripe  on  the  hinder  legs.  In  the  imperfect  skin  before  mentioned,  and  in  the  living 
individual,  the  stripe  is  lengthened  upwards  so  as  nearly  to  join  the  dark  upper  colour, 
with  which  it  is  united  by  a  streak  of  a  fainter  hue. 
The  brush  below  the  knees  is  well-marked,  and  rather  large.  It  occupies  the  front 
of  the  leg,  is  bounded  exteriorly  by  the  deep  colour,  and  is  surrounded  in  the  rest  of 
its  circumference  by  white  ;  the  whole  of  the  hairs  directed  towards  its  centre  are 
white.    They  are  rigid  and  erect,  and  much  longer  than  the  adjoining  hairs. 
The  deep  fulvous  colour  of  the  upper  surface  extends  over  the  whole  neck  both  above 
and  below,  and  becomes  fainter  on  the  head,  passing  up  the  cheeks  and  fading  away 
under  the  eyes  ;  between  the  ears  and  behind  the  horns  it  is  tinged  with  blackish 
or  iron-grey.  This  grey  occurs  again  in  front  of  the  horns,  where  it  is  slightly  inter- 
mingled with  rufous,  and  is  continued  in  a  broad  stripe  down  the  middle  line  of  the  face 
