PRONG-HORNED ANTELOPE. 
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a white band about two inches wide in front of and partly encircling the 
throat, narrowing to a point on each side of the neck ; beneath this is a 
brown band about the same breath, underneath which is a grayish white 
spot of nearly a triangular shape ; this is formed by a patch on each side of 
the throat of yellowish brown. The chest, belly, and sides to within five 
or six inches of the back are grayish white. A large light-coloured patch 
of nine inches in breadth exists on the rump, similar to that on the Rocky 
Mountain sheep and the elk. This whitish patch is separated by a brown- 
yellowish line, running along the vertebrae of the back to the tail. Legs, 
pale brownish yellow, approaching to dull buff colour, all the upper surface 
yellowish brown ; under jaw and cheek, pale or grayish white ; lips, whitish. 
Female . — The female is a size smaller than the male. The neck is 
shorter. The form is similar, except that the markings are rather fainter ; 
the brownish yellow which surrounds the diflerent whitish or grayish 
white spots and bands being much paler than in the male. The horn is 
destitute of a prong ; it is only three inches in length, nearly straight, and 
running to an acute point. The female possesses no mane 
DIMENSIONS. 
From point of nose to root of tail. 
Height, to shoulder from end of hoof, 
Length of ear, .... 
Length of prong, 
Feet. Inches. 
4 
3 
2 
1 
4 
6 
HABITS. 
Reader, let us carry you with us to the boundless plains over which the 
prong-horn speeds. Flurra for the prairies and the swift antelopes, as 
they fleet by the hunter like flashes or meteors, seen but for an instant, for 
quickly do they pass out of sight in the undulating ground, covered with 
tall rank grass. Observe now a flock of these beautiful animals; they 
are not afraid of man— they pause in their rapid course to gaze on the hun- 
ter, and stand with head erect, their ears as wmll as eyes directed towards 
him, and make a loud noise by stamping with their forefeet on the hard 
earth ; but suddenly they become aware that he is no friend of theirs, and 
away they bound like a flock of frightened sheep — but far more swiftly do 
the graceful antelopes gallop off, even the kids running with extraordinary 
speed by the side of their parents — and now they turn around a steep hill 
and disappear, then perhaps again come in view, and once more stand and 
gaze at the intruder. Sometimes, eager with curiosity and anxious tq 
