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THE COMMON ANTELOPE. 
cumstance of its having a small gland or tubercle on 
the loins, about equidistant between the hips and the 
root of the tail. Major Smith does not, however, 
surmise what purpose this would serve. The s])eci- 
raens to which the name was applied, were part of 
the collection in Exeter Change, and stood about 
twenty-six inches high. The general colour a fulvous 
bay. The belly and inside of the limbs white. They 
were brought From the west coast of Africa. 
The Saiga, A. coins, Smith, is a European animal 
very little known. The collections of Petereburgh 
and Vienna, according to Major Smith, being the 
only museums, in 18:27, where entire specimens of 
this animal were preserved. It is a large animal, 
nearly equal to the size of the fallow-deer, but more 
clumsily made ; the horns intermediate between the 
lyrato form and the twisted appearance of the com- 
mon Antelope. The colour in summer a grey dun, 
with a dark stripe down the back. The under parts 
whitish. It is found on the shores of the Danube, 
the Carpathian range, Caucasian Mountains, and the 
Altaic Chain. It is migratory, and said to assemble 
in troops of ten thousand (singular that our informa- 
tion is so scanty regarding them). It is also said to 
be easily tamed, and become gentle. The horns are 
used by the Chinese for their lanterns. 
The last animal, but that most typical of the group, 
is the Common Antelope, A. cervicapra. A native 
of India, and celebrated for the religious superstition 
in which it is held by the natives, being consecrated 
to some of their deities, and alone permitted to be 
