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of the folds of the croup and a streak from the back of the horns 
through the eyes to the nose. The ears are long, slender and dirty 
white in color and the eyes very large, dark and expressive. The 
female spring buck is very much like the male just described except 
that it is smaller and the horns are more slender. They are found 
usually in the plains of the interior in herds with other varieties of 
antelope. 
The Blesbok .—Another antelope frequently met with is the 
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blesbok or white-faced antelope. The peculiar arrangement of the 
color scheme makes this species most interesting. The head is long 
and narrow with a broad muzzle and carries white horns twelve to 
fifteen inches long. They are strong at the base, taper and gradually 
diverge, marked with ten or twelve half-rings in front. The facial 
markings are very odd and distinctive. There is a patch of chocolate- 
colored hair at the base of the horns, divided by a narrow white streak, 
which suddenly widens between the eyes to the whole breadth of the 
face, down which it passes to the nose. The ears are long and white 0 
