GRACEFUL AFRICAN ANTELOPES 
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The Oorebi. —Still descending the antelope family in point of 
size, we next reach the ourebi, which is less than two feet high at the 
shoulder and very slight in body. The horns are four or five inches 
long, black, round and nearly vertical, wrinkled at the base. There is 
a white arch over the eyes and the tail is short and black. Otherwise 
the general color scheme is pale tawny beneath white and long white 
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hair at the throat. They are to be found in the grassy plains, usually 
in pairs. The doe may be recognized by the absence of horns. 
The Klipspringer. —The well-known chamois of Europe has a 
close cousin in the African klipspringer. A peculiar antelope in that 
it lives on the mountain tops like a cony and is furnished with singu¬ 
larly coarse brittle hair, giving it almost the appearance of a hedge¬ 
hog, Its height is about twenty-two inches at the shoulder and the 
