Ill 
June 11, 1850. 
W. Spence, Esq., F.R.S., in the Chair. 
The following papers were read:— 
1. Synopsis of the species of Antelopes and Strepsiceres, 
■WITH DESCRIPTIONS OF SOME NEW SPECIES. By J. E. 
Gray, Esq., F.R.S., P.B.S. etc. 
(Mammalia, PI. XX.) 
The genera in this Synopsis are arranged after the plan, first sug¬ 
gested in a paper on the genera of the Hollow-horned Ruminants 
( Bovidce ) in the ‘Annals and Mag. of Nat. Hist.’ xviii. 22 7. 
ANTELOPES. 
The xlntelopes contain a large number of species separated into 
several genera, which may be arranged in the following sections :—- 
I. The Antelopes of the Fields have a tapering nose, with 
the nostrils bald within. 
1. The True Antelopes are light-bodied and limbed, and small- 
hoofed, with a short or moderate tail covered with elongated hair to 
the base ; horns lyrate or conical. 
2. The Cervine Antelopes are large-sized, rather heavy-bodied and 
large-hoofed, and have an elongated tail with short hair at the base 
and tufted at the end ; horns lyrate or conical. (See p. 128.) 
3. The Caprine Antelopes are heavy-bodied and limbed, and large- 
hoofed, with a very short, depressed tail covered with hair to the 
base; horns conical. (See p. 135.) 
II. The Antelopes of the Sandy Deserts have a broad nose, 
and the nostrils lined with bristles within. 
4. The Equine Antelopes have the nose very broad, soft, spongy, 
and bristly. (See p. 138.) 
5. The Bovine Antelopes have the nose moderately broad, with a 
black, moist muffle. (See p. 139.) 
I. The Antelopes of the Fields. Nose tapering, the nostrils 
bald within, close together in front and diverging behind. 
1. The True Antelopes. Body moderate-sized, elegant; legs 
slender; tail moderately elongate, hairy; horns placed over the eye¬ 
brows. 
