Edinburgh journal of natural history and of the physical sciences edinburghjournal02macg Year: 1835 14 THE EDINBURGH JOURNAL OF NATURAL HISTORY, cerus, and in form, as well as in other respects, bears remote resemblance to the Aigncerus Equina (Roan Antelope, or Bastard Gemsbok), with which it has been confounded by many persons imperfectly acquainted with the subject, to whom it has been exhibited. A comparison of the two animals will, however, render the existing difference between them too obvious to demand any observation from me. ' During nearly three months that I hunted over the count
Edinburgh journal of natural history and of the physical sciences edinburghjournal02macg Year: 1835 14 THE EDINBURGH JOURNAL OF NATURAL HISTORY, cerus, and in form, as well as in other respects, bears remote resemblance to the Aigncerus Equina (Roan Antelope, or Bastard Gemsbok), with which it has been confounded by many persons imperfectly acquainted with the subject, to whom it has been exhibited. A comparison of the two animals will, however, render the existing difference between them too obvious to demand any observation from me. ' During nearly three months that I hunted over the country lying be- tween the 24th and26th parallels of S. latitude, within 28° and 30° E. longi- tude, I only once met with the Antelope in question. On the northern side of the Cashan range of mountains, about a degree and a half south of the tropic of Capricorn, I found a herd, consisting of nine does and two bucks, and followed them till I captured the specimen already referred to. None of the natives of the country were familiar with the appearance of the animal when first interrogated on the subject, although after confer- ring among themselves, they agreed that it was Kookame ( Oryx- Capensis) the Gemsbok ;. and, of the many individuals to whom it has been shown, a trader named Robert Scoon, is the only one by whom it has been recognized. He declares that he saw a herd of them some years ago near the very spot 1 have described, but could not succeed in killing one. It is, doubtless, very rare; and, judging from the formation of the foot, entirely confined to the mountains. The females are somewhat smaller than the males, are provided with shorter and slighter, but similarly shaped horns, and are similarly marked; a deep chestnut-brown, verging upon black, taking the place of the glossy black coat of the male. I did not obtain a female specimen ; but while riding down the buck, I had abundant opportunities of narrowly observing them within the distance of a few yards, and am t
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