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Show 1868.] MR. P. L. SCLATER ON BAKER's ANTELOPE. 217 Hippotragus equinus in the British Museum and the collection of the Royal College of Surgeons, I find the differences, as might have been expected, very small. But, judging from the single pair before us, the horns of the northern species appear to be much more massive, especially at the base, and not quite so long, and to have the tips diverging instead of slightly converging. This latter character may perhaps vary in individuals. Outline of right horn of Baker's Antelope, from the typical specimen. As regards the general external appearance of Baker's Antelope, it would seem to be readily distinguishable from the Equine Antelope by the pale fulvous colour, the pencilled ears, and the black stripes over the shoulders, which, although not distinguishable in the young specimen now at Turin, are, as is shown in Sir Samuel Baker's sketch, well marked in the adult. There can, I think, therefore, be no doubt that Baker's Antelope constitutes a good species of the genus Hippotragus, ol which there are three distinct species known, namely :- 1. HIPPOTRAGUS EQUINUS. Antilope equina, Geoffr. , II. equinus, Sund. |