. Adventure--travel--exploration. Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919; Zoology. 2io GRACEFUL AFRICAN ANTELOPES 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. /BAKER HUNTING THE GEM
. Adventure--travel--exploration. Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919; Zoology. 2io GRACEFUL AFRICAN ANTELOPES 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. /BAKER HUNTING THE GEMSBOCK 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 Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Unger, Frederic William, 1875- [from old catalog]. [Philadelphia, The John C. Winston co. ]
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