. The book of antelopes . ;^>^^ Ourehici scoparia, c?,. A better figure of this Antelope than that of Allamand was publishedby Lichtenstein about the year 1828 in the third part of his Darstellungneuer oder wenig bekannter Saugethiere, a work which was devoted to therepresentation of new and little-known mammals of the Berlin , who had himself travelled in South Africa, states that he hadmet with this species in Cafferland, and that it was known to the colonistsas the Bleekbok or Pale-buck, from its light colour, and was muchvalued as a game animal. VOL. II. D 18 In 1861,
. The book of antelopes . ;^>^^ Ourehici scoparia, c?,. A better figure of this Antelope than that of Allamand was publishedby Lichtenstein about the year 1828 in the third part of his Darstellungneuer oder wenig bekannter Saugethiere, a work which was devoted to therepresentation of new and little-known mammals of the Berlin , who had himself travelled in South Africa, states that he hadmet with this species in Cafferland, and that it was known to the colonistsas the Bleekbok or Pale-buck, from its light colour, and was muchvalued as a game animal. VOL. II. D 18 In 1861, when Mr. E. L. Layard prepared his Catalogue of the specimensin the collection of the South African Museum at Capetown, the Oribi wasalready nearly exterminated in the colony. But it still existed, he tells us,near Alexandria and Bedford in Somerset, and in some of the easterndivisions where large grassy plains are found. An intelligent Kaffir,attached to the Museum, informed Mr. Layard that the Oribi when slainby the natives belongs to the chief, who p
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