. Animal Life and the World of Nature; A magazine of Natural History. The Na,gor Antelope of West Africa (Cervi- capra redunca), although de- Antefope. scribed by Buffon so long ago as 1764, remained little known for many years subsequently, especially in captivity. The London Gardens did not receive a specimen till 1890, this having been presented by Dr. Percy Eandall. That specimen, however, is now dead, and another is depicted in the photograph. As a contrast to the rare Nagor we may oSl. take the Dorcas Gazelle {Gazella clorcas), which is on the whole the most familiar of all antelopes, ha
. Animal Life and the World of Nature; A magazine of Natural History. The Na,gor Antelope of West Africa (Cervi- capra redunca), although de- Antefope. scribed by Buffon so long ago as 1764, remained little known for many years subsequently, especially in captivity. The London Gardens did not receive a specimen till 1890, this having been presented by Dr. Percy Eandall. That specimen, however, is now dead, and another is depicted in the photograph. As a contrast to the rare Nagor we may oSl. take the Dorcas Gazelle {Gazella clorcas), which is on the whole the most familiar of all antelopes, having been known even to some ancient Greek writers, such as .ZElian, who used the same. NAGOR ANfELOPE. rhottujraphs by TF. the-way places, the case may be mentioned of a white variety (not a true albino, for its eyes were dark) of one of the Tree-Civets (Paradoxurus) in the Calcutta Zoological Garden which had been brought from Fiji, of all places, by a Turkish trader in sham jewellery ! DOECAS GAZELLE. P. Danclo, name, " dorcas," as was subsequently given to it by Linna?us. This animal is also the " roe " so frequently mentioned in scripture; and it is still, according to Canon Tristram, far the commonest large game animal in Palestine; that well-known naturalist has even. seen a small troop feeding on the Mount of Olives, close. 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 London
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