. Adventure--travel--exploration. Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919; Zoology. GRACEFUL AFRICAN ANTELOPES !I3 The Ourebi.—Still descending the antelope family in point of size, we next reach the ourebi, which is less than two feet high at the shoulder and very slight in body. The horns are four or five inches long, black, round and nearly vertical, wrinkled at the base. There is a white arch over the eyes and the tail is short and black. Otherwise the general color scheme is pale tawny beneath white and long white. A LEOPARD ATTACKING THE SPRINGBOK hair at the throat. They are to be found in the g
. Adventure--travel--exploration. Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919; Zoology. GRACEFUL AFRICAN ANTELOPES !I3 The Ourebi.—Still descending the antelope family in point of size, we next reach the ourebi, which is less than two feet high at the shoulder and very slight in body. The horns are four or five inches long, black, round and nearly vertical, wrinkled at the base. There is a white arch over the eyes and the tail is short and black. Otherwise the general color scheme is pale tawny beneath white and long white. A LEOPARD ATTACKING THE SPRINGBOK hair at the throat. They are to be found in the grassy plains, usually in pairs. The doe may be recognized by the absence of horns. he KlipSpringer.—The well-known chamois of Europe has a close cousin in the African klipspringer. A peculiar antelope in that it'lives on the mountain tops like a cony and is furnished with singu- larly coarse brittle hair, giving it almost the appearance of a hedge- hog. Its height is about twenty-two inches at the shoulder and the. 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, Pa. , G. A. Parker
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