. The book of antelopes. Antelopes. 83 bought several very fine pairs of horns from the Arabs. But the finest pair that I saw was at Meduin (Military headquarters, Tunisian Sahara) in the house of the Com- mandant. He allowed me to measure and draw it (see the sketch, fig. 95). You will notice that this example has a third twist; the majority of male Addaxes only attain to two or two and a half, though I have a pair in my collection here which verges on the third turn. "The cow Addax (see the drawing, fig. 96) has much slenderer and much less spiral horns, which have departed far less mar
. The book of antelopes. Antelopes. 83 bought several very fine pairs of horns from the Arabs. But the finest pair that I saw was at Meduin (Military headquarters, Tunisian Sahara) in the house of the Com- mandant. He allowed me to measure and draw it (see the sketch, fig. 95). You will notice that this example has a third twist; the majority of male Addaxes only attain to two or two and a half, though I have a pair in my collection here which verges on the third turn. "The cow Addax (see the drawing, fig. 96) has much slenderer and much less spiral horns, which have departed far less markedly from the Orygine ; Pig. 95. Pig. 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 Sclater, Philip Lutley, 1829-1913; Thomas, Oldfield, 1858-1929; Wolf, Joseph, 1820-1899, ill; Williams, Alpheus F. , former owner. DSI; National Zoological Park (U. S. ), former owner. DSI; Russell E. Train Africana Collection (Smithsonian Institution. Libraries) DSI. London : R. H. Porter
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