The book of antelopes, vol. 1 (of 4)

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Author

Thomas, Oldfield, 1858-1929

Original Publication

United Kingdom: R. H. Porter, 1894.

Credits

Peter Becker, Karin Spence and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

QL: Science: Zoology

Subject

Antelopes

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 71122

Release Date

July 5, 2023

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE BOOK OF ANTELOPES.
2. 2.PREFACE.
3. 3.CONTENTS.
4. 4.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
5. 5.ALPHABETICAL LIST
6. 6.Untitled
7. 7.INTRODUCTION.
8. 8.Subfamily I. BUBALIDINÆ. — Genus I. BUBALIS. — 1. THE BUBAL. BUBALIS BUSELAPHUS ( Pall. ). [PLATE I.] — 2. THE WEST-AFRICAN BUBAL. BUBALIS MAJOR ( Blyth ). — 3. THE TORA. BUBALIS TORA ( Gray ). — 4. SWAYNE’S HARTEBEEST. BUBALIS SWAYNEI, Scl. [PLATE II.] — 5. COKE’S HARTEBEEST. BUBALIS COKEI ( Günth. ). [PLATE III.] — 6. THE CAPE HARTEBEEST. BUBALIS CAAMA ( G. Cuv. ). [PLATE IV.] — 7. JACKSON’S HARTEBEEST. BUBALIS JACKSONI, Thos. — 8. LICHTENSTEIN’S HARTEBEEST. BUBALIS LICHTENSTEINI ( Peters ). [PLATE V.] — Genus II. DAMALISCUS. — 9. HUNTER’S ANTELOPE. DAMALISCUS HUNTERI ( Scl. ). [PLATE VI.] — 10. THE KORRIGUM. DAMALISCUS KORRIGUM ( Ogilb. ). [PLATE VII.] — 11. THE TIANG. DAMALISCUS TIANG ( Heugl. ). — 12. THE TOPI. DAMALISCUS JIMELA ( Matsch. ). — 13. THE BONTEBOK. DAMALISCUS PYGARGUS ( Pall. ). [PLATE VIII.] — 14. THE BLESSBOK. DAMALISCUS ALBIFRONS ( Burch. ). [PLATE IX.] — 15. THE SASSABY. DAMALISCUS LUNATUS ( Burch. ). [PLATE X.] — GENUS III. CONNOCHÆTES. — 16. THE BRINDLED GNU. CONNOCHÆTES TAURINUS ( Burch. ). [PLATE XI.] — 17. THE WHITE-BEARDED GNU. CONNOCHÆTES ALBOJUBATUS, Thos. — 18. THE WHITE-TAILED GNU. CONNOCHÆTES GNU ( Zimm. ). [PLATE XII.]
9. 9.Subfamily II. CEPHALOPHINÆ. — Genus I. CEPHALOPHUS. — 19. THE YELLOW-BACKED DUIKER. CEPHALOPHUS SYLVICULTRIX ( Afz. ). [PLATES XIII. and XIV. Fig. 2.] — 20. JENTINK’S DUIKER. CEPHALOPHUS JENTINKI, Thos. [PLATE XV.] — 21. ABBOTT’S DUIKER. CEPHALOPHUS SPADIX, True. — 22. THE NATAL DUIKER. CEPHALOPHUS NATALENSIS, A. Smith. [PLATE XVI.] — 23. HARVEY’S DUIKER. CEPHALOPHUS HARVEYI, Thos. [PLATE XVII.] — 24. THE BLACK-FRONTED DUIKER. CEPHALOPHUS NIGRIFRONS, Gray. [PLATE XVIII. Fig. 1. ] — 25. THE WHITE-BELLIED DUIKER. CEPHALOPHUS LEUCOGASTER, Gray. — 26. THE BAY DUIKER. CEPHALOPHUS DORSALIS, Gray. [PLATE XIX. Fig. 2. ] — 27. OGILBY’S DUIKER. CEPHALOPHUS OGILBYI, Waterh. [PLATE XVIII. Fig. 2. ] — 28. PETERS’S DUIKER. CEPHALOPHUS CALLIPYGUS, Pet. — 29. THE RED-FLANKED DUIKER. CEPHALOPHUS RUFILATUS, Gray. [PLATE XIX. Fig. 1. ] — 30. THE BANDED DUIKER. CEPHALOPHUS DORIÆ ( Ogilb. ). [PLATE XX.] — 31. THE BLACK DUIKER. CEPHALOPHUS NIGER, Gray . [PLATE XIV. Fig. 1. ] — 32. MAXWELL’S DUIKER. CEPHALOPHUS MAXWELLI, H. Sm. [PLATE XXI. Fig. 2. ] — 33. THE BLACK-RUMPED DUIKER. CEPHALOPHUS MELANORHEUS, Gray . — 34. THE UGANDA DUIKER. CEPHALOPHUS ÆQUATORIALIS, Matsch . — 35. THE BLUE DUIKER. CEPHALOPHUS MONTICOLA ( Thunb. ). [PLATE XXI. Fig. 1. ] — 36. THE CROWNED DUIKER. CEPHALOPHUS CORONATUS, Gray . [PLATE XXII. Fig. 2. ] — 37. THE ABYSSINIAN DUIKER. CEPHALOPHUS ABYSSINICUS, Thos. [PLATE XXII. Fig. 1. ] — 38. THE COMMON DUIKER. CEPHALOPHUS GRIMMI ( Linn. ). [PLATE XXIII.] — Genus II. TETRACEROS. — 39. THE FOUR-HORNED ANTELOPE. TETRACEROS QUADRICORNIS ( Blainv. ). [PLATE XXIV.] — FOOTNOTES:

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