PROCAPRA GUTTUROSA. —? Antilope gutturosa, Pallas. I Whang yang.
l)zeren. Yellow goat of the Chinese.
Hoang yang. I Is nearly 4} feet in length, and 2i feet high at the shoulder ; the body also is large and corpu lent, and the legs shorter than is common to the antelopes in general ; the horns are black, lyrated, and marked to within a short distance of their points, with prominent transverse rings ; the sub orbital sinuses are small. On the prepuce of the male is a bag about the size of a hen's egg, which contains a waxy substance similar to that pro duced in the analogous organ of the musk animal, but without any kind of odour. They inhabit the dry arid deserts of Central Asia, Tibet, China, and Southern Siberia, particularly the great desert of Gobi, and prefer the most sandy and stony plains, feeding upon such scanty herbage as these localities supply, and avoiding water, to which they appear to entertain a marked aversion. They are remarkably swift, take prodigious leaps, and when frightened will occasionally pass over 20 or 25 feet at a single bound. In spring and summer they form small families, which live apart from one another, but in the beginning of winter they unite in large flocks, always under the guidance of an experienced old buck. They never run,
even when pursued, in a confused crowd, but form single files, and follow closely in the footsteps of their leader. They rarely emit any voice. When taken they are easily tamed, and appear to have rather a predilection for the domestic state, often mixing with flocks of sheep, and approaching human habitations during the severity of the winter season. Their flesh is tender and well tasted, and they are a favourite object of chase with the Moghuls and Tartars.
Procapra picticanda, the Goa or Ra-goa, the Tibet ravine-deer of Europeans, is met with on craggy mountain sides, and, like the; goral and chamois, delights to sport among cliffs and preci pices. It is described by Mr. Hodgson as an in habitant of Tibet. It has brown hair with rufous tips ; the inside of the ears and Hints' white, and tail black. It is perhaps I'. gutturoaa in ha summer cont.—Eng. (.'r. p. 236 ,• Adam:,