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specimen now at Turin, are, as is shown in Sir Samuel Baker's 

 sketch, well marked in the adult." — Sdater. 



There is a young male Antelope, lately received from Dr. Ori, 

 figured from a coloured photograph, P. Z. S. 1868, t. 16. 



3. .ffigocerus koba. (The Docoi.) B.M. 



Pale reddish brown. The hair pale at the base, with a minute 

 pale tip ; front of fore legs and line on centre of tail blackish ; 

 belly and inside of legs white ; face black-brown, crown and temple 

 browner ; nose, lips, eyebrows, and tuft of hair before eyes white. 



^gocerus leucophseus, var. docoi, Gray, Cat. TJiujul. B. M p. lOS.J 



Hah. West Africa: Gambia, 



4. JEgocerus niger. (The Tapetse, or Para-Para.) B.M. 



Black or brown ; face white, with a dark streak. Female and 

 young brown. 



^gocerus niger, Gnii/, Cat. Ungul. JB. M. p. 104. 



Hippotragus niger, Heuglin, Antilopcn, p. 16. . , -. /P 



Hah. South Africa ; East Africa, Kazeh {S^ielce). ^^ ^"'" '^ 



Var. Kirhii. Eutii'ely tawny-eoloured, with the face marked like 

 the Sable Antelope. Forming herds, without any black specimens 

 being intermixed. 



^ a. -^(/oc«'?ts ptch/s, Erhard, Fauna der Cyklader, p. 29. Hah. An- 

 ' timelos. 

 \ 

 ^* 2. ORYX. 



Horns behind the orbit, elongate, subulate, ringed at the base, 

 straight or slightly arched, placed in a line with the face. Neck 

 maned above and below. Edge of the nostrils naked. Tear-bag 

 none. (Gray, Cat. Ungul. B. M. p. 105, t. 12. f. 3, 4.) 



1. Oryx gazella. (The Kookaam, or Gemsbock.) B.M. 



Horns straight, shelving backwards ; throat witli a bunch of 

 black hairs. 



Oryx gazella, Gray, Cat. Ungul. B. M. p. 105, 1. 12. f. 3, 4 (skull, as 

 Ory.v leucoryx). 



Hah. South Africa. 



2. Oryx beisa. (The Beisa.) B.M. 



Horns straight ; throat without any bunch of hair. 



Oi'vx beisa, Grai/, Cat. Uh</i(I. B. M. p. 106 : Heur/lin, Antilopen, 

 p. 16. ' ■ 



Hah. Abyssinia. 



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