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nasals, 153; palatal length, 220; interorbital breadth, 123; upper 

 tooth row, 114; muzzle to orbit, 246; length of horn, 692; circum- 

 ference. of horn at base, 249; distance between points, 420; greatest 

 spread, 507. In this skull the premaxillse fail to reach the nasal 

 bones by a distance of ten millimeters. 



CERVICAPRA REDUNCA WARDI Thomas 



Skull and head skin of adult male from the Guas Ngishu Plateau, 

 June. ^Measurements of skull (No. 155429) "• Greatest breadth, 103 

 millimeters; length of nasals, 92; interorbital breadth, 63; upper 

 tooth row, 58; length of horn, 217; distance between points, 135. 



The reedbuck was common on the Nzoia River; singles, pairs, 

 and small herds of up to seven or eight animals were seen. 



GAZELLA THOMSON! NASALIS Lonnberg 



Three skulls of adult males, two of them accompanied by skins 

 of head and neck to shoulders, from Elmenteita, September 7. The 

 skins exhibit a very distinct black patch on the nose, and appear to 

 represent the northern race. The skulls show no appreciable char- 

 acters to separate them from skulls of typical thomsoni from the 

 Kilimanjaro region. Measurements of skulls : 



155427 155428 155+26 



mm. mm. mm. 



Condylobasal length 198 196 183 



Greatest breadth 84 88 85 



Muzzle to orbit loi 105 98 



Length of nasals 54 50 42 



Interorbital breadth 49 55 5° 



Upper tooth row 54 55 57 



Length of horn 300 315 281 



Distance between points 100 86 104 



Very abundant about Elmenteita. Comparatively few were seen 

 on the Laikipia Plateau and none were found on the Guas Ngishu 

 Plateau. 



GAZELLA GRANTI GRANTI Brooke 



Skulls and head skins of two adult males, killed on the Elmenteita 

 Plains about September 7. Skull measurements are as follows: 



