562 AFRICAN GAME ANIMALS 



tinguished by the bright ochraceous coloration, long pelage, 

 and absence of a keel on the posterior border of the horns. 

 In size or proportions it is not distinguishable from the other 

 races. The average length of specimens in the flesh is 

 40 inches. The horns are rather long, averaging, according 

 to the series collected by the describer, 5J^ inches. 



Coast Oribi 



Ourebia montana haggardi 



Native Names: Swahili, lay a; Duruma, darendari. 



Ourebia haggardi Thomas, 1895, Ann. y Mag. Nat. Hist., p. 187. 



Range. — Coast of British East Africa, from the Lamu 

 Islands and the Tana River south to the German border 

 and as far inland as the eastern edge of the desert nyika. 



The coast oribi was first met with by Vice-Consul Hag- 

 gard, of Lamu. In 1887 he sent to the British Museum from 

 Lamu several skulls which were eventually described by 

 Thomas as a new race. A year or two after Haggard's 

 discovery three of the pioneer sportsmen of East Africa, 

 Harvey, Hunter, and Jackson, met with the oribi in the 

 Tana River district. Although so long known by its skull 

 and horns, the coast oribi has remained to this day without 

 a description of its coloration. This is due to the absence 

 of skins in museums. A considerable number of other species 

 of antelope are in a similarly unknown state, that is, they 

 are well known to sportsmen by their horns and heads, and 

 a considerable number are shot annually and recorded on 

 the registers of various game wardens; notwithstanding, 

 they remain unrepresented in the large museums by com- 

 plete specimens of the skins. Notable examples of this sort 

 are the giant eland, Nile lechwi, Hunter antelope, and 

 many races of the commoner species which are confined to 

 isolated districts. 



The dorsal color of the coast oribi is much lighter than 

 that of any of the inland forms. An adult male collected 

 at Mariakani Station by Heller is a uniform clay color on 

 the dorsal surface, the crown and forehead being uniform 

 in color with the back and without the contrast shown in 

 the other races. The ridge of the snout is hair-brown, and 



