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differs decidedly by the longer premaxillary bones which 

 reach to the nasals. The nasal bones are longer, and reach 

 forward as far as the first upper premolar; their breadth is 

 decidedly less than their length. The length of the narial 

 chamber is much less and never exceeds the interorbital 

 width of the skull as in the large-snouted species. 



Key to the Races of kirki 



Dorsal coloration very light bufFy-drab without tawny suffusion 



minor 



Dorsal coloration darker, showing marked tawny suffusion 



Sides of body buffy, showing little contrast with the white 

 under-parts 

 Size small, length of hind foot 6^ inches kirki 



Size large, length of hind foot 7/^ inches nyikce 



Sides of body bright tawny-ochraceous, in marked contrast to white 

 under-parts 

 Size small, skull length ^^2 inches; ear small, less than 3 inches 

 in length hiyidei 



Size large, skull length ^'^ to 5 inches; ear large, more than 

 3 inches in length cave^idishi 



Typical Kirk Dikdik 



Rhynchotragus kirki kirki 



Neotragus kirkit Giinther, 1880, Proc. Zool. Soc, p. 17; fig. head and skull. 



Range. — Coast district of Jubaland south at least as 

 far as the Tana River. Occupies the northeastern limits 

 of the range of the species. 



The typical race of Kirk dikdik was described by Doctor 

 Giinther from specimens sent to the British Museum by 

 Sir John Kirk, who obtained them from Brava, a port on 

 the coast of Italian Somaliland a short distance north of the 

 Juba River. Other specimens have been collected in the 

 vicinity of Lamu near the mouth of the Tana River. This 

 is the smallest race, the hind foot having a length from the 



