634 AFRICAN GAME ANIMALS 



ation approaching nyikce. The flesh measurements of adult 

 specimens are: length of head and body, male, 25 inches, 

 female, 26 inches; tail, i}4 inches; hind foot, male, 7>^ 

 inches, female, 8 inches; ear, 3>^ inches. Greatest length 

 of skull, male, 4^ inches, female, 5 inches; length of narial 

 chamber, male, i^ inches, female, lis inches. In a series of 

 three males the longest horns are 3^ inches with a spread 

 at the tips of 2}i inches. In British East Africa speci- 

 mens of this race have been secured at Lakes Naivasha 

 and Elmentaita, the Loita Plains, and the headwaters of 

 the Amala River. 



