ORYGINiE 123 



Beisa. 



Typical locality Eed Sea littoral west of Massowa. 



Size smaller than in last — shoulder-height about 26 inches 

 — and horns shorter, general colour tawny; face-markings of 

 the same kind of type, but the nose-patch narrower and not 

 uniting with the shorter eye-stripes to girdle the muzzle ; also 

 less black on under side of lower jaw ; no fringe or tuft on 

 throat ; dorsal stripe more distinct, extending nearly to 

 middle of rump ; flank-stripe narrower and not extending 

 on to thighs ; fore-legs with a black garter above knees and 

 a streak on front of shanks ; elsewhere white, as are practi- 

 cally the entire hind-legs. Good horns (other than those of 

 0. h. callotis) measure from 35 to 39 inches in length, with a 

 girth of from 5 to 7|, and a tip-to-tip interval of from 7 to 

 13 inches. 



The range extends from the African shore of the Eed Sea 

 in the neighbourhood of Suakin, southwards to Danakil, and 

 thence through Somaliland to British and German East 

 Africa as far as Kilimanjaro. 



The following races have been distinguished : — 



A. Ears not tufted ; head-markings as above. 



a. Colour tawny ; limbs white ; flank-band 



relatively broad ; head-markings as above 0. beisa beisa. 



b. Colour deeper and redder ; legs suffused 



with reddish or brownish 0, beisa gallarum. 



c. Flank - band narrower ; head - markings 



approximating to those of next race 0. beisa annectens. 



B. Ears tufted ; black eye-stripe frequently con- 



tinued downwards to lower jaw, and thence 



backwards to unite with throat-stripe 0. beisa callotis. 



A.— Oryx beisa beisa. 



Oryx beisa tvpica, Ward, Records of Big Game, ed. 6, p. 293, 1910, 

 ed. 7, p.'^292, 1914. 



Typical locality Red Sea littoral west of Massowa. 



Ears not tufted ; general colour pure tawny ; face- 

 markings as described above ; flank-band medium ; legs 

 more or less nearly pure wdiite. 



71. 11. 29. 7. Skin, mounted, Abyssinia. 



Purchased {Gcrranl), 1871. 



