MADOQUIN^ 175 



vol. XXX, pt. 2, p. 9, 1863, Eeise Nord-Ostafrika, vol. ii, p. 107, 1877 ; 



Fitzinger, Sitzber. k. Ak. Wiss. Wien, vol. lix, pt. 1, p. 168, 1869. 

 Antilope madoqua, Waterho2(,se, Cat. Mamm. Mus. Zool. Soc. p. 40, 



1838. 

 Tragelaphus hemprichii, Bilppell, Verzeichniss Mus. Senckenberg, 



pt. 1, p. 37, 1842. 



Calotragus saltianus, Teinminck, Esquiss. Zool. Guine, p. 192, 1853. 



Cephalophus (Ourebia) saltiana, Gervais, Hist. Nat. Mamm. vol. ii, 

 p. 209, 1855. 



Nesotragus saltianus, Biltimeyer, Abli. schiveiz. jpal. Ges. vol. iv, 

 p. 53, 1877. 



Neotragus hempricliii, Brehm, Thierleben, Sdugethiere, vol. iii, p. 255, 

 1880. 



DiK-DiK, or Beni Israel. 



Typical locality Coast Eange of eastern Abyssinia. 



The type species. 



Size relatively large ; shoulder-height 14 or 15 inches. 

 Face rich rufous, and crest very similarly coloured ; neck 

 coarsely lined ashy grey, back fulvous or rufous fawn, which 

 becomes but slightly more rufous on flanks ; chin and under- 

 parts (exclusive of chest) whitish, more or less tinged with 

 fawn ; legs pale rufous ; tail (as usual) coloured like back. 

 Nasals moderately short ; preorbital vacuities large ; pre- 

 maxillse of moderate length, with the upper profile only 

 slightly curved. Basal length of skull 3f inches (95 mm.), 

 maximum width 2^ (57 mm.), length from muzzle to orbit 

 2^ (54 mm.), do. from tip of nasals to tip of premaxillae 

 IJ inches (32 mm.). 



55. 12. 24. 285. Skull, witli horns, and skin. Abyssinia ; 

 collected by Dr. Eiippell. 



Presented hy the Zoological Society, 1855. 



69. 10. 24. 3-4. Two skins, male and female. Anseba 

 Valley, Abyssinia ; collected by Dr. W. T. Blanford during 

 tlie Abyssinian Expedition of 1868. 



Presented hy the Viceroy and Council of India, 1869. 



97. 1. 5. 19. Skin, female. Bogosland, Abyssinia. From 

 the collection of Sir Victor Brooke, Bart. 



Presented hy Sir Douglas Brooke, Bart., 1897. 



621, e. Skull, female. Abyssinia (?). Purchased. 



69. 2. 2. 10. Skeleton, female. Abyssmia; collected by 

 W. Jesse, Esq., during the Abyssinian Expedition. 



Presented hy the Viceroy and Council of India, 1869. 



