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of Africa, p. 278, 1908; de Poncins, Great and Sinall Game of 

 Africa, p. 377, 1899 ; Bothschild, Powell-Cotton's Sporting Trip 

 through Abyssinia, p. 474, 1902; Pocock, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1910, 

 p. 878. 

 Dorcatragus megalotis, Trouessart, Cat. Mamm. vol. ii, p. 949, 1894; 

 Ward, Records of Big Game, ed. 6, p. 169, 1910 ; Drake- 

 Brochman, Mamm. of Somali, p. 65, 1910. 



Beira, or Baira. 



Typical locality Somaliland, to which country, together 

 with part of Abyssinia, the species is confined. 



Size approximately that of a grysbok ; shoulder-height 

 about 20 inches. General colour purplish grey grizzled with 



Fig. 22. — Feoxt and Side Views of Skull and Hoens op 

 THE Beira {Dorcatragus megalotis). 



white, which forms the extreme tips of the hairs ; a narrow 

 dark flank-band separating the grey area from the yellowish 

 or orange fawn of under-parts, which extends on to outer 

 surfaces of thighs and upper part of legs, the remainder of 

 the latter being darker fulvous ; head bright fulvous, in 



