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the middle of the back, the individual hairs black at base and 

 tip, with the median third tawny like the back. The chest 

 and lower throat are black, the black extending down the 

 front of the forelegs as a broad stripe to the hoofs, where it 

 spreads and embraces the pasterns and false hoofs; posterior 

 part of forelegs colored like the upper parts. The hind legs 

 are colored like the upper parts with the exception of the black 

 bands above the hoofs embracing pasterns and false hoofs. 

 The tail is black and well haired terminally, but the under 

 side basally is brownish. The under-parts are white from 

 between the forelegs posteriorly to the base of the tail and the 

 lower rump, the white extending down on the inside of the 

 thigh as far as the knee. The newly born young are quite 

 different in color from the adults, the dorsal color being uni- 

 form ochraceous-tawny with a conspicuous seal-brown mane 

 on the nape extending from the head to the withers. The tip 

 of the tail, a band about the hoofs, and the back of the pas- 

 terns are also seal-brown or black. The under-parts and the 

 back of the thighs are white. The head is marked by a large 

 white blotch before the eye and a faint indication of the dark 

 stripe through the eye. The tip of the muzzle is marked by 

 a small black blotch, but the lips, chin, and forethroat are 

 white. The ears are colored like the body with an indica- 

 tion of darker tips and are white inside. 



No flesh measurements are available. The skull of the 

 largest male examined measures i6 inches and is equalled 

 by that of the female shot by Kermit Roosevelt. The horn 

 length in an average male is about 32 inches. The longest 

 horns recorded by Ward from British East Africa are 37 

 inches as against S4-/4 inches for the record for the typical 

 race. The horns of the only female examined measure 24 

 inches. 



Oryx 



Oryx ' 



Oryx De Blainville, 1816, Bull. Soc. Philom., p. 75; type 0. gazella, the 

 gemsbok. 



The oryx is at once recognizable by its long, slender 

 horns projecting straight backward in line with the profile 

 of the face, and by its high withers, striped face, and grayish 



