ARABIAN ORYVX 297 
Head of Arabian Oryx. Shot by Mr. D. Carruthers. 
The ARABIAN ORYX (Oryx beatrix). 
This oryx is a smaller animal than the beisa, measuring about 
2 feet 8 inches at the shoulder, and is of a whitish colour, with a 
dark spot on the face, and a large dark patch on each cheek, which 
meets its fellow beneath the throat; the knees and the front of the 
lower portion of the legs being blackish brown, and the tail-tuft black. 
The horns are slightly curved. 
Distribution—The interior of Arabia, especially the Nejd district and 
the confines of the great desert east of Oman. 
Length on Circum- 
pees rds Tip to Tip. Locality. Owner. 
—274 44 123 Tebuk : ; . D. Carruthers. 
—261% 43 10} Arabia ‘ : . Paris Museum. 
23% 5 gt Do. : : . Sir Edmund G. Loder, Bart. 
22 4 ie) Do. : : . British Museum (P. B. Vander Byl). 
25 38 43 Head of Persian Gulf . Do. (B. T. Ffinch). 
— Owner's measurements. 
