104 RECORDS OF BIG GAME 
quarter the distance between these two last-named points, while in 47. 
kirk? this breadth is about one-third. Teeth rather smaller than in JZ, 
hirkt. M. 3 with the additional third lobe found in J. kirk and 
damarensis, but it is decidedly smaller than in either of these species. 
For dimensions of the typical skull, see table, p. 103. 
Externally, the species, as judged by the skins ¢ and d, is coloured 
almost precisely as in JZ. kévkz, and the only obvious difference is that 
the snout is far more elongated and proboscis-like, and fully justifies the 
remarks on its extraordinary length often made by Somali sportsmen, 
remarks which, taking them as applied to J/. kzrkz, have always 
appeared to be somewhat exaggerated. 
The function of the proboscis is as yet quite unknown, but one 
might put forward as a suggestion the possibility of its being of service 
in searching for bulbs under the surface of the soil. 
The second species, which I propose to name in honour of Mr. E. 
Lort-Phillips, who was the first to obtain it, and to whom the Museum 
is indebted for so much interesting Somali material, belongs to the 
M. saltiana group, distinguished by the absence of the third lobe on 
M. 3 and by its less specialised muzzle. 
Of this, which has hitherto been put down as JZ, sa/teana, there are 
before me the following specimens :— 
a,b. Adult d and 9, in spirit. Dobwain, in the Maritime Hills—/Pvoc. 
Zool, Soc., 1894, No. XXII. 
40 miles south of Berbera, Jan. 1888. FE. Lort-Phillips. 88.6.20.7,8. 
a the type. 
c. Imm. skin,* 6. “Central Somali.” FE. Lort-Phillips. 86.11.19.2. 
d. Young skull (probably belonging to c). E. Lort-Phillips. 86.11.19.3. 
e-t, 2 Skins and 3 skulls. Berbera. Capt. H. G. C. Swayne. 93.12.1.8,9; 
CVPR tan Shai eyayel 1kOp 
As compared with Abyssinian examples of JZ. sa/tiana, the following 
are the characteristics of 
MADOQUA PHILLIPSI, sp. n. 
Size decidedly smaller than in JZ. saltzana (see skull measurements 
below). Back finely grizzled ashy gray; sides, shoulders, and limbs 
bright rufous (“ cinnamon,” Ridgway), as compared with the faint rufous 
of the shoulders and limbs of J/. sa/tzana. Head colours and markings 
apparently as usual. 
Dimensions of the type, an adult male in spirit :-—-Head and body 
* The skin mentioned by Sclater, /.c. 
