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Mr. E. I. Pocock on some 



and living animals only. Since that date I have had the 

 opportunity of seeing fresh carcases of two very distinct 

 species, namely O. gazella, the type of the genus, and 

 0. leucoryx, which should rank, I think, as a distinct genus 



Oryx gazella, Linn. 

 The muzzle (fig. 3, A, B, and 4, F) is broad and depressed, 



Fig. 3. 





B 



A. Muzzle of rhinarium of Oryx gazella from the front, x §. 



B. The same from above. 



with the nostrils narrow, elongated, valvular, and hairy 

 right up to their lower rim. The smooth rhinarium is 

 reduced in size, moderately broad between the nostrils, and 

 extending laterally as a comparatively narrow strip all along 

 the upper rim of the nostrils. From the dorsal aspect it is 

 crescentic, the hairs of the dorsal side of the face extending 



