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are 5.4 inches long, and the tail, with the hairs, 8.5 inches. The first 
and second permanent premolars and the third milk premolar are in 
position in the upper jaw. 
48958, Male, young. Taveta 
48959, Male, young. Taveta. 
Gazella grantii. Grant’s Gazelle. 
This fine antelope is represented by the skins of three adult females 
and two adult males, together with the skin of the head of a male. 
The horns are as follows: 
18960 | 18961 | 18962 | 18963 
Measurements. 34702 | 34703 | 34704 | 34705 
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Inches.| Inches.| Inches. | Inches. 
ienoth of horns inistraieht line... 2... 6620. eww ne ennecssese >= 193 193 12 132 
Gength of horns around the curves .........-....---.--------------+- 213 203 124 14 
1 DSTA CG ERTS GEN TH) GSB AS ar cepeees sb eearesaGeepee sano s abeneeeonsedsc 103 84 5 5¢ 
48969. Male, adult. Taveta. 
43361, Male, adult. Taveta. 
48902. Female, adult. Taveta. 
49962, Female, adult. Taveta. 
g3233- Female. Mount Kilima-Njaro, 1889. (?) 
42798, Male. Mount Kilima-Njaro, 1889. (Skin of head.) 
Gazella thomsonii Giinther. Thomson’s Gazelle. 
Plate LXXVII. 
A single adult male of this small but handsome species is in the col- 
lection. As the species is imperfectly known, a description of the skin 
may not be without value. 
Back bright tawny brown. Sides abruptly paler. A broad black 
lateral band. Belly pure white. Face brown, with a broad white 
band on each side of the median line, which extends back to and en- 
circles the eye. Front of upper lip and all the under parts pure white. 
Legs brown externally, white within. The tail is hairy and is dusky 
throughout, with some brown hairs intermingled. The ears are pale 
brown without and white within. The knees are conspicuously tufted. 
The horns are 12$ inches long, measured in a straight line, and the 
tips are 4 inches apart. 
48964, Male, adult. Taveta. 
Cephalophus spadix True. Abbott’s Antelope. 
Plates LXXVIII and LXXIX. 
This singular antelope is the central figure in Dr. Abbott’s extensive 
collection. He obtained the unique type specimen high up in Mount 
Kilima-Njaro. Noother specimens have been obtained before or since, 
unless the species described by Gray under the name of Cephalophus 
