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  Oil 
  an 
  Extinct 
  Ilarleheeate 
  from 
  E<jyi>t. 
  

  

  reo'ion. 
  Horn-pedicle 
  narrow, 
  with 
  bulging 
  frontal 
  surface 
  

   as 
  in 
  major 
  (tliat 
  of 
  lelwel 
  being 
  flat), 
  the 
  frontal 
  bones 
  

   curving 
  laterally 
  outwards 
  to 
  form 
  a 
  wide 
  supraorbital 
  ridge. 
  

   Cranial 
  region 
  long, 
  its 
  main 
  axis 
  forming 
  a 
  right 
  angle 
  

   with 
  the 
  frontal 
  plane, 
  differing 
  from 
  both 
  lelwel 
  and 
  major, 
  

   in 
  which 
  the 
  angle 
  is 
  obtuse. 
  Surface 
  of 
  basisphenoid 
  and 
  

   basioccipital 
  very 
  convex, 
  as 
  in 
  major, 
  with 
  prominent 
  bony 
  

   processes 
  at 
  their 
  junction. 
  

  

  Horns 
  like 
  caama 
  in 
  their 
  general 
  aspect, 
  differing 
  from 
  

   major 
  and 
  resembling 
  lelivel 
  in 
  the 
  greater 
  length 
  from 
  base 
  

   to 
  the 
  angle, 
  from 
  which 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  horn 
  is 
  reversed. 
  

   Viewed 
  from 
  in 
  front 
  they 
  diverg'e 
  evenly 
  outwards 
  for 
  the 
  

   basal 
  two-thirds 
  of 
  their 
  length, 
  then 
  rather 
  sharply 
  inwards 
  

   as 
  far 
  as 
  the 
  upper 
  angle. 
  The 
  ends 
  are 
  bent 
  backwards 
  at 
  

   a 
  right 
  angle 
  and 
  inwards, 
  so 
  that 
  the 
  tips 
  converge. 
  The 
  

   space 
  inclosed 
  is 
  tlius 
  ^-shaped, 
  not 
  U-shaped 
  as 
  in 
  major 
  

   or 
  V-shaped 
  as 
  in 
  lelioel. 
  Viewed 
  laterally 
  they 
  show 
  a 
  very 
  

   slightly 
  concave 
  curve 
  from 
  the 
  base 
  to 
  the 
  upper 
  angle, 
  

   where 
  they 
  turn 
  abruptly 
  backwards 
  at 
  a 
  right 
  angle, 
  and 
  

   are 
  behind 
  the 
  frontal 
  plane 
  of 
  the 
  skull. 
  In 
  both 
  lelwel 
  and 
  

   major 
  the 
  horns 
  at 
  the 
  upper 
  angle 
  are 
  in 
  advance 
  of 
  tlie 
  

   frontal 
  plane. 
  

  

  JIah. 
  Egypt. 
  

  

  Type. 
  Adult 
  imperfect 
  skull, 
  male. 
  B.M. 
  no. 
  0.6.4.1, 
  

   from 
  Abadiyeh, 
  near 
  Kena^ 
  Egypt. 
  Presented 
  by 
  the 
  

   Egypt 
  Research 
  Fund. 
  

  

  Comparative 
  measurements 
  of 
  upper 
  portion 
  of 
  skulls 
  of 
  

   Buhalis 
  buhastis, 
  lelwel, 
  and 
  major 
  in 
  inches 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  buhastls. 
  lelwel. 
  viajor. 
  

   Lengtli 
  of 
  horn-pedicle 
  from 
  

  

  crown 
  to 
  nasals 
  7'11 
  7"6 
  8'8 
  

  

  Width 
  jnst 
  helow 
  horns 
  .... 
  4-6 
  5 
  5-5 
  

  

  Central 
  width 
  4-2 
  4-8 
  48 
  

  

  Supraorbital 
  width 
  5-14 
  5-5 
  5'9 
  

  

  There 
  are 
  in 
  tlie 
  B.M. 
  collection 
  the 
  upper 
  portion 
  of 
  three 
  

   imperfect 
  skulls, 
  with 
  horns, 
  of 
  this 
  hartebeeste, 
  two 
  from 
  

   the 
  Fayum 
  and 
  one 
  from 
  Abadiyeh 
  in 
  Upper 
  Egypt, 
  ob- 
  

   tained 
  through 
  the 
  agency 
  of 
  Professor 
  Flinders 
  Petrie. 
  

  

  They 
  are 
  all 
  three 
  so 
  uniform 
  in 
  character, 
  and 
  differ 
  so 
  

   markedly 
  from 
  both 
  lelwel 
  and 
  major 
  (including 
  buselaphus), 
  

   as 
  to 
  deserve 
  specific 
  title. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Oldfield 
  Thomas 
  has 
  written 
  the 
  following 
  note 
  on 
  

   the 
  back 
  of 
  the 
  label 
  of 
  the 
  type-specimen 
  : 
  " 
  From 
  a 
  tomb- 
  

   pit 
  of 
  the 
  VI. 
  (3000 
  B.C.) 
  dynasty, 
  re-used 
  in 
  the 
  XVIII. 
  

   (1500 
  B.C.), 
  wilh 
  other 
  skulls 
  of 
  oxen, 
  goats, 
  dog.s, 
  &c." 
  

  

  A 
  visit 
  to 
  the 
  British 
  Museum 
  at 
  Bloouisbury 
  was 
  only 
  

  

  