BEIRA 



267 



but curve forward slightly more." From nose to root of tail 

 height at shoulder 21 inches, horns 4 inches; weight about 20 Ibs. 

 Distribution. The interior of Somaliland and the upper part of the 

 Blue Nile. The species appears to be rare and local, going about 

 either singly or in pairs, and inhabiting the open desert. It was 

 first made known to science in 1894. 



Length 

 on front. 



-44 



Circum- 

 ference. 



4 

 4 



3i 



3f 



34 



-34 



1 Length straight 32$ 



- . rr.- 

 Tl P to Tl P" 



lit 



2| 



31 



Locality. 



? 



Northern Somaliland 

 Abyssinia 



Northern Somaliland 

 Abyssinia 

 French Somaliland 

 Somaliland 



? 



French Somaliland 

 Somaliland 

 Do. 



Owner. 



Lord Delamere. 



J. Menges. 



. P. H. G. Powell-Cotton. 

 . Capt. M. M'Neill. 

 . W. F. Whitehouse. 



Viscount Edmond de Poncins. 



Sir Edmund G. Loder, Bart. 



Lord Delamere. 



Viscount Edmond de Poncins. 

 . A. E. Butter. 

 . J. B. Wheelwright. 



inches, along curves 35! inches ; height at shoulder, 25^ inches ; girth, igj inches ; 

 weight, 23 Ibs. as he fell. 



Skull of Beira, from specimen shot by P. H. G. Powell-Cotton. 



