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RECORDS OF BIG GAME 



Head of the Sinaitic Race of Nubian Ibex. 



NUBIAN IBEX (Capra nubiana). 



This species may be easily distinguished from both the Asiatic and 

 the Alpine species by the form of the horns, which are very long, 

 rather slender, and with the outer front angle much bevelled off, so that 

 the proper front surface is very narrow, and its transverse knots propor- 

 tionately short. These races are recognised, namely, the typical Nubian 

 form, the S. Arabian C. n. niengesi, and the Sinaitic C. n. sinaitica. In 

 the form of its horns the latter approximates to the wild goat. 

 Distribution, The mountains of Southern Arabia, Palestine, the 



Sinaitic Peninsula, Upper Egypt, and probably also those of 



Morocco and the interior of Senegambia. Arabian name, beden. 



Comparatively few European sportsmen have killed this handsome 



ibex. 



