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imperfect horns. On March 26, 1872, Mr. Jefferies 

 deposited the female in the Regent's Park collection. 

 In 1878 a male beatrix, supposed to have been taken 

 in the Hedjaz Passes, some 150 miles east of the 

 Red Sea, was presented to the Zoological Gardens 

 by Commander F. M. Burke. 



In 1894 Dr. A. S. G. Jayakar, who had already 

 presented many interesting specimens of mammals 

 to the National Collection, sent home a further 

 series of great value. The specimens had all been 

 collected in the Oman district of Arabia, and 

 included examples of all the mammals known to 

 occur there ; especially interesting was the skin of 

 an immature female beatrix the first wild-killed 

 specimen ever sent to England. The fur of this 

 individual was exceedingly short and close perhaps 

 the summer pelage. Besides this oryx, the collection 

 contained several examples of a very rare hedgehog ; 

 a new diminutive species of hare; and a fine new 

 goat of a sandy or brownish colour. 



In October 1881 Lord Lilford presented to the 

 Zoological Society two female beatrix which Lieut. 

 Col. S. B. Miles, H.M. Consul at Muscat, had 

 obtained for him in the great desert behind the 

 mountains of Oman ; unfortunately, only one of 

 them was in good condition, the other having been 

 injured about the head. About 1 895 a specimen in the 

 the Regent's Park collection was photographed, and in 

 a lantern slide now before me appears to have been a 



