THE BEATRIX ANTELOPE 14! 



1. Type specimen described by Gray in 1857. 



2. Skin presented to the British Museum by 

 Lieut. Col. Jayakar in 1894. 



3. Adult female (Col. Felly's specimen). 



4. Skeleton of young female obtained on the 

 Persian Gulf by B. T. Ffinch, Esq., F.Z.S. 



5. 6, etc. Some skins and skulls collected in 

 Muscat by Dr. A. S. G. Jayakar. 



The foregoing account comprises practically all our 

 knowledge of the Arabian oryx. Happy is the 

 country that has no history ; happy is the species in 

 the same case for, too often, such history is but a 

 record of extermination. Etiam periere ruinae is a 

 comment applicable to many extinct animals equally 

 with the vanished cities of the ancients ; that this 

 exquisite little creature may never require an obituary 

 notice will be the wish of every naturalist. 



