464 A SPORTING TRIP THROUGH ABYSSINIA 



Measurements of Skulls. 



Madoqua saltiatia (Blainv.). Salt's Dik-Dik. 

 (Native name, "Dik-Dik" or " Inshu.") 



Salt's antelope was discovered by Henry Salt in Abyssinia at the 

 besrinniny of the nineteenth centurv. 



Total shot 6. — 2 c? , 3 $ , i young. 



No. and Se.v. Locality. Date. R. Horn, -^jip^"" Height. Ciirth. Length. Weight. 



49 Lasman 16.1199 ... ... 14^ I2i 231.25! 8 lbs. 



6? ,, 17- ".99 



7 (young) „ 



8^ „ „ 2i i# 



9<J ,, ,, 2i i^ . 



109 ,, ,, 



" One dik-dik was shot at Tadechamalka ; after this I did not see a 

 single specimen all through my journey." 



Measurements of Skulls. 



•io. Basal Length. Orbit to Muzzle. Greatest Width. 



6 3.50 1.90 1.87 



8 3.1S 1.75 2.07 



Ourcbia inoittaiia (Cretzschm.). Abyssinian Oribi. 

 (Native name, " Facko.") 



This oribi was first discovered in Sennar by Riippell's collector Hey 

 in 1823, and described by Cretzschmar from specimens now in the 

 Senckenberg Museum in Frankfort-on-the-Main. The type specimen was 

 obtained at Fatzogloa, or Fazokl, on the Blue Nile. 



