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RECORDS OF BIG GAME 



Skulls of Abyssinian Oribi. Shot by P. H. G. Powell-Cotton. 



ABYSSINIAN ORIBI (Oribia montana). 



Fticko of the Abyssinians. 



Mori or Loytk of the Dinkas. 



Very similar in most characters to the Cape species, but with a 

 shorter and less bushy tail, the tip of which has only a few sparse 

 black hairs. Height at shoulder, 22^ inches. These antelopes are 

 shy and rarely seen in the open, preferring the thick bush and long 

 grass. If disturbed they go at a great pace with their heads quite 

 close to the ground. The flesh is good. 



Viscount Edmond de Poncins states that a fine male weighed 30 

 Ibs. 13 oz., and stood 19^- inches at the shoulder. 



Distribution. Abyssinia and Bogosland. 



Tip to Tip. Locality. 



2 Abyssinia . 



2V ? 



2g Sudan 



2| Galla country 



2^ Abyssinia . 



Owner. 



Julius Jeppe. 

 Capt. R. Meinertzhagen. 

 Brig. -Gen. B. T. Mahon. 

 Lord Hindlip. 

 Sir Edmund G. Loder, Bart. 



