LESSER BUSHBUCK 



Head of Abyssinian race of Lesser Bushbuck shot in the Webbe Shebayle District, Somaliland, 

 by Lieut. -Col. H. (1. C. Swayne. 



The following specimens belong to the Abyssinian T. scriptus 

 decula ; the body-measurements being those of a buck shot by Viscount 

 Edmond de Poncins on the Hawash River, 1898 : 



From nose to root of tail 

 Height at withers . 



Length on 

 front curve. 



- -17 



12 



1 1 :'; 



Circum- 

 ference. 



Si 



5* 

 5 



Si 

 6 



Tip to 

 Tip. 



5i 

 Si 



Locality. 



Somaliland 



Do. ... 



Harar, Abyssinia 

 Hawash River, Abyssinia . 

 Abyssinia .... 



Do ..... 



Do ..... 

 Settite River, Abyssinia 

 Northern Abyssinia . 



Owner's measurements. 



48^- ins. 

 26$ 



Owner. 



Lieut. -Col. II. G. C. Swayne. 



A. H. Straker. 



Prince de Lucinge. 



Viscount Edmond de Poncins. 



W. D. James* 



British Museum. 



A. K. Butter. 



Col. Ralph Vivian. 



British Museum. 



