CAPRINE 153 



It has not been found possible to determine, even pro- 

 visionally, the respective races of the following specimens : 



87. 2. 9. 3. Head, young, mounted. Locality unknown ,* 

 collected by A. Grote, Esq. Presented by Mrs. Stirling, 1887. 



1359, h. Skull, with horns. Locality unknown ; collected 

 by Gen. Abbott. Purchased, 1856. 



56. 9. 22. 7-8. Two skulls, with horns, and in one 

 case (7) scalp. Locality unknown ; same collector. 



Same history* 



VI. CAPEA NUBIANA. 



Capra nubiana, F. Cuvier, Hist. Nat. Mamm. fasc. vii, pi. 397, 1825 ;; 

 Gray, Cat. Ungulata Brit. Mus. p. 151, 1852, Cat. Ruminants- 

 Brit. Mus. p. 53, 1872, Hand-List Ruminants Brit. Mus. p. 124, 

 1873 ; Gerrard, Cat. Bones Mamm. Brit. Mus. p. 248, 1862 ;. 

 Ward, Records of Big Game, p. 230, 1896, ed. 6, p. 376, 1910 , 

 Pousargues, Ann. Sci. Nat. Zool. vol. iv, p. 85, 1897 ; Lydekker, 

 Wild Oxen, Sheep, and Goats, p. 266, 1898, Game Animals of 

 Africa, p. 89, 1908 ; Anderson and de Winton, Zool. Egypt, 

 Mamm. p. 332, pi. Iviii, 1902. 



Capra (Ibex) nubiana, Camerano, Mem. Ac. Sci. Torino, ser. 2,. 

 vol. Ivi, p. 284, 1906. 



Ibex nubiana, Gaillard, Rev. Ethnogr. et Sociol. 1912, reprint, p. 10. 



NUBIAN IBEX: BEDIN. 



Typical locality Nubia. 



Shoulder-height about 33 inches. Horns very long> 

 slender, and much curved, with outer front angle bevelled 

 off and front surface relatively narrow ; the knots numerous,, 

 closely approximated, and relatively large. Ears relatively 

 long, with white margins ; beard long, pointed, and occupying- 

 full width of chin ; some long hair below middle of nape of 

 neck and a dorsal crest ; coat elsewhere short. General 

 colour brownish or yellowish fawn; muzzle, chin, beard, 

 flanks, chest, nape-tuft, dorsal stripe, sides of tail, outer 

 sides and front of legs blackish brown ; inner sides of thighs 

 and buttocks, a streak on abdomen, inner sides and back of 

 lower part of limbs more or less white, and a white band 

 above hoofs. The range includes Nubia, the Sinaitic Penin- 

 sula, and southern Arabia, each of these localities having a. 

 special race. 



