MADOQUIN^E 175 



vol. xxx, pt. 2, p. 9, 1863, Reise Nord-Ostafrika, vol. ii, p. 107, 1877 ; 



Fitzinger, Sitssber. k. Ah. Wiss. Wien, vol. lix, pt. 1, p. 168, 1869. 

 Antilope madoqua, Watcrhouse, Cat. Mamm. Mus. Zool. Soc. p. 40, 



1838. 

 Tragelaphus heinprichii, Riippell, Verzeichniss Mus. Senclcenberg, 



pt. 1, p. 37, 1842. 



Calotragus saltianus, Temminclc, Esquiss. Zool. Givine, p. 192, 1853. 

 Cephalophus (Ourebia) saltiana, Gcrvais, Hist. Nat. Mamm. vol. ii, 



p. 209, 1855. 

 Nesotragus saltianus, Rutimeyer, AWi. schweiz. pal. Ges. vol. iv, 



p. 53, 1877. 

 Neotragus hemprichii, Brehm, Thierleben, Saugethiere, vol. iii, p. 255, 



1880. 



DIK-DIK, or BENI ISRAEL. 



Typical locality Coast Eange of eastern Abyssinia. 



The type species. 



Size relatively large ; shoulder-height 14 or 15 inches. 

 Face rich rufous, and crest very similarly coloured ; neck 

 coarsely lined ashy grey, back fulvous or rufous fawn, which 

 becomes but slightly more rufous on flanks ; chin and under- 

 parts (exclusive of chest) whitish, more or less tinged with 

 fawn ; legs pale rufous ; tail (as usual) coloured like back. 

 Nasals moderately short ; preorbital vacuities large ; pre- 

 maxillse of moderate length, with the upper profile only 

 slightly curved. Basal length of skull 3| inches (95 mm.), 

 maximum width 2| (57 mm.), length from muzzle to orbit 

 2 (54 mm.), do. from tip of nasals to tip of premaxillse 

 1J inches (32 mm.). 



55. 12. 24. 285. Skull, with horns, and skin. Abyssinia ; 

 collected by Dr. Eiippell. 



Presented by the Zoological Society, 1855. 



69. 10. 24. 3-4. Two skins, male and female. Anseba 

 Valley, Abyssinia ; collected by Dr. W. T. Blanford during 

 the Abyssinian Expedition of 1868. 



Presented by the Viceroy and Council of India, 1869. 



97. 1. 5. 19. Skin, female. Bogosland, Abyssinia. From 

 the collection of Sir Victor Brooke, Bart. 



Presented by Sir Douglas Brooke, Bart., 1897. 



621, e. Skull, female. Abyssinia (?). Purchased. 



69. 2. 2. 10. Skeleton, female. Abyssinia; collected by 

 W. Jesse, Esq., during the Abyssinian Expedition. 



Presented by the Viceroy and Council of India, 1869. 



