128 . CATALOGUE OF UNGULATES 



bending backwards in a bold sabre-like sweep; general colour 

 yellowish or reddish white, frequently with more or fewer 

 blotches of pale brown ; neck and shoulders above upper 

 part of legs bright chestnut, that tint being continued as a 

 dorsal stripe, and also forming a wash on hind-quarters and 

 root of tail ; head whitish, with a greyish brown patch on 

 nose and another on forehead, connected by an ill-defined 

 brownish line, and also an eye-stripe ; hind part of cheeks 

 coloured like neck ; ears dirty white ; a faint flank-stripe 

 rather darker than back ; mane brown ; legs whitish, with a 

 suffusion of brown in front spreading downwards from 

 shoulders and thighs ; dorsal hairs reversed from rump ; tail- 

 tuft black. Basal length of skull about 13 inches. Fine 

 horns measure from 39 to 45 inches in length, with a basal 

 girth of from 4| to 7J, and a tip-to-tip interval of from 8J to 

 16 J inches. 



The range includes the desert regions of northern Africa 

 extending as far south as Senegambia and some distance 

 north of Khartum, but not comprising Syria. 



A, Oryx algrazel algazel. 



The typical western form of the species. 

 Typical locality Western Sudan. 



Of the undermentioned species, some of those with no 

 definite locality may be referable to the eastern form. 

 638, a. Skull, imperfect, with horns. North Africa. 



Old collection no history. 



638, I and c. Two single horns ; the former not forth- 

 coming. North Africa. No history. 

 638, e. Pair of horns. North Africa. No history. 

 638, e 1 . Skeleton, mounted. North Africa. 



Purchased (Zoological Society). 



0. 3. 24. 1. Single horn. Sokoto, Nigeria ; collected by 

 E. B. Macnaughten, Esq. 



Presented ly J. Eowland Ward, Esq., 1900. 



