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MR. P. L. SCLATER ON BAKEr's ANTELOPE. [Mar. 26, 



Maarif by riding. But the Hamran Arabs possess a fine breed 

 of Greyhounds, by the aid of which there would be no difficulty in 

 procuring specimens of it." 



Sir Samual Baker has also favoured me with the loan of a leaf 

 from his original note-book containing a pencil-sketch of the adult 

 male of this species. The elongated mane and the shoulder-stripes 

 are clearly marked in this sketch. 



Fig. 1 . 



Horns of Baker's Antelope, from the typical specimen. 



A fine pair of horns of Baker's Antelope, for the loan of which I 

 am also indebted to Sir Samuel Baker, are the original specimens figured 

 by Heuglin {I. c. figs. 6a and 66). They measure 27 inches in length 

 along the upper surface from the base to the tip, and are regularly 

 annulated up to about six inches from the tips, the annulations being 

 about 27 or 28 in number. Upon comparing them with horns of 



