1905.] CAPT. R. MEINERTZHAGEX ON A NEW ORIBI ANTELOPE. 169 



2. Notes on a New Oribi Antelope from the Kenya Disti-ict, 

 British East Africa. By Capt. H. Meinertzhagen, 

 F.Z.S. 



[Received Februaiy 15, IQOo.J 



[The complete account of the new species described in this communication 

 appears here ; but since the name and preliminary diagnosis v/eve published in the 

 'Abstract,' the species is distinguished bj' the name being underlined. — Editor.] 



The Oribi found near Mount Kenya, British East Africa, has 

 never been satisfactorily determined, and as I obtained a consider- 

 able number of skulls, now in the British Museum, I have made a 

 careful comparison of them witli the specimens already in that 

 collection. The species appears to be undoubtedly different both 

 from the Ourehia moniana of Abyssinia and the 0. haggardi of 

 Lamu, and I have therefore proposed for it the name of 0. kenyce. 



OUREBIA KENY^. 



Ourehia kenyce Meinertzlmgen, Abstr. P.Z. S. No. 16, p. 15 

 March 14, 1905. 



This new Antelope seems to be most closely allied to Haggard's 

 Oribi, of the lower waters of the Tana and the adjacent coast-line, 

 but differs in the following respects : — 



The horns are not so thick nor so roughly and irregularly ridged, 

 and their " set " seems to differ from that found in 0. haggardi in 

 leaving the skull at a much more forward angle and having a 

 tendency to a marked forward and divergent curvature. 



General colour bright fulvous, corresponding as nearly as 

 possible Avith the " tawny ochraceous " of Ridgway. Chin and 

 throat white. Above the anterior portion of each eye a white 

 streak, about half an inch broad and continuing towards the 

 muzzle for about an inch. Ears fringed with dark brown on their 

 upper parts. Tail about four inches long, the last three inches 

 thickly tufted, black, the pi-oximal portion white-edged below. 



Skull. Dimensions of type specimen * : — 



Basal length 145 mm. 



Greatest breadth 75 ,, 



Orbit to muzzle 84 ,, 



Length of horn on curve 136 ; circumference at base 53. 



The following are some measurements of males taken in the 

 field :— 



Height -r ,^ Weight Length 



at shoulder. ° ' (uncleaned). of horns. 



inches. inches. lbs. inches. 



24 40| 36 H 

 23 40 38 6' 



25 42 36 5i 

 24| 41 40 5t% 



* British Museum, No. 4.11.5.28. 



