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ANTELOPES OE THE GENUS MADOQT7A. 



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between these two last-named points, while in M. JcirJci this breadth 

 is about one-third. Teeth rather smaller than in M. JcirJci. M. 3 

 with the additional third lobe found in M. JcirJci and damarensis, 

 but it is decidedly smaller than in either of these species. 



For dimensions of the typical skull see table, p. 326. 



Externally, the species, as judged by the skins c and d, is 

 coloured almost precisely as in M. JcirJci, and the only obvious dif- 

 ference is that the snout is far more elongated and proboscis-like, 

 and fully justifies the remarks on its extraordinary length often 

 made by Somali sportsmen, remarks which, taking them as applied 

 to M. JcirJci, have always appeared to be somewhat exaggerated. 



The function of the proboscis is as yet quite unknown, but one 

 might put forward as a suggestion the possibility of its being of 

 service in searching for bulbs under the surface of the soil. 



The second species, which I propose to name in honour of 

 Mr. E. Lort Phillips, who was the first to obtain it and to whom 

 the Museum is indebted for so much interesting Somali material, 

 belongs to the M. saltiana group, distinguished by the absence of 

 the third lobe on M. 3 and by its less specialized muzzle. 



Eig. 2. 



Skull of Madoqua guenthcri, top view. Keduced. 



Of this, which has hitherto been put down as M. saltiana, there 

 are before me the following specimens : — 



a, b. Adult rf & 5 , in spirit. Dobwain, in the Maritime Hills, 

 Paoc. Zool. Soc— 1894, No. XXII. 22 



