lithocranius. dorcotragus. 81 



Gerenuk. 



1. Adult J* Coll. Mandera, Somaliland, E. Africa. D. G. 



Elliot. 



2. Adult ? Coll. Laferug, Somaliland, E. Africa. D. G. 



Elliot. 



3. Adult d^ Coll. South of Toyo Plain, Haud, Somaliland, 



E. Africa. D. G. Elliot. 



4. Adult 9 Coll. South of Toyo Plain, Haud, Somaliland, 



E. Africa. D. G. Elliot. 

 5-7. Juv. d^ Coll. South of Toyo Plain, Haud, Somaliland, 

 E. Africa. D. G. Elliot. 

 8. Juv. 9 Coll. South of Toyo Plain, Haud, Somaliland, 

 E. Africa. D. G. Elliot. 

 9-1 1. Adult d" Coll. Hullieh, Somaliland, E. Africa. D. G. 



Elliot. 

 12-14. Adult 9 Coll. Hullieh, Somaliland, E. Africa. D. G. 

 ElHot. 



15. Adult d Coll. Bodeleh, Somaliland, E. Africa. D. G. 



ElHot. 



16. Juv. ? Coll. Haud, Somaliland, E. Africa. D. G. Elliot. 



Genus 71. Dorcotragus. 



Dorcotragus Noack, Zool. Anz., xvii, 1894, p. 202. Type Oreotra- 

 gus megalotis Menges. 



149. Dorcotragus megalotis (Menges). 



Oreotragus megalotis Menges, Zool. Anz., xvii, 1894, p. 131. 

 Dorcotragus megalotis Noack, Zool. Anz., xvii, 1894, p. 202. Elliot, 

 Pub. Field Columb. Mus., i, 1897, p. 135. Zool. Ser. Sclat. 

 & Thos., Book Antel., iii, 1897-1898, p. 241, pi. lxxv. 

 Beira. 



1. Adult 9 Coll. Nasr Hablod, near Hargeisa, Somaliland, E. 



Africa. D. G. ElHot. 



2. Juv. 9 Coll. Nasr Hablod, near Hargeisa, Somaliland, E. 



Africa. D. G. Elliot. 



that it was subject to much individual variation in the depth of body color- 

 ing and also in the absence or presence to a changeable extent of facial stripes. 

 With the experience thus gained in the field of the appearance of this antelope, 

 I fail to find in Mr. Neumann's description any characters sufficient, in my 

 opinion, to warrant a specific, or even subspecific, rank to L. sclateri, and have 

 therefore included the name in the synonyms given above. 



