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(Cervicapra bo/ior), but not so loud. Weights and measurements of an 

 average male and female are as follows : — 



Male. — Total length, 3 feet 7 inches ; height at shoulder, 1 foot 1 1 inches ; 



tail, 3.', inches ; weight, 38 lbs. 

 Female. — Total length, 3 feet 8 inches; height at shoulder, 1 foot ni inches; 



tail, 3.!, inches ; weight, 43 lbs. 



F. J. Jackson. 



Haggard's Oribi (Oribia /niggan/i) 



Swahili Name, Taya 



The East African or Haggard's oribi is, so far as we yet know, confined 

 to the coast regions, and is not found very far inland, the farthermost point 

 where I have myself seen and shot it being Maji Chumvi, a place that 

 was in former times two days' march west of Mombasa, but is now about an 

 hour's run by rail. Near Mambru I have seen its spoor, but at Merereni, 

 some 1 5 miles farther north, I saw none, though the country appeared 

 well adapted to its habits. On the banks of the Tana River it was seen 

 and shot by Sir Robert Harvey and Mr. H. C. V. Hunter in 1888. 

 The Witu district is, however, its chief habitat, and during the years 

 1885 to 1887 I saw large numbers when shooting in the vicinity of 

 Mkonumbi, Jipi, and Taka. In the last-named place it was very 

 plentiful. In habits it differs in no way from the other members of 

 the genus, excepting perhaps in its partiality for the vicinity of human 

 habitations, or rather for the cultivation, which no doubt affords a pleasant 

 change of diet when the young corn is beginning to appear. 



F. J. Jackson. 



