Frinae-Eared Beisa 



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season. Sportsmen should remember to shave the skin down to at least 

 half its thickness on reaching camp, not only to save trouble to the 

 taxidermist at home, but to ensure quicker drying and thus enable one to 

 pack it into a smaller space. What is really more important, if this is 

 done, the sportsman can examine the skin from time to time, a thing lie 

 will otherwise not be able to do properly when it is dry, as it becomes 



37.— Beisa (Oryx beisa) coining to drin 



Photographed by Lord Dclamc 



as hard and stiff as a board. A cow's neck skin is no thicker than a 

 hartebeest's. 



The young ones are dropped between January and March, and are 

 curious ungainly little creatures until about a year to eighteen months old. 

 The long tufted ears, which are the most marked distinguishing features 

 of this oryx, are carried at a much lower angle than in the 0. beisa, and 

 very closely resemble — on a small scale — those of the roan antelope. 



F. J. Jackson. 



