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Genus ORYX. 

 Oryx, Blainmlle Bull. Soc. Philom., p. 75 (1816)*, 



Oryx gazella. 



Capra gazella, Linnceus Syst. Nat., 12th ed., i, p. 96 (1766). 



Antilope bezoartica, Pallas Spic. Zool., i, p. 14 (1767). 



Antilope oryx, Pallas Spic. Zool., xii, p. 17 (1777). 



Antilope (Oryx) oryx, Blainville Bull. Soc. .Philom., p. 75 (1816)*. 



Oryx capensis, Ogilby P. Z.S., p. 139 (1836); Harris Wild Game S. 



Africa, pi. ix. 

 Oryx gazella, Blyih Cat,, p. 169 (1863); Selous P. Z. S., 1881, p. 755. 



The Gemsbok. 



Distrihution. — South Africa; principally in the deserts of the 

 south-west, i.e., Kalahari and Damara land. 



Frontlet $ South Africa 



A.SB. 



Oryx beisa. 



Antilope beisa, Ruppell N, Wirbelth., p. 14, pi. v (183S). 



Oryx beisa, Gray Cat. Mamm. B.M., in, p. 106 (1852); Blanford Abysr 



sinia, p. 262 j P. L. Sclater P. Z. S., 1881, p. 626, pi. liv ; Phillipt P. Z. S., 



1885, p. 931. 



Beisa Antelope. 



Distribution. — North-East Africa; desert country round Sua- 

 kim and Mass owah and southward to Somali land (Phillips) 

 and Kilimanjaro. 



a. Stuffed $ nr. Massowa, Abyssi- W. T. Blanford. 

 nia, 8-68. 



