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the direction of the hairs on the face, the doubly curved 

 horns, and the presence of only two pairs of lower premolars. 

 Size medium (shoulder-height about 4 feet), and build 

 relatively light and graceful. Colour wholly yellowish 

 tawny, with the exception of the inside of the ears, a 

 spectacle-like mark between the eyes, and the tail-crest, 

 which are white. Horns long and slender, directed upwards 



KiG. 7. — Skull and Hoens of Heeola oe Hunteb's Haetebeest 



Uscus hunteri). 



and slightly outwards at base, then diverging and inclining 

 backwards, and finally curving regularly forwards, so that 

 the long smooth tips point directly upwards. Two pairs of 

 premolar teeth in lower jaw. Skull relatively light and 

 slender; basal length 12|, maximum breadth 5^ inches. 

 Good horns measure from 20 to 26J inches along the front 

 curve, with a girth of from 5|- to 8 J, and a tip-to-tip interval 

 of from 9f to 15 J inches. In the skull the nasals are longer 



