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WEST AFRICAN ORIBI (Oribia nigricaudata). 



The present species is very close to the Abyssinian oribi, but of 

 smaller size, grayer, and with a distinct black tip to the tail, as in 

 the Cape species. Height at shoulder, 20 inches. 



Distribution. — The open country of Senegal and Gambia. 



Length on 

 front. 



3S 

 3 



Circum- 

 ference. 



IS 



Tip to Tip. Locality. 



if Nigeria 



Kiama 

 2? Gambia 



Owner. 



Capt. A. H. Festing. 



A. W. M. Brodie. 



Charles B. Mosse, British 

 Museum. 



HAGGARD'S ORIBI (Oribia haggardi). 



Swahili name, Taya. 



Still imperfectly known, but distinguished from all the other oribis 



by the stouter horns, which are strongly ridged for rather more than 



the basal half of their length. Height at shoulder about 24 inches. 



Distribution. — The coast districts of East Africa in the neighbourhood 



of Lamu. Discovered in 1887 by Mr. J. G. Haggard. 



J^ Determination provisionnl. 



