BEIRA 



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Distribution. — The interior of Somaliland, where it appears to be rare 

 and local, going about either singly or in pairs, and inhabiting 

 the open desert. The beira was first made known to science in 

 1894: its habits have lately been well described by Captain P. Z. 

 Cox in the eleventh volume of the Journal of the Bombay Natural 

 History Society. 



1 Length straight 32.J inches, along curves 35!^- inches ; height at shoulder, 25:} inches ; girth, 19^ inches ; 



weight, 23 lbs. as he fell. 



Head of Grant's Gazelle. 



