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RECORDS OF BIG GAME 



Head of Beisa. 



BEISA (Oryx beisa). 

 Bcida of the Somalis. Sala of the Abyssinians of Danakil. 



The beisa may be regarded as the north-eastern representative of 

 the gemsbuck, from which it may be distinguished at a glance not only 

 by the absence of a tuft of hair on the throat, but also by the separation 

 of the black nose-stripe from the eye-stripes. There is also no black 

 on the haunches or thighs, and the horns are considerably shorter and 

 less divergent. Height at shoulder reaching to about 4 feet. Weight 

 458 lbs. (F. J. Jackson, C.B.). 

 Distribution. — North-East Africa, from Suakin through Abyssinia to 



Bcrbera in Somaliland, and south to Lake Baringo and the Equator. 



