276 RECORDS OF BIG GAME 



FRINGE-EAEED BEISA (Oryx callotis) — continued. 



Owner. 



Henry Charrington. 



. F. J. Jackson, C.B. 



Sir Robert Harvey, Bart. 



E. Gedge. 



H. C. V. Hunter. 



J. Gardiner Muir. 



Capt. R. A. J. Montgomerie, 



C.B., R.N. 

 Sir Robert Harvey, Bart. 



C. Steuart Eetton. 



Count Scheibler. 



British Museum. 



BEATEIX OKYX (Oryx beatrix). 



This oryx is a much smaller animal than the beisa, measuring 

 about 2 feet 8 inches at the shoulder, and is of a whitish colour, with a 

 dark spot on the face, and a large dark patch on each cheek, which 

 meets its fellow beneath the throat ; the knees and the front of the 

 lower portion of the legs being blackish brown, and the tail-tuft black. 

 Distribution. — ^The interior of Arabia, especially the Nejd districts and 



the confines of the great desert south of Orman, and, it is said, the 



Bushire district at the head of the Persian Gulf This antelope 



has very rarely been killed by British sportsmen. 



Tip to Tip. Locality. Owner. 



loj Arabia . . Paris Museum. 



9i Do. . Sir Edmund G. Loder, Bart. 



44 Head of Persian Gulf . B. T. Ffinch, Britisli Museum. 



