CAPRINE 155 



38J inches along front curve, with a girth of from 6^ to 7^, 

 and a tip-to-tip interval of from 12 to 15^ inches. 



99. 2. 12, 1« Skin, immature, mounted. Sinaitic 

 Peninsula. Presented hy Lieut. -Col. J. Marriott, 1899. 



5. 12. 12. 5. Skull, with horns. Hills east of Ain Musa, 

 Giebel el Skata. Presented hj Mrs. Anderson, 1905. 



64. 8. 17. 14. Skin and skull, with horns. Engedi, near 

 the Dead Sea. Presented hy Canon Tristram, 1864. 



64. 8. 17. 15. Immature skin, skviU, and horns. Same 

 locality. Same donor. 



99. 11. 6. 87. Skull, with horns. Abian Mountains, east 

 of Aden ; collected by Messrs. Percival and Dodson. 



Purchased, 1899. 



5. 7. 2. 20. Skin, female, bad condition. Mountains 

 east of Karyatein, Syria ; collected by D. Carruthers, Esq. 



Pureliased, 1905. 



C. — Capra nubiana mengesi. 



Capra mengesi, Noach, Zool. Anz. vol. xxi, p. 353, 1896, vol. xxii, 

 p. 13, 1897 ; see also Sclater, Proc. Zool Soc. 1897, p. 900. 



Capra sinaitioa raengesi, Lydehher, Qreat and Small Qaine of Europe, 

 etc. p. 173, 1901, Game Animals of Africa, p. 90, 1908; Ward, 

 Becords of Big Game, ed. 6, p. 876, 1910. 



Typical locality Hadramaut, south-east Arabia. 



•Said to differ from swiaitica by the convexity of the inner 

 surface of the horns. Good horns measure from 39^ to 

 60 inches along curve, with a girth of from 7^ to 8^, and a 

 tip-to-tip interval ranging from 12 to 19^ inches. 



N"o specimen in collection. 



VII. CAPEA WALIE. 



Capra walie, Rilppell, Neue Wirbelthiere Abyssin., Sdugeth. vol. i, 



p. 16, pi. vi, 1835 ; Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1886, p. 316 ; Both- 



schild, ibid. 1901, vol. ii, p. 281, Appendix to Powell-Cotton' s 



Sporting Trip through Abyssinia, p. 478, 1902. 

 Capra valie, Sundevall, K. SvensTta Vet. -Ate. Handl. 1844, p. 95, 1846 ; 



Oray, Cat. TJngulata Brit. Mus. p. 152, 1852. 

 Capra wali, Bichters, Big Game Shooting {Badminton Library), 



vol. ii, p. 325, 1894. 

 Capra vali, Lydehher, Wild Oxen, Sheep, and Goats, p. 270, 1898, 



Game Animals of Africa, p. 91, 1908; Ward, Becords of Big 



Game, ed. 6, p. 374, 1910. 



