MAMMALIA. 265 



whilst the Antelopes of the plain, and especially desert 

 forms, have pointed hoofs. 



The following are the dimensions of a female : — 



ft. in. 



Length of face from nose to between ears 15 



„ neck from between ears to top of shoulder . 1 6 



„ back from top of shoulder to insertion of tail . 3 1 



„ tail, 1 ft. 3 in., hairs beyond end 11 in., total. 2 2 



Total length from nose to end of tail measured along 



the curve of the back 8 2 



Length of the body measured in a direct line along 



the side, from the front of the shoulder to the rump 3 7 



Height at shoulder 3 7 



Girth of chest behind shoulders 3 10 



,, neck 1 8 



„ head over forehead 2 



„ forearm 09 



Length of horns 2 6 



„ ear 4 8 



"Width of ear 4 



Length of forearm (measured outside skin) 12 



„ camion bone „ 9 



„ fetlock to toe 3 6 



„ thigh from stifle to hock, measured in front, 



outside skin 12 



„ back to hind fetlock, also measured in front 1 2 



,, fetlock to hind toe 6 



21. Oreotragus saltatrix (Bodd.). 



Antilope Oreotragus, Gmel. Syst. Nat. i. p. 189. 

 Oreotragus saltatrix, Brehm, Habesch, p. 65. 



The Klipspringer is common on the more rocky of the 

 Abyssinian hills, from a height of about 3,000 feet above 

 the sea, or rather less, to 8,000 or 9,000. In the pass 

 below Senaf^, and in that leading from Ain to the An- 

 seba, by the valley of the Lebka, these little mountain 



