270 ZOOLOGY. 



The following are tlie dimensions of a full-grown 

 female of Salt's Antelope (the specimen measured being 

 the rufous variety) : — 



•' ' ft. in. 



Length of face from nose to between ears 5 



„ neck from between ears to top of shoulder . 7 



„ back from top of shoulder to rump .... 1 1 J 



„ tail, 1^ in. ; hairs beyond end of tail, 1 in. . 21 



Total length from nose to end of tail, measured along 



the curve of the back 2 4 



Length of the body, measured in a straight line from 



the front of the shoulder to the rump ' 13 



Height at shoulder 14 



Girth of chest behind shoulder 1 3i 



„ neck 5|^ 



„ head in front of the ears 8^ 



„ forearm 3 



Length of ear 3^ 



Longest hairs of forehead tuft If 



Length of forearm (radius), from elbow to knee . . . 4J 



„ of cannon-bone from knee to fetlock . . . . 3J 



„ from fetlock to toe 2J 



„ of thigh (tibia) from hip to hock 5^ 



„ from hock to hind fetlock 4J 



„ from fetlock to toe ... 2f 



The flesh of Salt's Antelope is inferior to that of any 

 others that I have ever eaten ; not only is it hard and 

 dry, but it has a peculiar unpleasant musky flavour. 



25. Strepsiceros Kudu, H, Smith. 



Antilope strepsiceros, Gmel. Syst. Nat. i. p. 192. 



The Koodoo is by far the finest of the Antelopes inhabit- 

 ing the Abyssinian highlands. It occurs in all the wilder 

 and more wooded parts of the country from an elevation 

 of about 3,000 feet to 8,000 or 9,000, or throughout the 

 siib-tropical and temperate zones. It is usually found in 



