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together. The horns of the male attain to a length of about 5 inches, and 
are ringed at the base.” 
There is a mounted pair of this species in the gallery of the British 
Museum which formerly belonged to the old “South-African Museum” of 
Sir Andrew Smith, besides some skins and skulls from the Cape without 
exact particulars. There is also the skull of an adult male from the Umfili 
River, Mashonaland, obtained by Mr. F. C. Selous, in the same Collection. 
We are not aware that the Oribi has been kept in captivity in the Cape 
Colony, or ever brought alive to Europe. 
December, 1895. 
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