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Pea AGGanDs ORIBL 
OUREBIA HAGGARDI (Thos.). 
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Nanotragus hastatus, Jackson, Badm. Big Game Shooting, i. p. 285 (1894) (Tana R. 
& Lamu) (nec Peters). 
Neotragus haggardi, Thos. Ann. Mag. N. H. (6) xv. p. 187 (1895) (Lamu). 
Vernacutar Name :—Taya of Swahilis (Haggard and Jackson). 
Size as in O. scoparia and O. hastata. Auricular gland well developed. 
Other external characters not yet positively known. 
Skull with a rather shorter muzzle than in the common species. Horns 
very much thicker and heavier than in any of the previous species; the 
ridges strongly developed and sharply angular. Owing partly to the develop- 
ment of the ridges the front edge of their lower half is convex forwards, 
while the upper half is as usual concave forwards; viewed from the side the 
horns therefore appear to have a slight tendency towards the serpentine 
double curvature characteristic of the Gazelles, although far less developed. 
Skull dimensions ( ¢ ):—Basal length 5°6 inches, greatest breadth 2:97, 
orbit to muzzle 3:4. 
Hab. Coasts of British East Africa, near Lamu. 
A fifth species of Oribi, with which as yet we are only imperfectly 
acquainted, seems to be found in British East Africa and the adjoining 
districts of Southern Somaliland. Its size is that of the Cape and Zambesian 
species, and its auricular gland is well developed. But it is readily dis- 
tinguishable from all the other members of the group by its thick and 
strongly ridged horns, which contrast markedly with the slender and 
comparatively smooth horns of all the preceding species. 
