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[PLATE XXXI. Fie. 2.] 
Neotragus saltianus, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xxiv. p. 297 (Berbera) ; id. Cat. Mamm. Mus. 
As. Soc. p. 168 (1863); Thos. P. Z. S. 1891, p. 211; Ward, Horn Meas. p. 80 
(1892) ; Swayne, P. Z. S. 1892, p. 307 (in part). 
Madoqua phillipsi, Thos. P. Z. 8. 1894, p. 327 (fig. skull) (Dobwain, Somaliland) ; 
Hoyos, Zu den Aulihan, p. 185 (1895) ; Swayne, Somaliland, p. 318 (1895). 
VernacuLar Name :—Gol-Ass of Somalis (Swayne). 
Size rather larger than in typical examples of MZ. swaynet. Head, neck, 
and back coloured as in WV. saltiana, except that the rufous of the crown and 
back of ears is deeper and richer. Shoulders and flanks rich bright rufous, 
very different from the faint rufous of JZ. saltiana. ‘The rufous encroaches a 
good deal on the chest, but the chin and belly are as usual whitish. Limbs 
rich rufous. 
Skull and horns as in Jf. saltiana, but smaller. Basal length 38°25 inches, 
greatest breadth 2:05, muzzle to orbit 1°76, tip of nasals to tip of pre- 
maxillaries 1:1. 
Hab. Northern Somaliland. 
This Dik-dik was discriminated by Thomas in 1894 in the same communi- 
cation to the Zoological Society of London as that in which he described 
Swayne’s Dik-dik, and was named after Mr. E. Lort Phillips, another well- 
known explorer of Somaliland, who has specially devoted himself to the study 
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