MAMMALS 
293 
Colour of head and body dark gray ; forehead fawn ; nose dark brown ; 
short mane ; no beard, as in the big koodoo ; breadth of ear, inches ; 
chin pure white, followed underneath by dark brown, followed by a pure 
white band, inches broad, followed by gray. At the base of the front 
of the neck is a band of pure white, 3^ inches broad. From the corners 
of the eye come two white bands, as though to meet in front of face, 
1^ inches long. On either side on cheeks is a pure white spot. Along the 
body is a white dorsal stripe, from which run twelve or thirteen white 
stripes down each side. Tail fawn above, white below, and has a black 
tip ; legs a rich fawn. 
Bush Buck {Tragelaphus decula). 
Dense bush fringing the Webbi Shebeyli. 
Length of horns, 14 inches. Colour dark gray with a tinge of red, spotted 
and striped faintly with white on sides ; old males get darker. Females 
hornless. Horns of male have a peculiarly beautiful twist. 
The Beisa {Oryx heisa). 
Found in vast herds on all the large open plains in Somaliland. Also on 
the stony ground of the Boorgha country, and along the north bank of 
the Webbi Shebeyli. Very scarce in the Midjertain, Haweea and Marehan 
countries, South-East Somaliland. 
Length of fine male from tip of nose to end 
of tail: before skinning 
Length of fine male from tip of nose to end 
of tail ; after skinning ... ... ... 8 ,, 3 
Length of fine female : before skinning ... 7 ,, 3 
dressed skin ... 7 ,, 11 
7 feet 8 inches. 
Lengths of horns shot by me : Females 
33r 
'4 
32^ 
(32 
2 ” 
Males 
Circumference of best horns ... 
Tip to tip 
cm 
< 30 
(30 
5| 
5| 
9 9 
99 
99 
Colour : body French gray ; black stripe along middle of back ; black patch 
on front of face ; black stripe under neck, which divides and goes up 
nearly to root of ears on either side ; tip of tail bushy and black ; black 
patch on knees and on sides of body; belly white ; black stripe through 
eye, which stripe does not unite with the front black patch, as in the 
gemsbok {Oryx gazella). One of my heads possesses a patch of sandy 
yellow, just below the horns, in the middle of the black. 
Speke’s Gazelle {Gazella speJcei). 
Found in small herds in great plenty just north of the Gulis Range. Great 
collections of herds seen together a few miles south of Lehello and north 
of Odewein. A few to be found on the edge of the Bun Giggiga. 
Length from tip of nose to end of tail : before skinning, 3 feet 11 inches ; 
dressed skin, 4 feet 3| inches. 
