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AFRICAN GAME ANIMALS 
tinguished by the bright ochraceous coloration, long pelage, 
and absence of a keel on the posterior border of the horns. 
In size or proportions it is not distinguishable from the other 
races. The average length of specimens in the flesh is 
40 inches. The horns are rather long, averaging, according 
to the series collected by the describer, 5^ inches. 
Coast Oribi 
Ourebia montana haggardi 
Native Names: Swahili, lay a; Duruma, darendari. 
Ourebia haggardi Thomas, 1895, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist., p. 187. 
Range. —Coast of British East Africa, from the Lamu 
Islands and the Tana River south to the German border 
and as far inland as the eastern edge of the desert nyika. 
The coast oribi was first met with by Vice-Consul Hag¬ 
gard, of Lamu. In 1887 he sent to the British Museum from 
Lamu several skulls which were eventually described by 
Thomas as a new race. A year or two after Haggard’s 
discovery three of the pioneer sportsmen of East Africa, 
Harvey, Hunter, and Jackson, met with the oribi in the 
Tana River district. Although so long known by its skull 
and horns, the coast oribi has remained to this day without 
a description of its coloration. This is due to the absence 
of skins in museums. A considerable number of other species 
of antelope are in a similarly unknown state, that is, they 
are well known to sportsmen by their horns and heads, and 
a considerable number are shot annually and recorded on 
the registers of various game wardens; notwithstanding, 
they remain unrepresented in the large museums by com¬ 
plete specimens of the skins. Notable examples of this sort 
are the giant eland, Nile lechwi, Hunter antelope, and 
many races of the commoner species which are confined to 
isolated districts. 
The dorsal color of the coast oribi is much lighter than 
that of any of the inland forms. An adult male collected 
at Mariakani Station by Heller is a uniform clay color on 
the dorsal surface, the crown and forehead being uniform 
in color with the back and without the contrast shown in 
the other races. The ridge of the snout is hair-brown, and 
