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AFRICAN GAME ANIMALS 
ation approaching nyikce. The flesh measurements of adult 
specimens are: length of head and body, male, 25 inches, 
female, 26 inches; tail, inches; hind foot, male, 7^ 
inches, female, 8 inches; ear, 3^ inches. Greatest length 
of skull, male, 4^ inches, female, 5 inches; length of narial 
chamber, male, i $4 inches, female, inches. In a series of 
three males the longest horns are 3^ inches with a spread 
at the tips of 2 inches. In British East Africa speci¬ 
mens of this race have been secured at Lakes Naivasha 
and Elmentaita, the Loita Plains, and the headwaters of 
the Amala River. 
