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inner border, having no flat front surface, with numerous, somewhat irregular, rather 
large, knot-like ridges. The beard is long and full, as wide as the jaw. There is a 
nuchal tuft of longer hair just in front of the withers. 
General colour brownish fawn or darker, somewhat grizzled with white, especially 
on the face, in winter coat. Muzzle, chin, beard, sides of belly, chest, dorsal line, sides 
of tail, and outer side and front of legs (except knees and pasterns) black. Inner 
sides of thighs and buttocks, the middle line of the abdomen, the inner sides and back 
of hind legs below the hocks, most of the corresponding surfaces of the fore legs, the 
knees, and a band above each hoof white or whitish ; in winter longer hairs of greyish 
colour extend up each side of the face in continuation of the beard. Horns of rather 
light colour. 
The head of a specimen obtained by Dr. Anderson from an hotel-keeper at Heluan 
gives the following measurements ;—Right horn over curve 48 inches = 121 cm., left 
horn 47^ inches = 120 cm., circumference at base 7f inches=19-6 cm., from tip to tip 
17 cm., from base to tip direct 12J inches = 31‘5 cm.; beard 19 cm.; ear from notch 
12 cm. 
This species extends as far north in Palestine as the mountains of Lebanon; it is 
found throughout Arabia, is very plentiful on the Sinaitic Peninsula, and occurs in 
Egypt and Nubia in suitable localities to the east of the Nile, probably as far south as 
the latitude of Shendi. 
Burckhardt (‘Travels in Nubia,’ 1819, p. 282) says:—“I frequently saw mountain- 
goats of the largest size brought to the market of Shendi; they have long horns 
bending to the middle of the back; their flesh is esteemed a great dainty. In Upper 
Egypt they are called ‘ Teytal ’ (J^;^1).” 
Heuglin gives the Egyptian name ‘ Tetel,’ and that of Northern Nubia ‘ Kebsch el 
djebel ’ and ‘ Neger.’ 
The Plate was drawn from a specimen which has lived in the Zoological Gardens of 
London since April 1, 1889 ; it was presented to the Society by Commander Alfred 
Paget, R.N., the locality given being “ Red Sea Coast.” 
Dr. Schweinfurth, writing to Dr. Anderson from Assiut, February 22, 1893, 
says: “ Mr. Allen Joseph, Chief Engineer of the Behera Irrigation Works, mentions 
that he has shot Ibex just opposite Nagi Hamada, near Farchout, on the eastern side 
of the Nile. Mr. Beadnell writes:—“ 1 feel quite sure that the Ibex occurs in the 
eastern desert wadis between Assiut and Kenneh, and they are often shot in Wadi 
Shietun by the Bedouins, according to their own statements.” 
Dr. W. 1. Hume, writing to Capt. Stanley Flower, says“ I spent some days 
round Undisi. Ibex were evidently abundant, judging by the tracks near the 
water-pools.”—W. E. de ^Y. 
