. Records of big game : with their distribution, characteristics, dimensions, weights, and horn & tusk measurements . Sir James Willcocks. Capt. E. J. Wolseley. Dr. Percy Rendall (Charterhouse School Museum).The late Capt. G. H. F. Abadie. Capt. G. H. Hastings. Capt. II. N. Kempthorne. Capt. G. C. Kelly. Dr. E. Charteris. Capt. F. E. Bissell. /?.—EAST AFRICAN RACE (H. equinus rufopallidus). Length on Circnm-front curve. ference. 29i 9t 29 gi, 28g 8i 27i 9h 27i 9h 27 9i 26i 9 26i 8i 26 8| 26 8i 25i 9 255 9 254 s^ 25i 9i 25i Si 25 9 25 8^ 25 9 925 6 ip to Tip. Locality. 9 East Africa 7
. Records of big game : with their distribution, characteristics, dimensions, weights, and horn & tusk measurements . Sir James Willcocks. Capt. E. J. Wolseley. Dr. Percy Rendall (Charterhouse School Museum).The late Capt. G. H. F. Abadie. Capt. G. H. Hastings. Capt. II. N. Kempthorne. Capt. G. C. Kelly. Dr. E. Charteris. Capt. F. E. Bissell. /?.—EAST AFRICAN RACE (H. equinus rufopallidus). Length on Circnm-front curve. ference. 29i 9t 29 gi, 28g 8i 27i 9h 27i 9h 27 9i 26i 9 26i 8i 26 8| 26 8i 25i 9 255 9 254 s^ 25i 9i 25i Si 25 9 25 8^ 25 9 925 6 ip to Tip. Locality. 9 East Africa 74 Do. 8S Do. 7i- Do. 8 Do. 4i Do. 6i Do. 3 Do. 7i Do. 7l Do. 5 Do. 6* Do. 9 Do. 12 Do. 10 Do. 6i Do. 5i Do. 9l Do. 2 Do. - Owners measurements, Owner. Stephenson R. Clarke. M. Bell. Walter Jones. Percy C. Madeira. W. L. Spencer Cinirchill. A. Vonwiller. G. F. Phillips. Major F. Wormald. Kenneth Crossley. Capt. Mackenzie Murray. W. A. Baird. N. Flower. W. H. Lindsay. E, M. Crosfield. Capt. II. C. S. Ashton. J. H. Patterson. H. W. Nicolson. Capt. M. L. Pears. C. Bower Ismay. U 290 RECORDS OF BIG GAME. Skull and Horns of Gemsbuck. From Mr. F. H. Barbers specimenin American National Collection. The GEMSBUCK (Oryx gazella).Gemsbok, Cape Dutch, Kukavia, Bechuana. Ko, Burman. The long, straight, spear-Hke horns, of which even the lion fightsshy, render the gemsbuck and its more immediate allies an easilyrecognised sub-group. And even when, as in the white oryx, the hornsare scimitar-shaped, they differ from those of the sable antelope bystarting in the plane of the face. It is also a noteworthy fact that inthe present species the horns of the females are longer and finer, andtherefore more prized, than those of the bulls. An adult gemsbuckstands about 4 feet at the shoulder. In addition to the length ofits horns, the species is sufficiently characterised by the presence GEMSBUCK 291 of a tuft of dark hair on the throat, and the cutting-off of the whiteeye-stripe from the
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