. Catalogue of the ungulate mammals in the British Museum (Natural History). British Museum (Natural History); Ungulates. 196 CATALOGUE OF UNGULATES of Africa, p. 278, 1908; de Poncins, Great and Sinall Game of Africa, p. 377, 1899 ; Bothschild, Powell-Cotton's Sporting Trip through Abyssinia, p. 474, 1902; Pocock, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1910, p. 878. Dorcatragus megalotis, Trouessart, Cat. Mamm. vol. ii, p. 949, 1894; Ward, Records of Big Game, ed. 6, p. 169, 1910; Drake- Brochman, Mamm. of Somali, p. 65, 1910. Beira, or Baira. Typical locality Somaliland, to which country, together with part of Ab


. Catalogue of the ungulate mammals in the British Museum (Natural History). British Museum (Natural History); Ungulates. 196 CATALOGUE OF UNGULATES of Africa, p. 278, 1908; de Poncins, Great and Sinall Game of Africa, p. 377, 1899 ; Bothschild, Powell-Cotton's Sporting Trip through Abyssinia, p. 474, 1902; Pocock, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1910, p. 878. Dorcatragus megalotis, Trouessart, Cat. Mamm. vol. ii, p. 949, 1894; Ward, Records of Big Game, ed. 6, p. 169, 1910; Drake- Brochman, Mamm. of Somali, p. 65, 1910. Beira, or Baira. Typical locality Somaliland, to which country, together with part of Abyssinia, the species is confined. Size approximately that of a grysbok ; shoulder-height about 20 inches. General colour purplish grey grizzled with. Fig. 22.—Feoxt and Side Views of Skull and Hoens op THE Beira {Dorcatragus megalotis). white, which forms the extreme tips of the hairs; a narrow dark flank-band separating the grey area from the yellowish or orange fawn of under-parts, which extends on to outer surfaces of thighs and upper part of legs, the remainder of the latter being darker fulvous; head bright fulvous, in. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology; Lydekker, Richard, 1849-1915. London, Printed by order of the Trustees


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