. Records of big game with their distribution, characteristics, dimensions, weights, and horn & tusk measurements . n. 3§i II| 22| Bahi -el-Ghazal . Major C. A. Wilding. 38 14* 25i Do. Col. A. Colville. 371 14 3ii Do. A. F. Williams. 37^ 28J Do. Major A. J. B. Percival. 37* 135 35 Do. Major R. B. Airey. 37i H\ ZJ4 Yei Valley Major P. M. Dove. 361 14 292 Bahi -el-Ghazal . Capt. G. F. Pridham. 36i 134 JJ2 Do. Sir Edmund G. Loder, Bart 36i 13 Do. Capt. J. G. A. Massy. 35* 14 34 Do. Major R. B. Airey. 34i i3i i9i Do. Baron F. Nicolics. ?34 9i 29i Do. Capt. H. R. Headlam. ? 33i ioi i6| Do.
. Records of big game with their distribution, characteristics, dimensions, weights, and horn & tusk measurements . n. 3§i II| 22| Bahi -el-Ghazal . Major C. A. Wilding. 38 14* 25i Do. Col. A. Colville. 371 14 3ii Do. A. F. Williams. 37^ 28J Do. Major A. J. B. Percival. 37* 135 35 Do. Major R. B. Airey. 37i H\ ZJ4 Yei Valley Major P. M. Dove. 361 14 292 Bahi -el-Ghazal . Capt. G. F. Pridham. 36i 134 JJ2 Do. Sir Edmund G. Loder, Bart 36i 13 Do. Capt. J. G. A. Massy. 35* 14 34 Do. Major R. B. Airey. 34i i3i i9i Do. Baron F. Nicolics. ?34 9i 29i Do. Capt. H. R. Headlam. ? 33i ioi i6| Do. Hon. Walter Rothschild. Measurements of an old bull, shot near Wau, Bahr-el-Ghazal, byCapt. R. J. Collins (horns 39^ inches):— Height just behind centre of shoulder . 5 feet 8 inches Nose to base of tail Girth 6 inches from fore-leg Length of tail Length of body Round centre of neck 9 , , 0 „ 7 , -i , 2 > 3 .. 6 , 0 4 , , k I C— CONGO RACE (T. derbianus congolanicus) Length onfront of horn. 29i Circum-ference. Tip to Tip. Locality. 19I Stanley Falls Owner. Sir Edmund G. Loder, Bart. CHAMOIS 335. Frontlet and Horns of Count Arpad Telekis Chamois. The CHAMOIS (Rupicapra tragus, or R. rupicapra). The chamois does not belong to the antelopes properly so-called,but represents a group connecting the former to a considerable extentwith the true goats, one member of the group being indeed commonlydesignated the Rocky Mountain goat. Most of these ruminants aremore or less goat-like in general appearance, having narrow goat-likemolar teeth and short or moderately long tails. Their horns, which areblack in colour, are, however, quite distinct from those of the goats,being for the most part cylindrical in section, and curving the other members of the group the chamois is at once dis-tinguished by the sharp hook formed by the backward curvature of thehorns, which rise almost vertically from the head. The colouring istoo well known to need description, although atten
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