. Horn measurements and weights of the great game of the world: being a record for the use of sportsmen and naturalists . eeting in front of the gland, lower lip, chin, spot on throat, belly,inside of limbs nearly as far down as the carpal and tarsal joints, andrump white. Nose and ears externally dusky brown; forehead andocciput rufous; temporal gland large, round, and covered with veryshort bluish-black hair, that covering the region between the subor-bital pit and the eye being of similar character and colour; neck,back, flanks, and sides of a peculiar grizzly fawn colour. This pecu-liarity
. Horn measurements and weights of the great game of the world: being a record for the use of sportsmen and naturalists . eeting in front of the gland, lower lip, chin, spot on throat, belly,inside of limbs nearly as far down as the carpal and tarsal joints, andrump white. Nose and ears externally dusky brown; forehead andocciput rufous; temporal gland large, round, and covered with veryshort bluish-black hair, that covering the region between the subor-bital pit and the eye being of similar character and colour; neck,back, flanks, and sides of a peculiar grizzly fawn colour. This pecu-liarity is obtained by the base of each hair being almost white, thetip rufous, the intervening part of a deep bluish grey. ABYSSINIAN ORIBI (Nanotragus montanus). Habitat—Abyssinia. [Sir Victor Brooke, 1872, p. 875.] Sandy fawn ; tail of the same colour as the back, and very short,almost rudimentary; temporal gland and knee-brushes distinct;false hoofs small; ears moderate; horns short and subconical. Length. Circum-ference. Tip to Tip. Habitat. Owner. 41 I? 2h Dembelas, Abys-sinia. British Museum. STEIN BUCK. 83. STEINBUCK (Nanotragus tragulus).Habitat—South and East Africa. Length. Circum-ference. Tip to Tip. Habitat. Owner. 5i 2 if East Africa E. Gedge. 54* If 2^ if Africa Sir John Willoughby, Bart., Africa and its Big and C. Beddington. East 4i If 2f Do. F. C. Selous. 4l If 2| East Africa Sir Robert Harvey, Bart. 4l I| 2i South Africa F. C. Selous. 4i 2 2f Do. The late J. S. Jameson. 4J If 2i Soudan Col. Ralph Vivian. 444i IfIf 2tIf Kaokoland, West Africa Capt. F. Cookson, C. Selous. F 2 84 GREAT GAME OF THE WORLD. STEINBUCK (Nanotragus tragulus)—^^«/^fl. Length. Circum-ference. Tip to Tip. Habitat. Owner. 4 If 21 Soudan Col. Ralph Vivian. 4 If 2i East Africa Sir Robert Harvey, Bart. *3i l| 2| South Africa British Museum, 3i If 2i East Africa Sir Robert Harvey, Bart. 3i 1| If J. Carr Saunders. 3f I| 2i East Africa F. J. Jackson.
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