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Show 216 MR. P. L. SCLATER ON BAKER'S ANTELOPE. [Mar. 26, Maarif by riding. But the Hamran Arabs possess a fine breed of Greyhounds, by the aid of which there would be no difficulty in procuring specimens of it." Sir Samual Baker has also favoured m e with the loan of a leaf from his original note-book containing a pencil-sketch of the adult male of this species. The elongated mane and the shoulder-stripes are clearly marked in this sketch. Fig. 1. Horns of Baker's Antelope, from the typical specimen. A fine pair of horns of Baker's Antelope, for the loan of which I am also indebted to Sir Samuel Baker, are the original specimens figured by Heuglin (I. c. figs. 6a and 6b). They measure 27 inches in length along the upper surface from the base to the tip, and are regularly annulated up to about six inches from the tips, the annulations beir.°- about 27 or 28 in number. Upon comparing them with horns of |