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Show 1905.] CAPT. R. MEINERTZHAGEN ON A NEW ORIBI ANTELOPE. 169 2. Notes on a New Oribi Antelope from the Kenya District, British East Africa. By Capt. R. M e i n e r t z h a g e n , F.Z.S. [Received February 15, 1905.] [The complete account of the new species described in this communication appears here; but since the name and preliminary diagnosis were published in the ‘ Abstract,' the species is distinguished by the name being underlined.- E ditob.] The Oribi found near Mount Kenya, British East Africa, has never been satisfactorily determined, and as I obtained a considerable number of skulls, now in the British Museum, I have made a careful comparison of them with the specimens already in that collection. The species appears to be undoubtedly different both from the Ourebia moniana of Abyssinia and the 0. haggardi of Lamu, and I have therefore proposed for it the name of 0. kenyce. O u r e b ia k e n y ^e . Ourebia kenyce Meinertzhagen, Abstr. P. Z. S. No. 16, p. 15 March 14, 1905. This new Antelope seems to be most closely allied to Haggard's Oribi, of the lower waters of the Tana and the adjacent coast-line, but differs in the following respects :- The horns are not so thick nor so roughly and irregularly ridged, and their " set" seems to differ from that found in 0. haggardi in leaving the skull at a much more forward angle and having a tendency to a marked forward and divergent curvature. General colour bright fulvous, corresponding as nearly as possible with the " tawny ochraceous " of Ridgway. Chin and throat white. Above the anterior portion of each eye a white streak, about half an inch broad and continuing towards the muzzle for about an inch. Ears fringed with dark brown on their upper parts. Tail about four inches long, the last three inches thickly tufted, black, the proximal portion white-edged below. Skull. Dimensions of type specimen * :- Basal length ....................................................... 145 mm. Greatest breadth .............................................. 75 ,, Orbit to muzzle .............................................. 84 ,, Length of horn on curve 136 ; circumference at base 53. The following are some measurements of males taken in the field Height Length. Weight Length at shoulder. (uncleaned). of horns. inches. inches. lbs. inches. 24 401 36 5± 23 40' 38 6 25 42 36 5| 24^ 41 40 5-2- *'l 6 # British Museum, No. 4.11.5.28. |