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FREDERICK COURTENEY SELOUS.

Portrait study by Leo Weinthal--1906.

CATALOGUE

SELOUS COLLECTION

Or

BIG GAME

IN THE

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PREFACE,

By the kind permission of the Editor, the following obituarv
notice is reproduced, with some omissions and verbal alterations,
from The Times of January 8th, 1917.

“Captain F. C. Selous, D.S8.0.,.the famous South African
explorer and big game hunter, was killed in action in Kast Africa
on January 4th at the age of 65. Last September he was awarded
the D.S.O. ‘for conspicuous gallantry, resource and endurance,’ the
official report adding that he set a magnificent example to all
ranks, and that the value of his services with his battalion could
not be overestimated.

Captain Frederick Courteney Selous was born in London on
December 31, 1851. He was educated at Rugby and afterwards
at NeuchAtel and Wiesbaden. At the age of 19 he left England
with £400 in his pocket, determined to earn his living as a
professional elephant hunter. With this object he made his way
to the Kimberley diamond fields, then recently discovered. On
learning that the right season of the year fora trip to the interior
was not due for some months, young Selous joined a trading
expedition into Griqualand. In 1872 he at last set forth for the
interior, that is, the territory now known as Southern Rhodesia,
then terrorized by the Matabele and their martial chief Lobengula.
Without the permission of this monarch no one might enter
Matabeleland or the neighbouring territories. Selous approached
Lobengula about the matter, and the king was pleased to jest at

iv PREFACE,

his petitioner’s youthful appearance and to regard the idea of his
attacking am elephant with derision. He gave the desired
permission, which was taken advantage of promptly; not only did
Selous bag many elephants before he came of age, but by the
time he was five-and-twenty he was known far and wide in
South Africa as one of the most successful ivory hunters of
the day.

About this time many of the Boer elephant hunters were
giving up the profession; the elephants had given up their old
haunts of the open veld and the herds had retreated to the forest
country. Here the use of horses was impossible, and malarial and
other fevers took toll of the hunters; a few of the bolder spirits
made up their minds to stick to elephant hunting, and it was
among these hardy and experienced men that Selous speedily made
a great reputation for courage, bushceraft and endurance. A man
of beautiful proportions, with a chest of extraordinary depth and
breadth, he is described as the best white runner that the Matabele

- had ever seen, and more than once he owed his life to his power of
sprinting, jumping and swerving. The life of constant hardship
toughened him, and he seldom suffered from fever.

Until 1881 Selous devoted himself mainly to elephant hunt-
ing, save for one holiday to England in 1875. In the former year
he returned home for the second time, and shortly afterwards
published ‘A Hunter’s Wanderings in Africa,’ a book which ran
through five editions, and took rank immediately among the
classical works on African hunting. His keen interest in topo-
graphy led to a succession of contributions to the Journal of
the Royal Geographical Society, which in due time awarded him
its gold medal. By the end of 1581 he was back at the Cape, and
for the next six years wandered about the Matabele and other
territory to the Zambesi, devoting himself mainly to procuring
specimens of the African fauna for museums and private collections
at home. Many of the finest specimens to be seen in the Natural
History Museum were procured by Selous during these years.

In 1888, in passing through the Mashukulumbwi territory,
Selous was set upon by that tribe; his caravan was plundered,
many of his followers were killed, and he himself, escaping with

PREFACE. Vv

difficulty, made his way back in the last stages of exhaustion.
Early in 1890 he led the pioneer expedition of the Chartered
Company into Mashonaland, and so saved that valuable country
from Portuguese annexation.

The next two years were spent on surveying and similar
work for the Chartered Company, and in 1892 Selous returned to
England. In 1893 he published ‘Travel and Adventure in South-
East Africa,’ which contained not only an account of his many
adventures since the publication of his former book, but also
glowing descriptions of the potentialities of Mashonaland and
Manicaland. Returning to Rhodesia in the same year, he assisted
in the suppression of the first Matabele insurrection; he then came
home, as he thought, for good, and soon afterwards married Marie
Catherine Gladys (daughter of the late Canon Maddy) who survives
him. In 1895 he returned to Rhodesia with his wife to take up
the management of an estate, and was thus in time to serve
through the second Matabele War, during which his homestead
was burnt by the rebels. In 1896 he embodied these experiences,
together with a review of the causes of the Matabele wars and of
the resources of Charterland, in a book entitled ‘Sunshine and
Storm in Rhodesia.’ 3

From this time onwards Selous gratified his ruling passion,
big-game shooting, rather as an amateur than asa professional.
In 1894-5 he visited Asia Minor on a hunting tour, and in 1897
and 1898 he made two trips to the Rocky Mountains. In -1900,
1901, and 1905 he shot in Newfoundland. In 1904 and 1906 he
was on the Macmillan River in the Yukon territory of North-
Western Canada. In later years he once more turned his attention
to Africa, this time to British Hast Africa and the Nile. Through-
out his career Selous was much more than merely a successful
game-shooter. Wherever he went he took the deepest interest in
the habits and personality of all animals encountered. Keen
observation, indefatigable patience, and a retentive memory com-
bined to make him a field naturalist of very exceptional excellence;
and these qualities, together with his enormous experience, raised
him to the position of acknowledged doyen of the whole tribe of

vi a PREFACE,

modern hunters. In 1909-1910 he organized and accompanied
Mr. Roosevelt’s hunting expedition in British East Africa.

In one of his later books, ‘African Nature Notes and
Reminiscences,’ Selous summarized his vast stores of knowledge
about many of the noblest of the African wild game; and he
wrote also two books dealing with his adventures in Asia Minor
and in North America. All his books are written in a spirit of
transparent honesty and in a simple and direct style, reflecting the
character of the author, whose straightforwardness, integrity,
hospitality, and kindness of heart were as well known to hosts of
friends as the qualities which made him so successful a hunter.
At his house at Worplesdon he built a special museum for his
numerous trophies; and nothing pleased him better than to show
visitors over this building, except, perhaps, the acquisition of fresh
additions to it.”

A memorial to Selous was presented to the Natural History
Museum by the subscribers, and was unveiled at a public ceremony
on June 10th, 1920. It is the work of the late Mr. W. R. Colton,
R.A., and consists of a bust in bronze ina granite setting with a
plaque below depicting some of the better known species of African
Big Game. The stone is a block of syenite from Bon Accord
Quarry, presented by the Union Government of South Africa.

Selous gave the Museum a number of Big Game and other
mammals, but his main collection was presented by Mrs. Selous in
1919. The majority of the specimens are heads of adult males,
and these have been arranged on the walls of the corridors on the
first floor of the building under the supervision of Captain J. G.
Dollman, who has written the Catalogue, which it is hoped may

prove of interest and utility to sportsmen.

Some extracts from Selous’ books “A Hunter’s Wanderings
in Africa” and ‘ Great and Small Game of Africa’ have been

reproduced by the kind permission of the publishers, Macmillan

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PREFACE. vil

and Co. Ltd. and Rowland Ward Ltd. respectively. The
Zoological Society of London has allowed the reprinting of extracts
from two papers by Selous that appeared in the ‘ Proceedings’ for
1881. The thanks of the Trustees are also due to Mr. Leo
Weinthal, O.B.E., for permission to reproduce the excellent
portrait of Selous, which was taken by him in 1906.

C. TATE REGAN,
Keeper of Zoology.

Bririsu Musuum (NaruraL History),
November 26, 1921.

CATALOGUE

OF THE

SELOUS COLLECTION

Tue specimens of Big Game and other Mammals dealt with in
this Catalogue were shot by the late Captain F. C. Selous, D.S.0.,
between the years 1870 and 1916, and were presented to the
Museum by Mrs. Selous in 1919. The most important of the
expeditions made by Selous during this period and the number
of specimens collected and preserved in the Collection are shown in

OF

BIG GAME.

INTRODUCTION.

*

the following Table :—

Year. Locality. Specimens.
1870 ROT cer vo pcs eiecegagicce de wea m4. eatin qa toes 8
1871-1875 | South Africa 2.0.0... cece eee 20
1876-1881 |-South Africa 2.0 00... (ccc c cece cece cee ee eee eee 54
1881-1892 | South Africa 2.0 000.0... cece cece cece eee ee eas | 89
1893 South Africa (1st Matabili War) ....... ......) —_
1894 Jslesol Maal Dj scca sa itcsiecnte tecniaaipaneercne ven tiaeioneses winded 1
1894-1895 | Asia Minor .............::::e eee eee eee tte eee eeeees 6
1895-1896 | South Africa 0.0.0 cc ccc ect cne teeter eres 30
ABiat MINGE sissiae ic isrdaccunieteteaw cand 4 iptaaen News : 1

1897

INTRODUCTION.

Year. Locality. Specimens.
1897 Wyoming...... 13
1898 Wyoming... 9
1899 Transylvania 6
1900 Canada and Newfoundland ...............0....0. 4
1901 Nowfound land ici. ccssaunssenietiicegios vanreniaamenines 4
1902 Sardinia 5
1902-1903 | Kenya Colony ie 55.
1904 Yukon Territory............, 2
1905 Newfoundland................ 3
1906 Yukon Territory......0.... cc cece eee eee oes 9
1907 Asia Minor and Norway.......000000.. 0. ce 5
1909 Kenya Colony .................. irigmecncaue soroekenibens | 61
1911 Bahr.el-Ghazal, Sudan i 15
1911-1912 | Kenya Colony ......... .0.ccccccce ce ccecee cece ee eee | 73
1915-1916 (on, Kenya Colony and Tanganyika Territory ...... | 11

active service)

The Catalogue is divided into two parts, the first of which deals
with the African Big Game Collection, containing 443 specimens,
and the second (p. 89) with 81 specimens from Europe, Asia, and
North America.

Unless the contrary is stated, the specimens referred to are all
mounted heads of adult male individuals. All horn measurements
are given in inches.

“The synonymy of the various species and subspecies given in
the Catalogue is not complete, but it is sufficient to indicate the
origin of the names used.

J. G. DOLLMAN.

16 September, 1921.

PART 1.

AFRICAN SPECIMENS.

THE SELOUS COLLECTION. 5

Orpver PRIMATES.

Family CERCOPITHECIDA.
Subfamily PITHECIN A,

WHITE-TAILED GUEREZA.
CoLosus ABYSSINICUS CAUDATUS.
Colobus guereza caudatus, Thomas, Proc. Zool. Soc, 1885, p. 219, pl. xii.

Distinguished from the Abyssinian Guereza by having the white
brush of the tail very much larger, only about 3 to 6 inches of the
base of the tail being black; the white hairs of the body-mantle,
as a rule, entirely cover the black basal part of the tail.

Typical locality, Useri, north-east slopes of Mt. Kilimanjaro.
There can be but little doubt that this monkey is fairly widely
distributed throughout Kenya Colony. Several different races of
the East African White-tailed Guereza have been described, but
the distinguishing characters are perhaps of doubtful systematic
value. Owing to the licensing restrictions now in force it is
rarely that more than one or two of these monkeys are obtained
from the same locality, and in dealing with such small differences
of -eoloration as have been used to distinguish these various
forms, a large series of specimens is needed before such differences
can be accepted as being of any systematic importance.

1-2 —19. 7.15. 1-2. Skins, stuffed, Kenya Colony.

6 THE SELOUS COLLECTION.

Orper CARNIVORA.

Family CANIDA.

SIDE-STRIPED JACKAL.
CANIS ADUSTUS.

Canis adustus, Sundevall, Ofvers. Akad. Forhandl. Stockholm, vol. iii.
p. 121, 1847.

Distinguished from the Black-backed Jackal, Canis mesomelas,
by its silvery grey coloured coat, white tail-tip, and, usually, by the
presence of a well-marked white diagonal stripe on each side of body.

Typical locality, “ Caffraria interiore”; range from the Transvaal
northwards across the Zambesi into Northern Rhodesia.

3 —19,7.15.3. July, 1895. Umniati River, Mashonaland, Southern
Rhodesia.

EAST AFRICAN GREAT-EARED FOX.
OrocYoN VIRGATUS.
Otocyon virgatus, Miller, Smithson. Misc. Collect. vol. xlii. p. 485, 1909.

A small fox-like animal with very large ears; distinguished
from the true foxes and dogs by having three or four upper molar
teeth and four lower ones un each side of the jaws. This form is
distinguished from the South African O. megalotis by the underside
of the body being buff-coloured instead of creamy white, and
having the tail marked above with a distinct black stripe. Miller
in his original description states that the skull differs from that of
megalotis in the flatter, less inflated auditory bullz, and the
absence of a notch between the angular and subangular processes
of the mandible.

Typical locality, Naivasha Station, Kenya Colony; range from
Tanganyika Territory northwards through Kenya Colony towards
Abyssinia. The Abyssinia Great-eared Fox was recently described
by Cabrera * as a distinct form under the name canescens; both

* Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 8, vol. vi. p. 462, 1910.

THE SELOUS COLLECTION. va

virgatus and canescens are probably only geographical races of the
South African megalotis.

4 —19, 7.15. 6 (sex not recorded). Skin, mounted, 1912. Northern
Guaso Nyiro, Kenya Colony.

SOUTH AFRICAN HUNTING DOG.
LYcAON PICTUS PICTUS.

Hyxna picta, Temminck, Ann. Gén. Sci. Phys. vol. iii. p. 54, pl. xxxv.,
1820,

Lycaon tricolor, Gray, Griffith’s Animal Kingdom, vol. v. p. 151, 1827.

Lycaon pictus, Garrod, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1878, p. 373.

The presence of four toes on the fore feet distinguishes the
genus Lycaon from Canis. Wars very large. General colour a
mixture of yellowish buff, blackish brown, and white, in irregular
blotches, the pattern being extremely variable; a dark frontal
stripe usually present. Skull heavily built and excessively broad,
with very massive teeth, superficially resembling those of the
Hyenide.

Typical locality, Mozambique. The Hunting Dog is very
generally distributed over the greater part of South Africa; it
still exists in certain parts of Cape Colony. The Cape Colony
Lycaon has been separated as a distinct race under the name
venaticus *, and another form has been described from Zululand
as zuluensis f.

5 —19.7.15.7. 21 October, 1884. Nata River, Western Matabili-

land, Southern Rhodesia.

Family HYHNIDA.

DESERT STRIPED HYNA.
Hy ana HYZNA BERGERI.

Hyzxna (Hyena) hienomelas bergeri, Matschie, Sitzber. Ges. nat. Freunde,
1910,p.361. °° ‘ ;

Hyzna hyena bergeri, Roosevelt and..Heller, Life-histories of African
Game Animals, vol. i. p..255, 1915.

* Burchell, Travels in S. Africa, vol. i..p. 456, 1822.
+ Thomas, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 7, vol. xiv. p. 98, 1904,

8 THE SELOUS COLLECTION.

Distinguished from its near ally Hyena hyena schillingsi by
its smaller size, more indistinct and lighter stripes, and the
yellowish buff colour of the feet.

Typical locality, Elgeyo Escarpment, Uasin Gishu Plateau,
Kenya Colony; range appears to extend northwards from the
Uasin Gishu Plateau and Northern Guaso Nyiro towards Lake
Rudolf and Southern Abyssinia. A name has been given to the
Striped Hyzna from the Northern Guaso Nyiro by Lonnberg *,
but according to Roosevelt and Heller +, who had the opportunity
of examining a large series of specimens from this locality, there
is no difference of systematic value between the Northern Guaso
Nyiro specimens and bergeri.

6 —19. 7.15.8 (sex not recorded). 1912. Northern Guaso Nyiro,

Kenya Colony.

SOUTH AFRICAN SPOTTED HYANA.
Fi CROCUTA CROCUTA CAPENSIS.

Hyzna capensis, Desmarest, Mamm. vol. i. p, 216, 1820.
Crocuta capensis, Trouessart, Cat. Mamm. Suppl. p. 2438, 1905.

Members of this genus are easily distinguished from the
Striped Hyzenas by the absence cf the dorsal mane, smaller ears,
and the spotted markings on the body; the skull is shorter and
wider, and the lower carnassial tooth is without the heel.

Type locality, Cape Colony. In Cape Colony this hyena
is now nearly extinct; in Zululand and parts of the Transvaal it
is still found, and further north it is fairly plentiful. In 1900
Matschie ¢ described a Spotted Hyzna from the Orange River
Colony under the name Hyena (Crocotta) gariepensis; the
following specimens may belong to this race, but there is not suffi-
cient material at present available for examination to justify the
recognition of this form.

7 —19.7,15.9. 20 July, 1880. Umfuli River, Mashonaland,
Southern Rhodesia.

8 —19.7.15.10 (female). October, 1892. Near Pungwe River,
Mozambique.

* Hyena schillingsi rendilis, Lonnberg, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist, ser, 8,
vol, ix. p. 64, 1912

+ Life-histories of Afrivan Game Animala, vol, i. p. 256, 1915.

{ Sitzber. Ges. nat. Freunde, 1900, p. 26.

THE SELOUS COLLECTION. 9

EASTERN SPOTTED HY NA.
CROCUTA CROCUTA GERMINANS.
Hyena (Crocotta) germinans, Matschie, Sitzber. Ges, nat. Freunde, 1900,
p. 26.
Hyena crocuta germinans, Roosevelt, African Game Trails, Amer. ed.,
p. 473 ; London ed., p. 485, 1910.

Crocuta crocuta germinans, Roosevelt and Heller, Life-histories of African
Game Animals, vol. i. p. 261, 1915.

Distinguished from the South African race by its smaller size
and rather narrower skull. The colour of the body is extremely
variable and the dark spots are very large.

Typical locality, Lake Rukwa, Tanganyika Territory. This
hyzna would appear to be very widely distributed in East Africa,
being found throughout the greater part of Kenya Colony and
Tanganyika Territory. North of the Northern Guaso Nyiro and
through the Lake Rudolf region towards Abyssinia its place is
taken by Crocuta crocuta fisi, described by Heller * from the area
between the Northern Guaso Nyiro and Mount Marsabit. The
names kibonotensis, panganensis, and nzoy@ must be regarded as
synonyms of germinans.

9 —19. 7.15.11 (female). 13 December, 1902. Nairobi, Kenya
Colony.

Family FELIDA.

LION.
FELIS LEo.
Felis leo, Linn, Syst. Nat. ed. 10, vol. i. p. 41, 1758; ed. 12, vol. i. p. 60,
1766.

In “A Hunter’s Wanderings in Africa” + Selous gives the
following account of the variations met with in the South African
Lion:—* All over the interior of South Africa, wherever game still
exists in sufficient quantities to furnish them with food, lions are

* Smithson, Mise. Collect. vol. lxi. no. 22, p. 5, 1914.
+ p. 257, 1881.

10 THE SELOUS COLLECTION.

to be met with, and are equally plentiful on the high, open downs
of the Mashunz country, amongst the rough broken hills, through
which run many of the tributaries of the Zambesi, in the dense
thorn-thickets to the west of the Gwai River, or in the marshy
country in the neighbourhood of Linyanti. As, however, they are
nocturnal in their habits, and usually lie asleep during the daytime,
in beds of reeds, or in the midst of dense thickets, it is only by
chance that one comes across them, even in parts of the country
where, from hearing their voices at nights, and constantly seeing
their spoor, there can be no doubt that they are plentiful. All the
Dutch hunters in the interior, as well.as many Europeans, who
pretend to higher scientific attainments, say that there are at least
three distinct. species of lions in South Africa; whilst some assert
that there are four or even five. Their distinctions are all based
upon the length and colour of the mane, the general colour of the
coat, the spots on the feet, and the comparative size of the animals.
For my part, and judging from my own very limited experience of
lions, I cannot see that there is any reason for supposing that
more than one species exists, and as out of fifty male lion skins
scarcely two will be found exactly alike in the colour and length
of the mane, I think it would be as reasonable to suppose that
there are twenty species as three. The fact is, that between the
animal with hardly a vestige of a mane, and the far handsomer
but much less common beast with a long flowing black mane, every
possible intermediate variety may be found. This I say emphati-
cally, after having seen a great many skins, and I entirely deny
that three well-marked and constant varieties exist. On June 6,
1879, I came across two fine old male lions on the Mababe flat,
‘lying together under the same bush, and shot them both. One
was a full-maned lion with a very dark-coloured skin, the other a
very light-coloured animal with scareely any mane atall. In size
they were nearly as possible equal, the skins, when pegged out,
measuring 10 feet 10 inches and 10 feet 9 inches respectively. A
few months afterwards Mr. H: C. Collison and myself again came
across two lions, the one dark-coloured, with a full, blackish mane,
the other a yellow-looking animal with but little mane. A day or
two later we shot two lionesses. he one killed by my friend
carried in her womb three cubs (two males and a female) that
would probably have seen the light a few hours later. Of the two

. THE SELOUS COLLECTION. 11

male cubs the one, owing to the dark colour of the tips of the
hairs, was almost black, whilst the other was reddish yellow. The
skin of the female cub was also of a light colour..... a

The Lion has been completely exterminated in the country south
of the Orange River; it still occurs in parts of the Transvaal and
Zululand, and in Rhodesia and Bechuanaland is found in consider-
able numbers.

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—19.7 15.14, Skin. 10 November, 1883, Umzweswi River,
Mashonaland, Southern Rhodesia.

—19.7,15.15. Skin. 6 October, 1884. North Kalahari, near
Metsi butluku.

—19. 7.15.16. Skin. October, 1892. Between Pungwe River
and Lake Sungwe, Mozambique.

—19.7.15.17. Skin. 16 July, 1880. Near junction of Gwibi
and Hanyani Rivers, Mashonaland, Southern Rhodesia.

—19. 7.15.18 (female). Skin. 16 July, 1880. Near junction of
Gwibi and Hanyani Rivers, Southern Rhodesia.

—19.7.15.19 (female). 16 July, 1880. Near junction of Gwibi
and Hanyani Rivers, Southern Rhodesia.

—19. 7.15. 20-21. Skins. 6 June, 1879. Mababi Plain, Khama’s
Country, Bechuanaland.

—19.7.15.22-23 (females). Skins. 4 June, 1879. Mababi
Plain, Khama’s Country, Bechuanaland.

—19. 7.15.24 (female). Skin. 20 October, 1879. ° Mababi
Plain, Khama’s Country, Bechuanaland.

—19. 7.15.25. Skin. 5 May, 1879. Botletlie River, Khama’s

_ Country, Bechuanaland. :

—19.7.15.26. Skin. 22 June, 1882. Bili River, Mashonaland,
Southern Rhodesia. _

—19. 7.15.27 (female). Skin. 14 September, 1879. Linyanti,
north bank of Chobe River.

—19.7..15.28 (female), Skin. 8 June, 1883. Umgezi River,
Mashonaland, Southern Rhodesia.

—19.7.15.29 (female). Skin. December, 1874, Upper Tati
River, Tati District, Southern Rhodesia.

—19. 7.15.30. Skin. 1886. Umzingwani River, 20 miles south
of Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia.

—19.7.15.31 (female), Skin. 7 July, 1880. Near Umfuli
River, Mashonaland, Southern Rhodesia.

—19.7.15.32. Skin, mounted. December, 1891. Hartley
Hills, Umfuli River, Mashonaland, Southern Rhodesia,

12 THE SELOUS COLLECTION.

LEOPARD.
FELIS PARDUS.

Felis: pardus, Linn. Syst. Nat. ed. 10, vol. i. p. 41, 1758; ed. 12, vol. i.
p. 61, 1766.
The Leopard is still found in South Africa, in the country
south of the Orange River, but is gradually being exterminated.
In Southern Rhodesia the species is by no means rare.

29 —19. 7.15.33 (female). Skin, mounted. July, 1895. Near the
Sebakwi River, Eastern Matabililand, Southern Rhodesia.

EAST AFRICAN SERVAL.
FELIS CAPENSIS HINDEI.

Felis capensis hindet, Wroughton, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 8, vol. v.
p. 205, 1910.

Closely allied to the typical race; dark markings broad, the
median dorsal lines usually broken into quite short lengths.
General colour of body rich buff, much as in the South African
form.

Typical locality, Machakos, Ulu District, Kenya Colony. This
Serval appears to be widely distributed throughout East Africa,
specimens having been recorded from as far north as Lado, and
southwards through Kenya Colony into Tanganyika Territory.

30 —19. 7.15.34 (sex not recorded). Skin, mounted. . Sungari
Rongai River, Kenya Province, Kenya Colony.

SOUTH AFRICAN CHEETAH.
ACINONYX JUBATUS JUBATUS.

Felis jubata, Hrxleben, Syst. Reg. Anim. p. 510, 1777.
Acinonys jubatus, Elliot, Cat. Mamm., Field Mus. (Field Mus. Zool. Pub.
No. 115, vol. viii.) p. 396, 1907.

The South African Cheetah is rather smaller than the East
African races, with the general ground-colour rather darker and
spots smaller; in appearance it more nearly resembles the Indian
Cheetah, Acinonyx venaticus.

In South Africa the Cheetah is still plentiful in Southern
Rhodesia and parts of the Kalahari.

31 —19.7.15.37. September, 1885. Umfuli River, Mashonaland,
Southern Rhodesia,

THE SELOUS COLLECTION. 18

co

OrpER UNGULATA.

Family BOVIDA.

Subfamily BOVINA.

SOUTH AFRICAN BUFFALO.
SYNCERUS CAFFER CAFFER.,
Bos caffer, Sparrman, K, Svenska Vet.-Ak. Handl. vol. xl. p. 79, 1779.
Bos (Bubalus) caffer, H. Smith, Griffith’s Animal Kingdom, vol. iv.
p. 384, v. p. 871, 1827.
Bos caffer typicus, Lydekker, Wild Oxen, Sheep, and Goats, p. 97, 1898.

Syncerus caffer caffer, Hollister, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, vol. xxiv.
p. 192, 1911.

Size large; horns bent sharply backwards a short distance from
base. General colour blackish, occasionally reddish brown.

Of the three bulls in the Collection, No. 19.7.15.39 has
the largest horns:—greatest width outside 442; inside width
39; depth of palm over curve 133; spread from tip to tip 29.
The horns of the cow, which is a brownish red-coloured specimen,
are considerably more slender :—greatest width outside 39; inside
width 351; depth of palm 7; spread from tip to tip 263.

Typical locality, Sunday River, near Algoa Bay, South Africa,
the range. extending into Northern Natal and Rhodesia. ‘Two
other forms of South African Buffalo haye been described*, garie-
pensis from the Orange River Colony, and limpopoénsis from
Swaziland; the horn characters that have been used to distinguish
these so-called species are, however, so very unsatisfactory that it
seems best to ignore these two names, and consider the following
specimens as representing the typical race, which may be called
the South African Buffalo.

* Matschie, Sitzber, Ges. nat. Freunde, 1906, pp. 166 & 167.

14 THE SELOUS COLLECTION.

32 —19. 7.15.89. October, 1877. South ‘bank of Chobe River,
west of Sunta Outlet.

33 —19.7.15.40 (female). October, 1877. South bank of Chobe
River, opposite Linyanti.

34 —19, 7.15.41. November, 1876. Ramokwebani River, Western
Matabililand, Southern Rhodesia.

35 —19.7,15.42. September, 1887. Near Angwa River, Mashona-

land, Southern Rhodesia.

EAST AFRICAN BUFFALO.
SYNCERUS CAFFER RADCLIFFEI.

Bubalus caffer radclifei, Thomas, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1904, vol, i. p. 371.

Bos caffer radcliffei, Lydekker, Game Animals of Africa, p. 70, 1908.

Syncerus caffer radcliffei, Hollister, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, vol. xxiv.

p. 192, 1911.

Similar to the South African race in size and colour, but
differing in the palm of the horn base being smooth, not roughened
by transverse ridges as in Syncerus caffer caffer. The horns are
also said to average a little longer.

Two fine heads of this Buffalo were obtained by Selous during
his hunting trip to the Northern Guaso Nyiro in 1912; the best
head (No. 19. 7.15.43) measures as follows:—greatest width
outside 40; greatest width inside 35; width across palm on face of
horn 12; spread from tip to tip 263.

Typical locality, Ankoli, South-West Uganda; range from
Northern Uganda southwards to Tanganyika Territory, extending
as far east as the northern Guaso Nyiro Valley and along the Tana
River to the coast, and as far west as Mt. Ruwenzori and Lake
Kivu.

36-37 —19.7.15.48-44. 1912. Northern Guaso Nyiro, Kenya
Colony. ‘

Subfamily ALCELAPHINAL

COKE HARTEBEEST.
ALCELAPHUS COKEI COKEI.

Alcelaphus coket, Giinther, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 5, vol. xiv. p. 426,
1884,

Bubalis coket cokei, Lydekker & Blaine, Cat. Ungulate Mamm. Brit. Mus.
vol, ii, p. 15, 1914,

THE SELOUS COLLECTION. 15

Size medium, shoulder-height about 48 inches. Horns wide-
spread and bracket-shaped, good horns measuring from 17 to 21
inchés on front curve. Head comparatively short, much shorter
than in the Lelwel Hartebeests. General colour reddish or
brownish buff.

The specimen from Voi (No. 19. 7.15.75) possesses the best
horns :—length on front curve 17; circumference 10; spread from
tip to tip 152.

Typical locality, Usagara, Tanganyika Territory ; range includes
the southern part of Kenya Colony south-west of the Tana River
and extends southwards into Tanganyika Territory. The Coke
Hartebeest found in the highlands of Kenya Colony from the eastern
slopes of Mt. Kenya and Lake Naivasha southwards to the Victoria
Nyanza and north-west part of Tanganyika Territory has been
described by-Heller * as a distinct race, under the name kongont.
From the material at present available for examination the
distinctive characters attributed to this form do not seem to justify
such a separation, and thus the specimens shot by Selous at Simba
and in the Naivasha Province are here referred to the typical form.

38-39 —19.7.15.71-72. January, 1903. Simba, Ulu District,
Kenya Colony.

40-41 —19.7.15. 73-74 (females). 16 January, 1903. Simba, Ulu
District, Kenya Colony.

42 —19.7.15.75. 28 January, 1903. Voi, Taita and Taveta
District, Kenya Colony.
43 —19.7.15.76. Naivasha Province, Kenya Colony.

NAKURU HARTEBEEST.
ALCELAPHUS COKEI NAKURE.

Bubalis nakurz, Heller, Smithson. Misc. Collect. vol. Ix. no. 8, p. 6, 1912.
Bubalis cokei nakure, Lydekker & Blaine, Cat. Ungulate Mamm. Brit.
Mus. vol. ii. p. 16, 1914.

Similar in size to the typical race; distinguished by the horns
being less widely spread, more as in the Neumann Hartebeest, to
which form Selous referred his specimens in the “Catalogue of
Trophies. Specimens of Natural History,” Worplesdon, 1903.

The best head in the following series is No. 19. 7.15. 64,

* Smithson. Misc, Collect. vol. lx. no. 8, p. 5, 1912.

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16 THE SELOUS COLLECTION,

which has the following horn measurements :—length on front
curve 20; circumference 113; spread from tip to tip 113.
Typical locality, near Lake Nakuru, Naivasha District, Kenya
Colony. So far as is at present known this race has a very limited
range, from Elmenteita to Lake Baringo.
44-45 —19.7.15.64-65. 20 December, 1902. South end of Lake
Nakuru, Naivasha District, Kenya Colony.

46-47 ---19.7,15.66-67. 1 February, 1903. South end of Lake
Nakuru, Naivasha District, Kenya Colony.

48 ---19. 7.15.68. 2 February, 1903. South end of Lake
Nakuru, Naivasha District, Kenya Colony.

49-50 —19.7.15.69-70 (females). 1 February, 1903. South end

of Lake Nakuru, Naivasha District, Kenya Colony.

JACKSON LELWEL HARTEBEEST.
ALCELAPHUS LELWEL JACKSONI.

Bubalis jacksoni, Thomas, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 6, vol. ix. p, 386,
1892; Proc. Zool. Soc, 1904, vol. i. p. 455.

Bubalis lelwel jacksoni, Lydekker, Game Animals of Africa, p. 107, 1908.

Size rather larger than in coke?, height at shoulder about 52
inches. Distinguished by the greater elongation of the head and
extreme development of the horn-pedicle. The Jackson Harte-
beest is distinguished from the typical /elwel by the absence of
dark markings on the legs and face. General body colour
yellowish rufous. Gvod horns from 24 to 26 inches in length on
front curve.

Of the five males in the Collection No. 19.7.15.77 has the
best horns :—length on front curve 24; circumference 113; spread
from tip to tip 104.

Type locality, Kavirondo; range appears to extend eastwards
into Kenya Colony as far as the Ravine Station. Heller* has
recently described the Kenya Lelwel Hartebeest as distinct from
jacksoni, under the name keni@, on account of its wider spread
horns, shorter horn-pedicle, and rather paler colour.

51-52 -—19.7.15.77-78. Uasin Gishu Plateau, Kenya Colony,

53 —19, 7.15.79 (female). Uasin Gishu Plateau, Kenya Colony.
54-56 —19.7.15.80-82. Uasin Gishu Plateau, Kenya Colony.

* Smithson. Misc. Collect. vol. 1xi. no. 17, p. 8, 1913.

THE SELOUS COLLECTION. 17

SELBORNE ROOI HARTEBEEST.
ALCELAPHUS CAAMA SELBORNEI.

Bubalis caama. selbornei, Lydekker, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1913, p. 820, fig. 135,
Abstract No. 119, p. 19.

Closely related to the extinct Cape Rooi Hartebeest, the typical
race, which appears to have been confined to the area south of the
Orange River. The present race was founded on a specimen from
Kimberley, imported from the Transvaal; it is said to differ from
caama in being paler in colour, and in having the dark face blaze
mixed with tawny and not extending to the horns and muzzle.
The light marking between the eyes is also more extensive, and
the dark markings on the limbs are less developed and less intense.
Distinguished from the Lelwel Hartebeest by the dark face blaze,
light marking between eyes, dark.markings on limbs, and light
coloured rump. The horns, mounted on a high pedicle, curve
forwards above the V and then turn sharply backwards, almost at
right angles; they are about equal in length to those of jacksont,
good horns from 24 to 26 inches in length along the front curve.

Best horn measurements (No. 19. 7.15. 84):—length on front
curve 231; circumference 12; spread from tip to tip 10}.

This race extends northwards from the Orange River into
Southern Rhodesia and Bechuanaland.

Selous * gives the following account of the distribution of the
Rooi Hartebeest :—‘ The range of this Antelope is very similar to
that of the Gemsbuck. It is still found in Griqualand West, in
some parts being fairly plentiful. All along the eastern border of
the Kalahari Desert it is also to be found, and extends as far east
as the river Serule on the road from Bamangwato to Tati. In
the neighbourhood of the saltpans lying between the Botletlie
River and the road from Bamangwato to the Zambesi, it is very
plentiful, and may be met with in large herds. It does not,
however, extend its range to the north of these saltpans, and is
unknown in all the country between the Chobe and Mababe rivers,
as it is also in the Matabele and Mashuna countries. . . . . ‘-

* Proc. Zool, Soc. 1881, p. 763.

18 THE SELOUS COLLECTION,

57 —19.7.15.83.: 4 December, 1876. Near Goqui River,
Khama’s Country, Bechuanaland.
58-59 —19.7.15.84-85. April, 1888. Near Meesa, Khama’s
Country, Bechuanaland.
60 —19.7.15.86 (female), 13 February, 1879. Batlanarma,
east border of Kalahari.

LICHTENSTEIN HARTEBEEST.
ALCELAPHUS LICHTENSTEINI.

Antilope lichtensteini, Peters, Mitth. Ges. nat, Freunde, 18 Dec. 1849;
Reise nach Mossambique, Saugeth. vol. i. p. 190, pls. xliii., xliv., 1852.

Alcelaphus lichtensteini, Gerrard, Cat. Bones Mamm. Brit. Mus. p. 243,
1862.

Size much as in the Lelwel Hartebeests, height at shoulder
about 48 inches. Face shorter, the frontal region not markedly
elongated. Horns mounted on a short and very broad pedicle,
stouter and shorter than in the foregoing forms; good horns
measure from 20 to 28 inches in length along the front curve.
General colour brownish buff, rather redder on the back; chin,
front of lower part of legs, and tail-tuft black. Rump nearly as
pale in colour as in caama.

Of the four males in the Collection No. 19. 7.15.87 possesses
the finest horns, measuring as follows :—length on front curve 19;
circumference 123; spread from tip to tip 43. The females carry
very much smaller horns, the largest in the following series being
No. 19. 7.15. 91:—length on front curve 144; circumference 82;
spread from tip to tip 4.

Type locality, Tette, Mozambique ; range includes Mozambique,
Southern and Northern Rhodesia, Nyasaland, and parts of Tanga-
nyika Territory.

Selous * gives the following account of the distribution of this
species :— This fine antelope, whose range is now known to extend
over large areas of country to the north of the Zambesi in Central
and East Central Africa, as well as over a considerable part of
South-East Africa to the south of that river, was first discovered
by the German naturalist, Dr. Peters, in the neighbourhood of
Sena on the lower Zambesi, and by him named after his compatriot,
the traveller Dr. Lichtenstein. South of the point where

* Great and Small Game of Africa, p. 160, 1899,

THE SELOUS COLLECTION. 19

Dr. Peters first met with it, this hartebeest is found throughout
the greater part of the low-lying coast-country between the
Zambesi and the Sabi, and although its range has not been
accurately determined in this direction, it probably extends into
certain districts of the country to the south of the lower course of
the latter river. This species is fairly common on both sides of
the central and upper course of the Sabi River, as far north as a
point some 50 miles south of Mount Wedaza, and from there east-
wards’ may be met with to within a few miles of Massikessi.
Westwards from the central Sabi a few stragglers range as far as
and even beyond the Lunti River, while in 1885 a small herd of
six suddenly appeared in northern Mashonaland, near the Hanyani
River, some 20 miles to the north-west of where Salisbury now
stands. .... Throughout the greater part of the country in which
I have travelled to the north of the Zambesi, I have met with
Lichtenstein’s Hartebeest; and it is one of the commonest
antelopes on the Table-lands lying between the Zambesi and the
Kafukwi, as well as all over the country to the north of the latter
river, which is where I first met with it in 1877-78... .”

61 —19.7.15.87. October, 1892. Between the Pungwe River
and Lake Sungwe, Mozambique.

62 —19. 7.15.88 (female). October, 1892. Between the Pungwe
River and Lake Sungwe, Mozambique.

63 —19. 7.15.89. August, 1891. Pungwe River; Mozambique.

64-65 —19.7.15.90-91 (male and female). October, 1892. Pungwe
River, Mozambique.
66 —19. 7.15.92. 22 December, 1877. Near Sitanda, Lukanga
River, North-East Rhodesia.

BONTEBOK.
DAMALISCUS PYGARGUS.

Antilope dorcas, Pallas, Mise. Zool. p. 6, 1766, nec Capra dorcas, Linn,

Antilope pygarga, Pallas, Spicil. Zool. fase. i. p. 10, 1767; fase, xii.
p. 15, 1777.

Damalis pygarga, Gray, Ann. Mag. ‘Nat. Hist. ser. 1, vol. xviii. p. 233,
1846; List Osteol. Brit. Mus. p. 59, 1847; Proc. Zool. Soc. 1850,
p. 141; Knowsley Menagerie, p. 21, 1850; Cat. Ungulata Brit. Mus.
p. 127, 1852; Cat, Ruminants Brit. Mus. p. 45, 1872; Hand-List
Ruminants Brit. Mus. p. 116, 1873.

‘Damaliscus pygargus, Sclater and Thomas, Book of Antelopes, vol. i.

p. 73, pl. viii., 1895.
; C2:

20 THE SELOUS COLLECTION.

The members of this genus are distinguished from the Harte-
beests by their shorter faces and absence of horn-pedicles, the
frontals not being specially developed for this purpose as in Alce-
laphus. In pygargus the height at the shoulder is about 40 inches.
Horns sublyrate, fine horns measure from 15 to 163 inches in
length. General colour rufous brown, dark purplish brown on
flanks. and upper parts of limbs, paler on shoulders and saddle.
Conspicuous white blaze on forehead, continued forwards as a
broad nose-stripe. Ears brownish buff. Base of tail and patch on
rump white. Lower parts of limbs white on outer sides. Belly
white, sharply marked off from brown flanks.

Best horn measurements (No. 19. 7.15. 93) :—length on front
curve 15; circumference 67; spread from tip to tip-84. The
best of the two females is No. 19.7. 15. 97, which has the following
horn measurements :—length on front curve 143; circumference
57; spread from tip to tip 68.

Typical locality, Cape Colony; the range formerly extended as
far north as the Orange River. At the present time the species is
extinct in the wild state. Selous secured his specimens from one
of the two farms where the Bontebok is preserved.

67-68 —19.7.15.93-94. April, 1895. Nachtwacht Farm, near
Cape Agulhas, Cape Colony.
69 —19.7.15.95 (immature). November, 1896. Nachtwacht
Farm, near Cape Agulhas, Cape Colony.
70-71 —19.7,15.96-97 (females). Skull and horns. Nachtwacht
‘Farm, near Cape Agulhas, Cape Colony.

BLESBOK.
DAMALISCUS ALBIFRONS.

Antilope albifrons, Burchell, Travels in 8, Africa, vol. ii. p, 335, 1824.

Damatis albifrons, Gray, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 1, vol. xviii, p, 233,
1846; Proc. Zool. Soc. 1850, p. 141; Knowsley Menagerie, p. 22,
pl. xxii. fig. 1, 1850; Cat. Ungulata Brit. Mus. p. 129; 1852; Cat.
Ruminants Brit, Mus. p. 45,1872; Hand-List Ruminants Brit. Mus.
p. 116, 1873.

Damaliscus albifrons, Sclater and Thomas, Book of Antelopes, vol. i.
p. 79, pl. ix., 1895.

Very similar to the Bontebok, distinguished by the absence of
the purplish-black body markings, the white forehead blaze being

IE SHLOUS COLLECTION. 21

frequently separated from the white nasal marking by a transverse
rufous band, the ears being nearly white, base of tail and rump
but very little lighter than back, lower part of limbs being rufous-
brown on outer sides, and the under parts of body brownish in
front, dirty white behind. Good horns from 16 to 182 inches in
length.

There are only two specimens of this rare Antelope in the
Collection, both being females ; the mounted head, No. 19. 7.15. 98,
has the longest horns, which measure as follows :—length on front
curve 133; circumference 5; spread from tip to tip 5.

The exact position of the typical locality is not known, but was
probably Cape Colony. Formerly the Blesbok was found through-
out the northern part of Cape Colony, and its range extended as
far north as Bechuanaland. Like the preceding species, the
Blesbok can no longer be regarded as existing in the wild state;
it is preserved on a number of farms in the Transvaal, Orange
River Colony, and Cape Colony.

72 —19.7.15.98 (female). 28 February, 1879, Western
Transvaal, . :
73 —19. 7.15.99 (female). Skulland horns. May, 1895. Drei-

fontein, Orange River Colony.

SASSABY, oz TSESEBE.
DAMALISCUS LUNATUS.

Antilope lwnata, Burchell, Travels in S. Africa, vol. ii, p. 334, 1824;
List Quadr. presented to Brit. Mus. p. 5, 1825.

Damalis tuncta, H. Smith, Griffith’s Animal Kingdom, vol. iv. p. 352,
vol. v. p. 864, 1827.

Damaliscus lunatus, Sclater and Thomas, Book of Antelopes, vol. i.
p. 85, pl. x., 1895.

Size larger than in albifrons and pygargus; shoulder-height
about 48 inches. General colour chocolate-rufous, dark purplish-
brown on face, shoulders, haunches, and upper parts of legs;
shanks brownish buff. Belly dark brown in front, whitish behind ;
no line of demarcation between flanks and belly. Horns very
different from those of the Blesbok and Bontebok, being widely
divergent in the basal part. Good horns measure from 16 to
174 inches in length, 7} to 8% inches in circumference, and spread
from tip to tip from 114 to 133.

29 {HE SELOUS COLLECTION.

Best horn measurements (No. 19.7.15. 101) :—length on
front curve 153; circumference 8}; spread from tip to tip 122.
The female specimen (No.19.7.15.103) has horns of the
following size:—length on front curve 14; circumference 6;
spread from tip to tip 10.

Typical locality, Cape Colony; the range of distribution is very
considerable, extending as far north as the south end of Lake
Tanganyika.

74 —19.7.15.100. August, 1892. Near Hanyani River,
Mashonaland, Southern Rhodesia.

75 —19.7.15.101. 13 October, 1877. Near Daka, Wankie,
60 miles south of Victoria Falls.

76 —19.7.15.102. July, 1882. Mashonaland, Southern
Rhodesia,

77 —19. 7,15. 103 (female). 22 September, 1880. Mashona-

land, Southern Rhodesia.

TIANG.
DaMALIScUS KORRIGUM TIANG.

Bubalus lunatus, Sundevall, K. Svenska Vet.-Ak. Handl. 1842, pp. 201
and 243, nec Antilope lunata, Burchell.

Damalis tiang, Heuglin, Nova Acta Ac. Cas. Leop.-Car. vol. xxx. pt. 2,
p. 22, pl. i., 1863. :

Damaliscus tiang, Sclater and Thomas, Book of Antelopes, vol. i. p. 63,
1895.

Damatliscus corrigum tiang, Lydekker, Great and Smali Game of Africa,
p. 166, 1899; Game Animals of Africa, p. 117, 1908.

Damatiscus korrigum tiang, Pocock, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1910, p. 902.

Size as in the preceding species, height at shoulder from 48 to
52 inches. Horns larger, thicker, more strongly ridged and not
nearly so widely spread at base, the divergence taking place very
gradually ; good horns measure from 19 to 22} inches along curve.
General body-colour cinnamon, rather paler than in the following
race; nose with well-marked blackish blaze. Lower parts of limbs
bright tan-coloured, insides darker than in typical form.

The only specimen of the Tiang in the Collection was obtained
during the expedition Selous made to the Bahr-el-Ghazal after the
Derby Eland in 1911; the horn measurements are as follows :—
length on front curve 20}; circumference 93; spread from tip to
tip 84.

TttE SELOUS COLLECTION. 23

Typical locality Sobat Valley, Sudan; range from the Albert
Nyanza in the south to east of Lake Rudolf, and northwards

through the Bahr-el-Ghazal across the Sobat River to the Blue
Nile.

78 —-19.7.15.524. 1911. Bahr-el-Ghazal Province, Sudan.

JIMELA.
DaMALiscus KORRIGUM JIMELA,

Damaliscus senegalensis, Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1886, p. 176; 1890,
p. 354,

Damalis jimela, Matschie, Sitzber. Ges. nat. Freunde, 1892, p. 135.

Damatliscus jimela, Sclater and Thomas, Book of Antelopes, vol. i. p. 67,
1895.

Damaliscus corrigum jimela, Lydekker, Great and Small Game of Africa,
p. 166, 1899; Game Animals of Africa, p. 118, 1908.

Damaliscus korrigum jimela, Pocock, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1910, p. 903.

Similar in size to the Tiang; differs in being darker in colour
and having rather smaller horns. The glossy sheen on the coat is
a very conspicuous feature’in this race.

Best horn measurements (No. 19. 7. 15.104) :—length on front
curve 172; circumference 83; spread from tip to tip 82.

Typical locality, Juba Valley, East Africa; range from Northern
Uganda southwards across the Uasin Gishu Plateau to the southern
shores of the Victoria Nyanza. It has also been found along the
Tana and Sabaki rivers.

79 --19.7.15.104. 29 December, 1902. Near Londiani, Ravine
District, Kenya Colony.
80-81 —19.7.15.105-106. January, 1902. Near Londiani, Ravine
District, Kenya Colony.
82-83 —19.7.15.107-108. Uasin Gishu Plateau, Uasin Gishu Dis.
trict, Kenya Colony.

Damaliscus korrigum seloust, described by Lydekker * from a
head presented to the Museum in 1907 by Selous, shot at the same
localities as Nos. 19. 7. 15. 104-106, appears to have been founded
on one of the many colour variations to which this race is subject.

* Damaliscus corrigum selousi, Lydekker, Field, vol. cx. p. 250, 1907;
Game Animals of Africa, p. 117, 1908.

D4 yi sELOoUS COLLECTION.

GNU, or WILDEBEEST.
COoNNOCH ATES GNU.

Bos gnou, Zimmermann, Spec. Zool. Geogr. p. 372, 1772 ; misspelt.

Antilope gnu, Gmelin, Linn.’s Syst. Nat. vol. i. p. 189, 1788.

Connochextes gnu, Gray, Cat. Ungulata Brit. Mus. p. 119, 1852; Ann.
Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 4, vol. iv. p. 291, 1869; Cat. Ruminants Brit.
Mus. p. 43, 1872; Hand-List Ruminants Brit. Mus. p. 113, 1873,

In the members of this genus the horns are not united in a
common pedicle, being more as in the Buffalo with an expanded
basal region. A well-developed mane is present on the neck. The
South African Gnu is distinguished from the other members of
the genus by its white tail, short snout, large orbits, and the shape
of the horns, which in the adult curve forward and downward and
then upward and backward. There is no marked shoulder hump,
but the hind quarters are very prominent. Height at shoulder
about 46 inches. Dorsal vertebre fourteen in number. Good
horns measure from 23 to 262 inches on the front curve.

Best horn measurement (No. 19.7.15.111):—length over
curve 263; width of palm in straight line 71; spread from tip to
tip 143.

Ty pe locality, Cape Colony; formerly this species was widely
distributed over Africa south of the Limpopo, but is now practically
exterminated in the wild state.

84-85 —19.7.15.109-110. May, 1895. Mahemfontein, Orange
River Colony.
86 —19.7.15,111. Skull and horns. Caledon, Cape Colony.
87-92 -——19.7.15.112-117 (sexes not recorded). Horns. Orange
River Colony.

BRINDLED GNU, on BLUE WILDEBEEST.
CONNOCHAETES TAURINUS TAURINUS.

Antilope taurina, Burchell, Travels in 8, Africa, vol. ii, p. 278, 1824;
List Quadr. presented to Brit. Mus. p. 7, 1825.

Catoblepas tawrinus, H. Smith, Griffith’s Animal Kingdom, vol. iv. p. 369,
vol. v. p. 368, 1827.

Catoblepas gorgon, H. Smith, Griffith’s Animal Kingdom, vol. iv. p. 371,
vol. v. p. 369, 1827.

Connochetes gorgon, Gray, Cat. Ungulata Brit, Mus. p. 121, 1852,

Gorgon fasciatus, Gray, Cat. Ruminants Brit. Mus. p. 43,1872; Hand-
List Ruminants Brit. Mus. p. 114, 1873.

Til seLots COLLECTION. 25

Connocheztes taurinus, Sclater, List Anim. Zool. Gardens, p. 150, 1883;
Proc. Zool. Soc. 1900, p. 771, pl. xlviii.

Connochextes taurinus taurinus, Lydekker and Blaine, Cat. Ungulate
Mamm. Brit, Mus. vol. ii. p. 56, 1914.

Size larger than in Connochetes gnu; shoulder-height from 51
to 52 inches, hind quarters sloping more as in Alcelaphus. Horns
narrower at base and directed outwards to start with, then curving
upwards and inwards. No long fringe between fore legs, such as
occurs in Connochetes gnu. General colour considerably greyer,
with a suggestion of dark stripes on neck and shoulders. Tail-
tuft brownish black. Snout long, and dorsal vertebrx thirteen in
number. ‘Distinguished from the white-bearded race by the throat
fringe being very dark brown in colour.

Best horn measurements (No. 19.7.15.118) :—outside
width 304; inside width 264; length over curve 27; width of
palm in straight line 5; spread from tip to tip 183.

Typical locality, Bechuanaland ; range extends northwards as
far as the Zambesi and N. Rhodesia.

Selous * gives the following account of the distribution of the
Blue Wildebeest in South Africa in 1881 :—“ This animal is met
with on the western borders of Griqualand West and all along the
eastern ridge of the Kalahari Desert, and all over South Central
Africa wherever I have travelled from the Limpopo to the
Zambesi, and from the Mashuna country to Lake Ngami it is to be
met with in those districts that are suitable to its habits. Like the
Tsessebe it is partial to open downs devoid of bush, or open glades
in the forest, and is never met with in hilly countries. On the
Mababe flat it congregates in immense herds during the dry season.
In the Manica country, north of the Zambesi, I did not see any
Blue Wildebeest ; but the natives told me that to the west of the
river Kafukwe, in the country of the Mashukulumbwe, they were
plentiful...... Ht

93 —19.7.15.118. April, 1888. North Kalahari, Khama’s:
Country, Bechuanaland.

94 —19.7.15.119. 26 October, 1879. Mababi Plain, Khama’s
Country, Bechuanaland.

95 —19.7.15.120. 14 November, 1883. Near Umniati River,

Mashonaland, Southern Rhodesia.

* Proc. Zool. Soc. 1881, p. 765.

26 TILE SELOUS COLLECTION.

WHITE-BEARDED GNU.
CoNNOCHETES TAURINUS ALBOJUBATUS.

Connochetes tawrinus albojubatus, Thomas, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 6,
vol. ix. p. 388, 1892.

Size as in the typical race; distinguished by the throat fringe
being yellowish white in colour; general body colour about the
same, sometimes rather paler.

Horn measurements (19. 7.15. 121) :—outside width 28;
inside width 232; length over curve 224; width of palm in
straight line 42; spread from tip to tip 14+.

Typical locality, Athi Plains, Kenya Colony ; range from Fort
Hall and south of Mt. Kenya across the Athi Plains southwards
to Kilimanjaro and Tanganyika Territory. A closely allied race,
Connochetes taurinus mearnsi, has been described by Heller *
from the Loita Plains, Kenya Colony. This form is said to be
rather smaller in size and darker on the legs; it occupies the area
from the Loita Plains southwards into Tanganyika Territory, west
of the region inhabited by albojubatus. Connochetes taurinus
hecki, described by Neumannf, is probably only a colour variation
of albojubatus.

96-97 —19.7.15.121-122. Kenya Colony.

Subfamily CHPHALOPHINZA.

NATAL DUIKER.
CEPHALOPHUS NATALENSIS NATALENSIS.

Cephalophus natalensis, A. Smith, 8. African Quart. Journ. vol. ii. p. 217,
1834; Illustr. Zool. 8. Africa, Mamm. pl. xxxii., 1841. ,

Cephalophus natalensis natalensis, Lydekker and Blaine, Cat. Ungulate
Mamm. Brit, Mus. vol. ii. p. 69, 1914,

Size medium, shoulder-height about 17 inches. General colour

above chestnut red with grey patch on back of neck. Horns short
and thick.

* Gorgon albojubatus mearnsi, Heller, Smithson. Misc. Collect. vol. xi
no. 17, p. 1.
+ Connochaxtes hecki, O. Neumann, Sitzber. Ges. nat. Freunde, 1905, p. 96.

ci guest ss

#itE SELOUS COLLECTION. 27

The horns of the male specimen (No. 19.7. 15.123) measure
as follows :—length 2);, spread from tip to tip 244.

Typical locality, Natal. The Transvaal Red Duiker has been
separated by Wroughton * as a distinct race under the name
C. natalensis amenus, and that from Portuguese Hast Africa has,
been described by Rothschild + as another distinct form, C. natal-

ensis robertsi. The typical race would appear to be confined to
Natal.

98 —19.7.15.123. June, 1895. Durban, Natal.
99 —19.7.15.124 (female), June, 1895. Durban, Natal.

RAVINE RED DUIKER.
CEPHALOPHUS NATALENSIS IGNIFER.

Cephalophus ignifer, Thomas, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1903, vol. i. p. 226.
Cephalophus natalensis ignifer, Roosevelt and Heller, Life-histories of
African Game Animals, vol. ii. p. 530, 1915.

A larger animal than the Natal Duiker and rather brighter in
colour, there not being so much black mixed up with the chestnut-
red tint of the dorsal surface. Ears and skull considerably larger.

The only specimen in the Collection has the following horn
measurements :—length 2%; spread from tip to tip 2. It was
obtained near the typical locality, the type coming from Eldoma’
Ravine, Ravine District, Kenya Colony. This Duiker is found
throughout the high forest areas of Kenya Colony from Mt. Kenya
to Mt. Elgon.

100 —19.7.15.125. Ravine District, Kenya Colony.

BLUE DUIKER.
CEPHALOPHUS (GUEVEI) MONTICOLA.

Capra monticola, Thunberg, Reise, vol. ii. p. 66, 1789.
Cephalophus ceruleus, A. Smith, S. African Quart, Journ. vol. ii. p. 216,
1834.

* Ann, Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 8, vol. viii. p. 277, 1911.
+ Proc. Zool. Soc. 1906, p. 691.

58 HE sELOUS COLLECTION.

Cephalophus monticcla, Gray, Aun. Mag, Nat. Hist. ser. 1, vol. xvili
p. 167, 1846,

Guevei monticola, Pocock, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1910, p. 870.

Cephalophus (Guevei) monticola, Lydekker and Blaine, Cat. Ungulate
Mamm. Brit. Mus. vol. ii. p. 100, 1914.

A very small species, standing only about 13 inches at the
shoulder ; horns quite small, rarely exceeding 2 inches in length,
the horns of the females but little shorter than those of the males.
General colour slaty brown, paler on underparts; legs bright
rufous from the knees and hocks to the hoofs.

Of the male specimens No. 19. 7. 15.128 has the best horns ;
2 inches in length with a tip to tip interval of 1 inches. The
best of the females has horns 14 inches long.

Typical locality, Cape Colony, the range extending over the
greater part of South Africa from Angola to Portuguese East
Africa, and as far north as Southern Rhodesia.

101-103 —19.7.15.126-128. June, 1895. Durban, Natal.
104-106 —19. 7.15. 129-131 (females). June, 1895. Durban, Natal.

DUIKER-BOK, on COMMON DUIKER.
CEPHALOPHUS (SYLVICAPRA) GRIMMI GRIMMI.

Capra grimmia, Linn. Syst. Nat. ed. 10, vol. i. p. 70, 1758.

Antilope (Cephalophus) platous, H. Smith, Griffith’s Animal Kingdom,
vol. iv. p. 260, vol. v. p. 344, 1827.

Cephalophus grimmia, Gray, Knowsley Menagerie, p. 8, pls. i. and ii,
1850; Cat. Ungulata Brit. Mus. p. 78, 1852.

Cephalophus grimmi, Thomas, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1892, p. 428; 1893,
p. 504.

Sylvicapra grimmi, Pocock, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1910, p. 874.

Cephalophus (Sylvicapra) grimmi, Lydekker and Blaine, Cat. Ungulate
Mamm. Brit, Mus. vol. ii. p. 107, 1914,

Cephalophus grimmi grimmi, Lydekker and Blaine, Cat. Ungulate Mamm.
Brit. Mus. vol. ii. p. 110, 1914.

Size larger than in the foregoing species, shoulder-height 23 to
25 inches. Horns slender and of considerable length, occasionally
exceeding 6 inches. General colour pale greyish buff speckled
with black; face reddish brown with dark brown marking along
nose.

The horns of the following series are not of exceptional size,

THE SELOUS COLLECTION. 29

the best being those of No. 19.7.15.132:—length 53; cireum-
ference 23, spread from tip to tip 22.

Typical locality, South Africa; the range extends nearly up to
the Zambesi.

107 —19. 7.15. 132. July, 1872. Selinya Valley, Kalahari Border,
Khama’s Country. ;

108 —19.7.15.133. October, 1896. Delagoa Bay, Lorenco
Marques, ;

109 —19.7.15.134, 21 March, 1885. Umzweswi River, Mashona-
land, Southern Rhodesia.

110 —19,7. 15.135. 12 December, 1884. Tati River, Tati District,

Southern Rhodesia.

ABYSSINIAN DUIKER.

CEPHALOPHUS (SYLVICAPRA) GRIMMI ABYSSINICUS.

Antilope madoqua, Riippell, Neue Wirbelth. Abyss., Siugethiere, p. 22,
pl. vii. fig. 2, 1835.

Sylvicapra madoqua, Sundevall, K. Svenska Vet.-Ak. Handl. 1844, p. 190,
1846; Fitzinger, Sitzber. K. Ak. Wiss. Wien, vol. lix. pt. 1, p. 168, 1869.

Cephalophus madoqua, Gray, Knowsley Menagerie, p. 9, 1850; Proc.
Zool. Soc. 1850, p. 122, 1871, p. 598; Cat. Ungulata Brit. Mus. p. 82,
1852.

Cephalophus abyssinicus, Thomas, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1892, p. 427.

Cephalophus grimmi abyssinicus, Lydekker, Game Animals of Africa,
p. 143, 1908.

Sylvicapra abyssinica, O. Neumann, Sitzber. Ges. nat. Freunde, 1905,
p. 89.

Rather smaller than the typical race, standing only 18 inches
at the shoulder. Dark frontal and nasal marking very conspicuous.
Horns shorter.

Of the two specimens of this Duiker in the Collection,
No. 19. 7.15. 136 possesses the best horns :—length 44, spread

from tip to tip 1,55.
; Typical locality, Abyssinia; the range includes Somaliland,
Abyssinia, and the Bahr-el-Ghazal.

111-112 —19.7.15.136-137. Naam River, near Rumbek, Bahr-el-
Ghazal.

30 THE SELOUS COLLECTION

Subfamily OREOTRAGIN,

KLIPSPRINGER.
OREOTRAGUS OREOTRAGUS OREOTRAGUS.

Antilope oreotragus, Zimmermann, Geogr. Geschichte, vol. ili. p. 269,
1783.

Oreotragus typicus, A. Smith, S. African Quart. Journ. vol. ii. p. 212,
1834.

Oreotragus oreotragus, Jentink, Cat. Osteol. Leyden Mus. (Mus. Pays-
Bas, vol. ix.) p. 131, 1887; Cat. Mamm. Leyden Mus, (ibid. vol. xi.)
p. 160, 1892.

Oreotragus oreotragus oreotragus, Lydekker and Blaine, Cat. Ungulate
Mamm., Brit. Mus. vol. ii. p. 126, 1914,

Height at shoulder about 20 inches. The harsh pelage, com-
posed of coarse, flattened hairs, immediately distinguishes the
Klipspringer from all other African Antelopes. Horns in the
form of short spikes. Skull short and very broad, with well-
marked lachrymal depressions. Tail reduced to a small stump.

The three heads in the Collection all have horns of about the
same size; measurements of No. 19.7.15.188:—length 44;
circumference 2}; spread from tip to tip 34.

Typical locality, Cape Colony ; range extends into Rhodesia as
far north as the Zambesi.

113 —19.7.15.188, August, 1889. Mazoe River, Portuguese East
Africa,

114 —19.7.15.139, 1885. Mashonaland, Southern Rhodesia.

115 —19.7.15.140. 1887. Western Matabililand, Southern
Rhodesia.

“Subfamily NEOTRAGINZE.

ORIBI.
OUREBIA OUREBI.

Antilope owrebi, Zimmermann, Geogr. Geschichte, vol. ili, p. 268, 1783,

Antilope scoparia, Schreber, Saugthiere, pl. cclxi., 1785,

Ourebia scoparia, Sclater and Thomas, Book of Antelopes, vol. ii. p. 15,
fig, 23, 1895,

Ourebia ourebi, quoted by Lydekker, Game Animals of Africa, p. 169,
footnote, 1908; Lydekker and Blaine, Cat. Ungulate Mamm., Brit.
Mus. vol. ii. p. 183, 1914,

HE SELOUS COLLECTION. 31

The Oribis are readily distinguished from the other members of
the subfamily by their larger size and the presence of a bare patch of
skin below each ear. The knees are tufted, and small lateral hoofs
always present. The Cape Oribi stands about 24 to 26 inches at
the shoulder. General colour yellowish rufous with a dark marking
on forehead. Horns in good specimens measure from 5 to 7 inches
in length ; basal portions indistinctly ringed.

The horns of -the series in the Collection are of average size
only, No. 19.7. 15.142 measuring as follows :—length 43; spread
from ‘tip to tip 32.

Typical locality, Cape Colony; range extends northwards
through Southern Rhodesia across the Zambesi into Northern
Rhodesia and the Congo.

116 —19.7.15.141. 2 September, 1880. Umfuli River, Mashona-
~ ‘land, Southern Rhodesia.
117 ~-19.7.15.142, 24 December, 1877. Manica Plateau, North
of junction of Kafue and Zambesi, North-East Rhodesia.
118 —19.7.15.143. July, 1880. Mashonaland, Southern Rhodesia,
119 —19.7.15.144. November, 1892. Pungwe River, Mozambique.
120-122 —19.7.15,145-147. October, 1892. Pungwe River, Mozam-
. bique.
123 —19. 7.15.148, August, 1892, Hanyani River, Mashonaland,

Southern Rhodesia,

POWELL-COTTON’S ORIBLI.
OUREBIA MONTANA COTTONI.

Ouwrebia cottoni, Thomas, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 8, vol. i. p. 178, 1908.
Ourebia montana cottoni, Roosevelt and Heller, Life-histories of African
Game Animals, vol. ii. p. 560, 1915.

General colour bright tawny; dark frontal marking either
entirely absent or very indistinctly developed. Horns with rather
more distinct ridges than in the Cape Oribi.

Of the following series the finest horns (No. 19.7. 15.152)
measure 53 inches in length, and have a tip to tip interval of 22.

Typical locality, Uasin Gishu Plateau, Kenya Colony. This
Oribi inhabits the country from the southern shores of the Victoria
Nyanza northwards to Mt. Elgon and towards Lake Rudolf.

124-125 —19.7.15. 149-150. aL 1903. Londiani, Kenya
Colony.
126-133 —19.7.15. 151- 158 Uasin Gisha Plateau, Kenya Colony.

82 THE SELOUS COLLECTION.

NILE ORIBI.
OUREBIA MONTANA ZEQUATORIA.

Ourebia montana xquatoria, Heller, Smithson. Mise. Collect. vol. 1x.
no, 8, p. 12, 1912.

In this race the horns are smaller and less heavily ringed than
in cotton.

The greatest horn-length in the following series is 4%, inches
(No. 19. 7. 15. 159), with a tip to tip interval of 2,3,

Typical locality, Lado Enclave; range extends over a large
portion of the Sudan, from Lake No and the Sobat River in the
north, through the Bahr- el-Ghazal, and reaches as far south as the
Albert Nyanza.

134 —19.7.15.159. Rumbek, Bahr-el-Ghazal.
135 —19.7.15.160. Barlgerut, Bahr-el-Ghazal.
136-137 —-19.7.15.161-162. Bahr-el-Ghazal.

CAPE STEINBUCK.
RAPHICERUS CAMPESTRIS CAMPESTRIS.

Capra grimmia, Thunberg, Reise, vol. ii. p. 8, 1789, 2ec Linn,

Antilope campestris, Thunberg, Mém. Ac. Sci. St. Pétersb. vol. iii. p. 318,
1811.

Antilope (Raphicerus) acuticornis, H. Smith, Griffith’s Animal Kingdom,
vol. iv. p. 252, vol. v. p. 342, 1827.

Antilope (Raphicerus) subulata, H. Smith, Griffith’s Animal Kingdom,
vol. iv. p. 253, vol. v. p. 342, 1827.

Calotragus campestris, Gray, Cat. Ungulata Brit. Mus. p. 71, 1852.

Raphicerus campestris, Sclater and Thomas, Book of Antelopes, vol. ii.
p. 41, pl. xxvii. fig. 1, 1896; vol. iv. p. 225, 1900.

Raphicerus campestris campestris, Lydekker and Blaine, ‘Cat. Ungulate
Mamm. Brit. Mus. vol. ii. p. 149, 1914.

Considerably smaller than the Oribis, and without the bare
patch below the ear or tufts on knees. Horns slender and very
sharply pointed, basal half slightly ridged. Tail short. Lateral
hoofs absent. General colour yellowish rufous, rather darker on
head, crown usually dark brown.

Horn measurements (No. 19. 7. 15. 163) :—length 84; spread
from tip to tip 1.

Typical locality, South Africa ; the Cape Steinbuck appears to
be confined to Cape Colony and the Orange River Colony. The

THE SELOUS COLLECTION. 83

other South African Steinbucks in the collection have been referred
to the Transvaal race, R. ¢: capricornis (infra).

138 —19.7.15.163. November, 1875. Griqua Town, Griqua*
land West.

TRANSVAAL STEINBUCK.
RaPHICERUS CAMPESTRIS CAPRICORNIS.

Raphicerus neumanni capricornis, Thomas and Schwann, Proc. Zool. Soc.
1906, p. 584,

Raphicerus campestris capricornis, Lydekker, Game Animals of Africa,
p. 181, 1908.

Closely allied to the typical race; the dark coronal marking
very indistinct.

The best horns in the series are those of No. 19. 7.15. 167 :—
length 423; spread from tip to tip 2.

Typical locality, Klein Letaba, Transvaal.

139 —19,7.15.164. August, 1892. East Mashonaland, Southern
Rhodesia.

140 —19.7.15.165. July, 1895. Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia.

141 —19.7.15.166. 30 September, 1884. Sode Gara, North
Kalahari, Bechuanaland.

142 —19.7.15.167, August, 1892. Hanyani River, Mashona-
land, Southern Rhodesia.

143 —19.7.15.168. 80 September, 1884. Metsi butluku, North

Kalahari, Bechuanaland.

EAST AFRICAN STEINBUCK.
RAPHICERUS CAMPESTRIS NEUMANNI.

Pediotragus newmanni, Matschie, Sitzber. Ges. nat. Freunde, 1894,
p. 122; Saugeth. Deutsch-Ostafrika, p. 120, 1895.
Raphicerus newmanni, Sclater and Thomas, Book of Antelopes, vol. ii,

p. 47, 1896.
Raphiceros campestris (?) newmanni, Hunter in Bryden, Great and Small
Game of Africa, p. 253, 1899. ;

General colour much as in the typical form, the white facial
markings rather more prominent and the dark coronal patch

usually very indistinct or absent. Horns slightly larger.
D

34 THE SELOUS COLLECTION.

No. 19. 7.15. 169 has the longest horns of the series :—length
5%; spread from tip to tip 1}. .

Typical locality, Mount Gurui, Northern Ugogo, Tanganyika
Territory ; range extends throughout the greater part of Kenya
Colony from Tanganyika Territory to as far north as Mounts Elgon

and Kenya..

144, —19.7.15.169. 19 December, 1902. Enderit River, south
of Lake Nakuru, Kenya Colony.

145 —19.7.15.170. 31 January, 1903. Enderit River, south
of Lake Nakuru, Kenya Colony.

146 —19.7.15.171. 1 February, 1903. Near Lake Nakuru,

Kenya Colony.
147-149 —19.7.15,172-174. Uasin Gishu Plateau, Kenya Colony.

GRYSBOK.
RapuiceRos (NOTOTRAGUS) MELANOTIS.

Antilope melanotis, Thunberg, Mém. Ac. Sci. St. Pétersb. vol. iii. p. 312,
1811.

Raphicerus melanotis, Sclater and Thomas, Book of Antelopes, vol. ii-
p. 35, pl. xxvii. fig. 2, 1896.

Raphiceros melanotis, Lydekker, Great and Small Game of Africa, p. 249,
1899 ; Game Animals of Africa, p. 178, 1908.

Nototragus melanotis, Thomas and Schwann, Abstr. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1906,
p. 10; Proc. Zool. Soc. 1906, vol. i. p. 168.

Raphiceros (Nototragus) melanotis, Lydekker and Blaine, Cat. Ungulate
Mamm. Brit. Mus. vol. ii. p. 155, 1914.

The presence of lateral hoofs, large size of ears, and smaller
horns readily distinguish this species from the Steinbuck. Height
at shoulder about 22 inches.

The horns of the mounted head (No. 19. 7.15. 175) measure
as follows :—length 3,9 ; spread from tip to tip 12.

Typical locality, Cape Colony ; the species is found as far north
as the Zambesi.

150 —19.7,15.175. 8 November, 1896. Huuts River Valley,
Table Mt., Cape Colony.

151 —19.7.15.176. Horns. December, 1891. Umvukwe Hills,
near Hanyani River, Mashonaland, Southern Rhodesia,

152 —19.7.15.177. Horns. October, 1878. Machabi Hills,

Mashonaland, Southern Rhodesia,

THE SELOUS COLLECTION. 35

KENYA PIGMY ANTELOPE..
NEsoTRAGUS MOSCHATUS AKELEYI.

Nesotragus moschatus akeleyi, Heller, Smithson. Misc. Collect. vol. Ixi.
no. 7, p. 1, 1913.

Very closely related to the Zanzibar Pigmy Antelope, Weso-
tragus moschatus moschatus ; general colour rather darker, the
upper parts being chestnut brown. White of throat divided by a
fulvous band. Size as in typical form, about 18 to 14 inches at
shoulder.

Horn measurements :—length 22; spread from tip to tip 1,3.

Typical locality, Mt. Kenya, Kenya Colony. In the “ Life-
histories of African’ Game Animals” by Roosevelt and Heller
(vol. ii. p. 551, 1915) the range is given as “highland forest area
of Mt. Kenia, the Aberdare Range, and the Kikuyu Escarpment
south as far as Nairobi and Ngong.”

153 —19.7.15.180. Kenya Province, Kenya Colony,

DESERT PIGMY ANTELOPE.
NESOTRAGUS MOSCHATUS DESERTICOLA.

Nesotragus moschatus deserticola, Heller, Smithson. Misc. Collect. vol. lxi.
no. 7, p. 2, 1913.

Distinguished from the typical race and WV. m. akeleyi by the
lighter colour of the pelage. The white on the throat is said to be
almost continuous, broken only by a narrow fulvous band.

Horn measurements (No. 19. 7.15. 178) :—length 33; spread
from tip to tip 13.

Typical locality, Maji ya Chumvi, Taru, Desert; range is
given as the Desert country of the coastal area from the Tana
River southward to the Tanganyika Territory border.

154 —19.7.15.178. Skull and horns. Dar-es-Salam, Tanga-
nyika Territory.
155 —19.7.15.179. Horns. Dar-es-Salam, Tanganyika Territory.

36 THE SELOUS COLLECTION.

ZULULAND PIGMY ANTELOPE.
NESOTRAGUS LIVINGSTONIANUS ZULUENSIS.

Nesotragus livingstonianus zuluensis, Thomas, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist.
ser. 7, vol. ii. p. 317, 1898.

Size rather larger than in moschatus, height at shoulder 14 to
15 inches. Horns relatively long, more distinctly ridged than in
moschatus, and stouter than in the typical livingstonianus.
General colour greyer.

Horn measurements (No. 19.7.15. 181) :—length 43; cir-
cumference 2; spread from tip to tip 1.

Typical locality, Umkuja Valley, Zululand; range extends as
far north as Tette, Mozambique.

156-157 —19.7.15.181-182. Horns. Tembe River, near Delagoa
Bay, Lorenco Marques.

Subfamily MADOQUIN:.

CAVENDISH’S DIK-DIK.
RHYNCHOTRAGUS KIRKI CAVENDISHI.

Madoqua cavendishi, Thomas, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1898, p. 278.

Rhynchotragus cavendishi, Lénnberg, Arkiv Zool. vol. iv, no.3, p. 2, 1907,

Madoqua (Rhynchotragus) cavendishi, Lydekker, Game Animals of Africa,
p. 198, 1908.

Rhynchotragus kirki cavendishi, Roosevelt and Heller, Life-histories of
African Game Animals, vol. ii. p. 632, 1915.

Allthe members of the subfamily Madoguine are of small
size, the shoulder height varying from 11} to 15 inches; the
females are larger than the males. In the present race the general
build is rather heavier than in the two following forms; height at
shoulder about 15 inches. General colour dark reddish fawn suf-
fused with grey on the hind quarters; a rich buff colour separates
the darker dorsal region from the light underparts. Probescis but
little developed, the nasals not markedly diminished in size.

Best horn measurements (No. 19.7. 15. 185) :—length 34;
spread from tip to tip 14.

In the original description the typical locality was given as
probably the Lake Rudolf district. In view of recent discoveries

THE SELOUS COLLECTION. 37

there can be but little doubt that the type was collected by Caven-
dish not near Lake Rudolf, but somewhere near or south of Lake
Baringo, where this form is now found. It is distributed all along
the Rift Valley from Lake Baringo to as far south as the Tanga-
nyika Territory border.

158-160 —19.7.15.183-185. December, 1892. Lake Elmenteita,

Naivasha District, Kenya Colony.
161-162 —19.7.15.186-187 (male and female) Skins, mounted.

23 December, 1892. Lake Elmenteita, Naivasha District,
Kenya Colony.

163 —19.7.15.188 (female, immature). Skin, mounted. Lake
Elmenteita, Naivasha District, Kenya Colony.
164 —19.7.15.189 (female). 31 January, 1902. Near Enderit

River, south end of Lake Nakuru, Naivasha District,
Kenya Colony.

165 —19.7.15.190 (female). 2 February, 1903. Near south
end of Lake Nakuru, Naivasha District, Kenya Colony.

LESSER JUBALAND DIK-DIK.
RHYNCHOTRAGUS KIRKI MINOR.

Rhynchotragus cavendishi minor, Lonnberg, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 8,
vol. ix. p. 65, 1912; K. Svenska Vet.-Ak. Handl. vol. xlviii. no. 5,
p. 158, 1912..

Rhynchotragus kirki minor, Roosevelt and Heller, Life-histories of
African Game Animals, vol ii. p. 629, 1915.

Distinguished from cavendishi by its smaller size and paler
colour; height at shoulder about 13} inches. The horns are con-
siderably smaller, the average length in the following series being
about 24 inches. The proboscis is not markedly elongated, but a
little more so than in cavendishz.

Type locality, Northern Guaso Nyiro, below Chanler Falls,
Jubaland Province, Kenya Colony. This Dik-dik is found all
along the Northern Guaso Nyiro Valley.

166-167 —19.7.15.191-192. February, 1912. Northern Guaso
Nyiro, Kenya Colony. .
168-173 —19.7.15.193-193. February and March, 1912. Northern
Guaso Nyiro, Kenya Colony.
174 —19.7.15.199. Head-skin and skull. 16 February, 1912.
Northern Guaso Nyiro, Kenya Colony.

38 THE SELOUS COLLECTION.

175-176 —19.7.15.200-201. Skins, mounted. February, 1912.
Northern Guaso Nyiro, Kenya Colony.

177-178 —19.7.15. 202-203 (females). Skins, mounted. 1912.
Northern Guaso Nyiro, Kenya Colony.

NYIKA DIK-DIK.
RHYNCHOTRAGUS KIRKI NYIK#.

Rhynchotragus kirki nyike, Heller, Smithson. Mise. Collect, vol. 1xi.
no. 7, p. 3, 1913.

General colour rather richer than in the Guaso Nyiro race,
approaching that of cavendishi, but without the dark speckling.
Distinguished from the typical form by its larger size, equalling
that of BR. k. hindei; height at shoulder 13 inches.

The best horns in the following series (No. 19.7.5. 209)
measure 24 inches in length, and.the interval between tips 11.

Typical locality, Ndi, near Voi, Taita and Taveta District,
Kenya Colony. The range is given by Roosevelt and Heller * ds
extending from the eastern and northern slopes of Mt. Kilimanjaro
northward to the Tana River.

179 —19.7.15,204. November, 1915. Voi, Taita and Taveta
District, Kenya Colony.

180 —19. 7.15. 205. 28 December, 1915. Maungu, Taita and Taveta
District, Kenya Colony.

181 —19.7.15.206. 21 January, 1916. Maungu, Taita and
Taveta District, Kenya Colony.

182 ---19.7.15. 207. Head-skin and skull. 28 December, 1915.
Maungu, Taita and Taveta District, Kenya Colouy.

183 —19, 7.15. 208, 1915-16. Taita and Taveta District, Kenya
Colony.

184 —19.7.15.209. Skin, mounted. 1915-16. Taita and Taveta
District, Kenya Colony.

185 —19.7.15.210 (female). Skin, mounted. 1915-16. Taita

and Taveta District, Kenya Colony.

SMITH’S DIK-DIK.
RuyNCHOTRAGUS GUENTHERI SMITHI.

Madoqua guentheri smithi, Thomas, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1900, p. 804,
Rhynchotragus guentheri smithi, Linnberg, Arkiv Zool. vol. iv. no. 3,
p. 2, 1907.

* Life-histories of African Game Animals, vol. ii. p. 680, 1915,

THE SELOUS COLLECTION. 39

Size considerably larger than in the other Dik-diks inhabiting
the valley of the Northern Guaso Nyiro, with the proboscis greatly
elongated, the nasals being extremely short. No lateral rufous
marking, the greyish-buff dorsal coloration passing directly into
the white of the underparts.

Horn measurements of No. 19.7.15. 211 :—length 3; spread
from tip to tip 12.

Typical locality, Lake Stephanie district ; range from the
Northern Guaso Nyiro and north bank of the ana River north-
wards through the Lake Rudolf and Lake Stephanie regions to
Southern Abyssinia.

186 —19.7.15.211. 7 February, 1912. Northern Guaso Nyiro,
Kenya Colony.

187 —19.7.15.212. 5 April, 1912. Northern Guaso Nyiro,
Kenya Colony.

188 —19.7.15.218. 5 February, 1912. Northern Guaso
Nyiro, Kenya Colony. Re

189 —19.7.15.214. Skin, mounted. 26 February, 1912.

Northern Guaso Nyiro, Kenya Colony.
190-191 —19. 7. 15. 215-216. Skins, mounted. February and
April, 1912. Northern Guaso Nyiro, Kenya Colony.
192-195 —19.7.15.217-220 (females). Skins, mounted. February
and March, 1912. Northern Guaso Nyiro, Kenya Colony.
196-197 — 19.7.15. 221-222 (females). Skins, mounted. 1912.
Northern Guaso Nyiro, Kenya Colony.

Subfamily REDUNCIN...

VAAL RHEBOK.
PELEA CAPREOLUS.

Antilope capreolus, Bechstein, Uebersicht vierfiiss. Thiere, vol. i. p. 98,
1799; vol. ii. p. 646, 1800.

Redunca capreolus, A. Smith, S. African Quart. Journ. vol. ii: p. 211,
1834.

Pelea capreolus, Gray, Cat. Ungulata Brit. Mus. p. 90, 1852; Cat.
Ruminants Brit. Mus. p. 29, 1872; Hand-List Ruminants Brit. Mus.
p. 99, 1873.

The only genus of the subfamily Reduncine in which foot-
glands are found, occurring on all four limbs; inguinal glands

40 THE SELOUS COLLECTION.

absent. Size medium, height at shoulder 29 to 30 inches. Horns
almost vertical, sharply pointed, and with well-marked rings on
the basal portion; good horns are from 8 to 114 inches in length.
Coat woolly ; general colour greyish fawn with dark patch on chin.

The horns of the mounted head in the Collection measure
8} inches in length, and 23 inches from tip to tip.

Typical locality, Cape Colony; the species is fairly widely
distributed in South Africa, extending into Southern Rhodesia, but
is not found north of the Zambesi.

198 —19. 7.15. 228. April, 1895. Fairfield, near Caledon, Cape
Colony.
199 —19.7.15.224. Horns. Caledon District, Cape Colony.

RIETBOK, or REEDBUCK.
Repunca (ELEoTRAGUS) ARUNDINUM ARUNDINUM.

Antilope arundinum, Boddaert, Elenchus Anim. p. 141, 1785.

Antilope eleotragus, Schreber, Saugthiere, pl. celxvi., 1787.

Antilope (Redunca) eleotragus, H. Smith, Griffith’s Animal Kingdom,
vol. v. p. 337, 1827,

Redunca eleotragus, A. Smith, S. African Quart. Journ. vol. ii. p. 210,
1834.

Eleotragus isabellinus, Gray, List Mamm. Brit. Mus, p. 165, 1843.

Eleotragus arundinaceus, Gray, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 1, vol. xviii.
p. 232, 1846; ser. 2, vol. viii. p. 144, 1851; List Osteol. Brit. Mus.
p. 57, 1847; Knowsley Menagerie, p. 12, 1850; Proc, Zool. Soc. 1850,
p. 126; Cat. Ungulata Brit. Mus. p. 91, 1852; Cat. Ruminants Brit.
Mus. p. 18, 1872; Hand-List Ruminants Brit. Mus. p. 88, 1873.

Cervicapra arundinacea, Selous, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1881, p. 758;
A Hunter’s Wanderings in S. Africa, p. 216, 1881.

Cervicapra arundinum, Flower and Lydekker, Study of Mammals, p. 340,
1891,

Redunca arundinum, Trouessart, Cat. Mamm., Suppl. p. 721, 1905.

Redunca (Hleotragus) arundinwm, Lydekker and Blaine, Cat. Ungulate
Mamm. Brit. Mus. vol. ii. p. 208, 1914.

Redunca arundinum arundinum, Lydekker and Blaine, Cat. Ungulate
Mamm. Brit, Mus. vol. ii, p. 206, 1914.

The larger size and longer and much heavier horns distinguish
this species from all the other members of the genus Redunca.
Height at shoulder about 36 inches. Horns in fine specimens,
from 15 to 173 inches in length.

THE SELOUS COLLECTION. 41

No. 19.7. 15. 225 possesses the best horns of the series :—
length on front curve 153; circumference 6; spread from tip to
tip 11}.

Typical locality, Cape Colony. This Reedbuck is very widely
distributed, extending northwards across the Zambesi and pene-
trating as far north as the Bahr-el-Ghazal. It is probable that,
when further material is available for examination, several distinct
races will have to be recognized. At present, the -only other
form known is the Fort Jackson Reedbuck, Redunea arundinum
occidentalis *, which differs from the typical race in being rather
paler and greyer in colour, and in possessing horns that appear
stouter and less curved.

200 —19. 7.15. 225. 30 December, 1877. Near Sitanda, south of
Lukanga River, North-East Rhodesia.

201 —19.7.15.226. 3 October, 1882. Near Umfuli River,
Mashonaland, Southern Rhodesia,

202 —19.7.15.227. September, 1880. Near Umfuli River,
Mashonaland, Southern Rhodesia.

203 —19.7.15.228. September, 1896. Usutu River, Maputo,
South Mozambique.

204 —19.7.15.229. August, 1892. Source of Umsengaisi River,
Mashonaland, Southern Rhodesia.

205 —19,7.15.230. December, 1891. Hanyani River, Mashona-
Jand, Southern Rhodesia.

206 —19.7.15.231. August, 1892. Hanyani River, Mashona-
land, Southern Rhodesia.

207 —19. 7.15. 232, 2 December, 1880. Tati River, Tati
District, Southern Rhodesia.

208 --19. 7.15. 233. 1 November, 1879. Sunta Outlet, Chobe
River, North Bechuanaland.

209 —19.7.15.2384. 5 November, 1879. South bank of Chobe

River, beyond Sunta Outlet, North Bechuanaland.

WARD’S REEDBUCK.
REDUNCA REDUNCA WARDI.

Cervicapra bohor, Sclater, List Anim. Zool. Gardens, p. 144, 1883.

Cervicapra redunca wardt, Thomas, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 7, vol. vi.
p. 804, 1900.

Redunca redunca wardi, Trouessart, Cat. Mamm., Suppl. p. 722, 1905.

* Rothschild, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1907, p. 237.

42 THE SELOUS COLLECTION.

Ward’s Reedbuck is very closely allied to the Abyssinian
Bohor, the chief distinguishing character being the greater size of
the horns, which have the points turned inwards more than in the
Abyssinian race. Good horns measure from 10 to 13} inches in
length; the best in the following series is No. 19.7.15. 2389:—
length on front curve 103; circumference 6; spread from tip to
tip 62.

Typical locality, Mau Plateau, Kenya Colony ; found through-
out the greater part of Kenya Colony, in the south reaching
Tanganyika Territory and extending northwards into Uganda.

210-214 —19.7.15, 235-239. Uasin Gishu Plateau, Kenya Colony.
215-217) —19.7.15, 240-242. Uasin Gishu Plateau, Kenya Colony.

ROOT RHEBOK.
REDUNCA FULVORUFULA FULVORUFULA.

Antilope fulvorufula, Afzelius, Nova Acta Soc. Upsal. vol. vii. p. 250,
1815.

Cervicapra fulvorufula, Sclater and Thomas, Book of Antelopes, vol. ii.
p. 175, pl. xlv., 1897,

Redunca fulvorufula, Trouessart, Cat. Mamm., Suppl. p. 722, 1905.

Oreodorcas fulvorufula, Heller, Smithson. Misc. Collect. vol. lx. no. 8,
p. 18, 1912.

Redunca fulvorufula fulvorufula, Lydekker and Blaine, Cat. Ungulate
Mamm. Brit. Mus. vol. ii. p. 222, 1914.

Distinguished from Ward’s Reedbuck by the smaller and
straighter horns; good horns measure from 7 to 8% inches in
length. The largest horns of the series (No. 19.7.15. 248)
measure as follows :—length on front curve 74; circumference 4;
spread from tip to tip 23.

Typical locality, Eastern Cape Colony; the range includes the
greater part of South East Africa south of the Zambesi.

218-219 -—19.7.15, 243-244, January, 1887. Near Molipololi,

Bechuanaland.

220 —19,7.15.245. Horns. October, 1871. Near Colesberg,
Cape Colony.

221 —19. 7.15. 246, October, 1871. Near Orange River,

between Colesberg and Philippolis, Cape and Orange River
Colonies. :

THE SELOUS COLLECTION. 43

CHANLER’S REEDBUCK.
REDUNCA FULVORUFULA CHANLERI.
Cervicapra chanlert, Rothschild, Novit. Zool. ii. p. 58, 1895.
Cervicapra fulvorufula chanleri, Jackson in Bryden, Great and Small
Game of Africa, p. 317, 1899.
Redunca chanteri, Trouessart, Cat. Mamm., Suppl. p. 722, 1905.
Redunca fulvorufula chanleri, Roosevelt, African Game Trails, p. 487,
1910. i
Rather smaller than the typical race and paler in colour; a
dark nose stripe is sometimes present.
Best horn measurements (No. 19.7. 15.249) :—length on
front curve 6; circumference 33; spread from tip to tip 4. .
Typical locality, Mountains East of Mt. Kenya, Kenya Colony ;
yange includes the greater part of Kenya Colony from the
Tanganyika Territory border along the Rift Valley to Lake
Rudolf and Southern Abyssinia.

222-225 —19. 7.15, 247-250. Kenya Colony.

WATERBUCK.
KoBus ELLIPSIPRYMNUS.

Antilope ellipsiprymnus, Ogilby, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1883, p. 47.
Kobus ellipsiprymnus, A. Smith, Mlustr. Zool. 8. Africa, Mamm. pt. xii.
pls. xxviii. and xxix., 1840.

Size large, height at shoulder from 48 to 53 inches. Genéral
colour brownish grey, underparts white; a well-defined white
elliptical band on rump, extending down on each side to flanks.
Horns large and very distinctly ringed, good horns measuring
from 80 to 364 inches in length. ,

Best horn measurements (No. 19.-7. 15. 252) :—length on
front curve 303; circumference 10; spread from tip to tip 22.

Typical locality, between Latuku and the west coast, South
Africa. The species is found throughout the greater part of
South Africa north of the Limpopo. The Common Waterbuck
also occurs as far north as Somaliland and Kenya Colony ; several
geographical races have been described from Kenya Colony and
Tanganyika Territory, and no. doubt the East African specimens

44, THE SELOUS COLLECTION.

in the Collection represent one or more of these forms, but the
distinguishing characters are so very slight that it is impossible
when dealing with mounted heads only, and no exact localities, to
decide to which of these races or so-called races these specimens

belong.
226 -——19.7.15.251. 17 September, 1880. Hanyani River,
Mashonaland, Southern Rhodesia.
227 —19.7.15.252. -6 April, 1885. Umfuli River, Mashonaland,
Southern Rhodesia.
228-229 —19.7.15.253-254. October, 1892. Pungwe River, Mozam-
bique.

230-231 —19. 7.15. 255-256. October, 1892. Between Lake Sungwe
and Pungwe River, Mozambique.
232-233 —19.7.15. 268-264. 1912. Northern Guaso Nyiro, Kenya
Colony.
234 —19.7.15.265. Skull ond horns. Northern Guaso Nyiro,
Kenya Colony.

DEFASSA, or SING-SING.
KozBvs DEFASSA NZOLE.
Kobus defassa nzoiz, Matschie, Sitzber. Ges. nat. Freunde, 1910, p. 417.

Size and horns much the same as in the Common Waterbuck ;
general colour rather richer and the elliptical white rump marking
replaced by a large white patch. A great many local races of
defassa have been described, but the distinguishing characters are
unsatisfactory ; and without large series of specimens from the
various type localities it is impossible to determine the exact’
systematic value of such differences.

Best horn measurements (No. 19.7.15.258) :—length on
front curve 264 ; circumference 73; spread from tip to tip 18.

Typical locality, Uasin Gishu Plateau, Kenya Colony.

235-240 —19.7.15. 257-262. Kenya Colony.

LECHWE, ox LECHE.
Kosvus (ONoTRAGUS) LECHE.

Kobus leche, Gray, Knowsley Menagerie, p. 23, 1850.

Onotragus lechee, Gray, Cat. Ruminants Brit. Mus. p. 17, 1872; Hand-
list Ruminants Brit. Mus. p. 88, 1873.

Oobus leechi, Buckley, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1876, p. 291.

THE SELOUS COLLECTION. 45

Cobus leche, Selous, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1881, p. 760; A Hunter’s Wander-
ings in S. Africa, p. 220, 1881,

Cobus lechi, Selous, Great and Small Game of Africa, p. 299, 1899.

Kobus (Onotragus) leche, Lydekker and Blaine, Cat. Ungulate Mamm.
Brit. Mus, vol. ii. p. 246, 1914.

Size intermediate between that of the Waterbucks and Kobs.
Horns long and slender; good horns measure from 29 to 334
inches.

The best of the three heads in the Collection is No. 19.7. 15.
266 :—length on front curve 27]; circumference 8; spread from
tip to tip 143.

Typical locality, Zonga Valley, near Lake Ngami; the range
extends northwards into Northern Rhodesia and Nyasaland,

241 —19.7.15.266. 12 July, 1879. Chobe River, beyond Sunta
Outlet, North Bechuanaland.
242 —19.7.15.267. July, 1874. Swamps of Chobe River, east of
Sunta Outlet, North Bechuanaland.
243 —19.7.15.268. 7 January, 1878. Lukanga River, North
Rhodesia,
UGANDA KOB.

ADENOTA KOB THOMASI.

Kobus leucotis, Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1864, p. 103, nec Lichtenstein
and Peters.

Adenota kob, Matsvhie, Saugethiere Deutsch-Ostafrika, p. 126, 1895.

Cobus thomasi, Sclater (ex Neumann), Proc. Zool. Soc. 1895, p. 868.

Adenota thomasi, O. Neumann, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1896, p. 193.

Cobus coba thomasi, Lydekker, Game Animals of Africa, p. 211, 1908.

Kobus kob thomasi, Roosevelt, African Game Trails, p. 487, 1910.

Adenota kob thomasi, Heller, Smithson. Misc. Collect. vol. lxi. no. 7,
p. 11, 1913,

Larger than the typical race; rather more distinctly marked.
Horns not of exceptional size, good specimens from 20 to 24?
inches in length.

Horn measurements of No. 19.7. 15.271:—length on front
curve 213; circumference 73; spread from tip to tip 11.

Typical locality, Berkeley Bay, Victoria Nyanza. The Uganda
Kob inhabits the area around the Victoria Nyanza, extending as

46 THE SELOUS COLLECTION.

far east as Mt. Elgon and the Uasin Gishu District, and as far
west as Ruwenzori. In the north it appears to reach the southern
limits of the White-eared Kob on the Sudan boundary.

244 -—19.7.15.269. 23 June, 1909. Nzoia River, Uasin Gishu
District, Kenya Colony.
245-248 —19.7.15.270-273. 1909. Nzoia River, Uasin Gishu District,

Kenya Colony.

WHITE-EARED KOB.

ADENOTA KOB LEUCOTIS.

Antilope leucotis, Lichtenstein and Peters, Monatsber. Ak. Berlin, 1853,
p. 164; Abh. Ak, Berlin, p. 96, 1854.

Kobus leucotis, Gerrard, Cat. Bones Mamm. Brit. Mus. p. 239, 1862.

Adenota leucotis, Heuglin, Nova Acta Ac. Cees. Leop.-Car. vol. xxx. pt. 2,
pp. 12 and 13, pl. 1. fig. 4, 1863.

Cobus (Adenota) leucotis, Revillicd, Verh. nat. Ges. Basle, vol. xxiv.

p. 210, 1913.
Adenota kob leucotis, Roosevelt and Heller, Life-histories of African

Game Animals, vol. ii. p. 514, 1915. .

Size and horns as in thomas. General colour of adult pelage
very dark, almost black, the fulvous coloration existing, as a rule,
only in immature males and females at all ages.

In the following series the colour variations are well shown;
some of the fulvous coloured specimens are quite adult.

Best horn measurements (No. 19.7.15.278):—length on
front curve 21}; circumference 62; spread from tip to tip 10.

Typical locality, swamps of the White Nile, about GO miles
south of Khartum. The White-eared Kob is found over a con-
siderable part of Bahr-el-Ghazal, extending eastwards as far as the
Abyssinian border.

249 — 19.7.15.274. 5 March, 1911. Naam River, near Rumbek,

Bahr-el-Ghazal.
250-255 —19.7.15.275-280. 1911. Gell River, néar Rumbek, Bahr-

: el-Ghazal.

THE SELOUS COLLECTION. 47

PUKU.
ADENOTA VARDONI VARDONI.

Antilope vardoni, Livingstone, Missionary Travels S. Africa, p. 256 and
pl. 9, p. 71, 1857.

Cobus vardoni, Selous, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1881, p. 759, pl. lxv.; A Hunter's
Wanderings in S. Africa, pp. 111, 147, and 219, pl. v., 1881.

Kobus vardoni, Nicolls and Eglington, Sportsman in 8. Africa, p. 43,
1892.

Adenota vardoni, Matschie, Saugethiere Deutsch-Ostafrika, p. 126, 1895.

Cobus vardoni typicus, Selous, Great and Small Game of Africa, p. 294,
1899,

Kobus (Adenota) vardoni, Lydekker and Blaine, Cat, Ungulate Mamm.
Brit, Mus. vol. ii. p. 268, 1914.

Kobus vardoni vardoni, Lydekker and Blaine, Cat. Ungulate Mamm.
Brit. Mus. vol. ii. p. 269, 1914.

General colour much as in thomasi ; white orbital markings less
prominent, backs of ears reddish brown, tips black. No black
markings on legs. Horns short and stout, good specimens from
18 to 202 inches in length.

The two heads in the Collection have horns of moderate length
only, No. 19.7. 15.282 measuring as follows :—length on front
curve 16; circumference 63; spread from tip to tip 63.

Typical locality, Chobe Valley; range extends from the
Zambesi and Chobe through Northern Rhodesia as far as Lake
Bangweolo.

In the Proceedings of the Zoological Society for the year
1881 (quoted above) Selous gives the following account of the
distribution of this Antelope :—‘The only place where I myself
met with this Antelope was in a small tract of country extending
along the southern bank of the Chobe for about sixty miles
westwards from its junction with the Zambesi.

Ks They are never found at more than 200 or 300 yards from the
river, and are usually to be seen cropping the short grass along the
water’s edge, or lying in the shade of the trees and bushes
scattered over the alluvial flats which have been formed here and
there by the shifting of the river’s bed. Now and then a few
must wander eastwards along the southern bank of the Zambesi as
far as the Victoria Falls, as I saw my friend Mr. J. L. Garden

48 THE SELOUS COLLECTION.

shoot one in 1874 which was standing on the very brink of the
precipice. This, however, is the only one I have ever seen to the
east of Umparira, though I have been several times backwards and
forwards along the river’s bank between that place and the
Victoria Falls since. Along the Upper Zambesi from Sesheke to
the Baroutse Valley the natives report them common. Why the
Pookoo does not extend its range further westwards along the
southern bank of the Chobe I am at a loss to understand, as there
does not appear to be any change in the character of the country
or vegetation to account for it.”

Further information is given by Selous in his account of the
Puku in “The Great and Small Game of Africa” * :—‘ In 1877 I
visited the Chobi River a second time, and hunted for several
months along its southern bank, but although this was only three
years after my first visit, when I-found pookoo antelopes so
numerous, these animals had already become excessively scarce ; in
fact, had almost ceased to exist. The extermination of the pookoo
in this part of Africa was due to a political convulsion amongst
the Barotsi tribe on the Upper Zambesi, as, during the year 1876,
shortly after the assassination of Sipopo, the chief of the Barotsi,
large numbers of natives fled from their homes on the Zambesi,
crossed the swamps of’ the Chobi, and camped all along the
southern bank of that river, just in the pookoo ground.........
During this period of persecution no pookoos moved either farther
westwards along the Chobi, or eastwards along the Zambesi towards
the Victoria Falls, for although I found a few of these antelopes
still surviving in their old haunts in 1877, there were absolutely
none either to the east or the west of the small tract of country in
which they had been so plentiful in 1874....... a

256 —19.7.15.281, 7 July, 1874. South bank of Chobe River,
near junction with Zambesi.
257 —19.7.15.282. 12 August, 1874. South bank of Chobe River,

near junction with Zambesi.

* p, 295, 1899,

THE SELOUS COLLECTION. 49

Subfamily APYCEROTINZ.

. PALA, or IMPALA.
ANPYCEROS MELAMPUS MELAMPUS.

Antilope melampus, Lichtenstein, Reise, vol. ii. p. 544, pl. iv., 1812;
Mag. nat. Freunde, vol. vi. p. 167, 1814.

Aipyceros melampus, Sundevall, K. Svenska Vet.-Ak. Hand], 1845, p. 271,
1847,

Aipyceros melampus melampus, Lydekker and Blaine, Cat. Ungulate
Mamm. Brit. Mus. vol. iii. p. 8, 1914.

In the South African Pala the horns are of, medium size only
and considerably more slender than in the East African race.
General colour bright reddish brown; no dark blaze on face,
a character that distinguishes the typical form from the Angolan
peterst, in which the muzzle is marked with a blackish blaze.

Of the four heads in the Collection the largest horns are those
of No. 19.7.15. 283:—length on front curve 242; straight line
from point to base 20; circumference 52; spread from tip to
tip 123. E

Typical locality, Klipfontein, Little Namaqualand; range
extends northwards as far as the Zambesi.

Selous * gives the following account of the distribution of the
Pala in 1881:—“ This Antelope I first met with on the Marico
and Notuani rivers, two tributaries of the Limpopo; and from
there northwards it is.to be found along the banks of every river
and stream wherever I have been, except in those places where the
natives have exterminated or driven them away. They are nowhere
more plentiful than along the Chobe, and may often be seen in
herds of from twenty to a hundred together. .... .

258 —19.7.15.283. 14 August, 1879. South bank of Chobe
River, west of Sunta Outlet, North Bechuanaland.

259 —19.7.15.284. 29 July, 1877. South bank of Chobe River,
west of Sunta Outlet, North Bechuanaland.”

260 —19. 7.15, 285. September, 1874. South bank of Chobe
River, near junction with Zambesi.

261 —19.7.15.286. 27 August, 1874. South bank of Chobe

River, near junction with Zambesi.

* Proc. Zool. Soc. 1881, p. 757.

50 THE SELOUS COLLECTION.

JUBALAND IMPALA.
ANPYCEROS MELAMPUS RENDILIS.

Apyceros melampus rendilis, Lénnberg, K. Svenska Vet.-Ak. Hand.
vol, xlviii. no. 5, p. 164, 1912.

_ Larger than the South African Impala with longer and stouter
horns, good horns measuring on curve from 28 to 31} inches in
length. General colour brighter. The best pair of horns in the
Collection (No. 19.7.15. 287) measure as follows:—length on
curve 282; straight line from point to base 213; circumference
53; spread from tip to tip 12.

Type locality, Northern Guaso Nyiro, Kenya Colony. This
race is apparently distributed over a large part of Kenya Colony,
from the Northern Guaso Nyiro and Turkwel River in the north,
southwards towards the Tanganyika Territory boundary, where it
probably merges with the closely allied race suara described by
Matschie * from the Kilimanjaro District. It may be, that when
more material is available for examination, it will be found that the
Kilimanjaro and Northern Guaso Nyiro- Impalas represent one race
only, in which case the name given by Matschie would have to
be adopted for the Impala of Kenya Colony and Tanganyika
Territory.

262 —19,7.15.287. 18 December, 1902. Enderit River, south
end of Lake Nakuru, Naivasha District, Kenya Colony.

263 —19.7.15.288. 19 December, 1902. Enderit River, south
end of Lake Nakuru, Naivasha District, Kenya Colony.

264 —19. 7.15. 289. 31 January,19U3. Enderit River, south end
of Lake Nakuru, Naivasha District, Kenya Colony.

265 —19.7,15.290. 2 February, 1903. Enderit River, south end
of Lake Nakuru, ‘Naivasha District, Kenya Colony.

266 —19.7.15.291. 12 December, 1902. Enderit River, south
end of Lake Nakuru, Naivasha District, Kenya Colony.

267 —19. 7,15.292. 2 January, 1903. Eldoma Ravine Station,

Kenya Colony.

268-273 —19.7.15. 293-298, 1912. Northern Guaso Nyiro, Kenya
Colony,

274-275 —19, 7.15, 299-300. pane eee Kenya Colony.

* Strepsiceros suara, Matschie, Sitzber. Ges. nat, Freunde, 1892, p. 135,
partim,

Epyceros suara, Matschie, Siugeth. Deutsch-Ost-Afrika, p, 129, 1895,

THE SELOUS COLLECTION, 51

Subfamily ANTILOPIN A.

THOMSON’S GAZELLE.
GAZELLA THOMSONI THOMSONI.
Gazella thomsoni, Giinther, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 5, vol. xiv. p. 427,
1884, 2
Gazella thomsoni thomsoni, Roosevelt and Heller, Life-histories of African
Game Animals, vol. ii. p. 601, 1915.

Size medium, height at shoulder about 25 inches. Horns long
and nearly parallel, good horns measure from 15 to 163 inches in
length. No dark patch on nose, a feature which distinguishes the
typical race from nasalis.

The only specimen of the Kilimanjaro ¢thomsoni in the Collection
is one obtained im 1915-16. The horns of this head are almost
‘parallel; measurements :—length on front curve 123; circumfer-
ence 83; spread from tip to tip 23.

Typical locality, Kilimanjaro District; range extends from
Kilimanjaro southwards “to the Irangi District in Tanganyika
Territory.

276 —19.7,15.310, 1915-16. Taita and Taveta District, Kenya

Colony.

BLACK-SNOUTED THOMSON’S GAZELLE.
GAZELLA THOMSONI NASALIS.

Gazella thomsoni nasalis, Lénnberg, Sjéstedt’s Kilimandjaro-Meru Exped.
p. 46, 1908.

Closely related to the typical race, distinguished by the horns
being less parallel and the presence of a dark blackish spot on nose.
Lydekker and Blaine * considered the Thomson Gazelle from the
highlands of Kenya Colony as identical with the typical form from
Kilimanjaro. There has evidently been a mistake made, as the
authors state that “the absence of the nose-spot, upon which this
supposed race was founded, does not appear to be a constant
character of the Gazelles of this district.” ‘The race was founded

* Cat. Ungulate Mamm. Brit. Mus. vol. iii. pp. 88 and 85, 1914.
E2

52 THE SELOUS COLLECTION.
on the presence of a dark nose-spot, a character that is quite well
marked in the following series.

Of the specimens obtained in 1902-3 the best pair of horns
are those of No. 19. 7.15.301, which measure as follows :—length
on front curve 14; circumference 44; spread from tip to tip 5&.
The average tip to tip interval of the series is 44 inches.

Typical locality, ‘Northern Uganda and Lado.” The Black-
snouted Thomson Gazelle is found over a very large area, inhabiting
the country from Makindu in the east to the southern shores of
the Victoria Nyanza in the west, and northwards through the
Naivasha District to north of Lake Baringo and east of Mt.
Kenya.

277 —19.7.15.301. 9 January, 1903. Elmenteita Station, Nai-
vasha District, Kenya Colony.

278 —19. 7.15. 302. 22 December, 1902.: Plain near Elmenteita
Station, Naivasha District, Kenya Colony.

279 —19.7.15.303. 17 December, 1902. Enderit River, south end
of Lake Nakuru, Naivasha District, Kenya Colony.

280 —19.7.15.304. 20 December,1902. Enderit River, south end.
of Lake Nakuru, Naivasha District, Kenya Colony.

281 ~—19.7.15.305. 25 December, 1902. Near Lake Elmenteita,
Naivasha District, Kenya Colony.

282 —19.7.15.306. 31 January, 1903. Between Elmenteita
Station and Enderit River, Naivasha District, Kenya Colony.

283 —19.7.15.307. 8 February, 1903. Between Elmenteita
Station and Enderit River, Naivasha District, Kenya
Colony.

284 —19.7.15.308. Kenya Province, Kenya Colony.

295 —19.7.15.309, Head-skin. Kenya Province, Kenya Colony.

TYPICAL GRANT GAZELLE.
GAZELLA GRANTI GRANTI.
Antilope semmerringii (?), Grant, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1863, p. 8, nec

Cretzschmar.

Gazella granti, Brooke, Proc. Zool. Soe. 1872, p. 601, pl. xli.; 1873,
p. 550; 1878, p. 723.

Gazella granti typica, A. H. Neumann, Great and Small Game of Africa,
p. 355, 1899.

Gazella granti granti,O. Neumann, Sitzber. Ges. nat, Freunde, 106,
p. 243,

THE SELOUS COLLECTION. 538

Size large, height at shoulder about 34 inches. Horns long
and widely spread, approaching the condition found in roberts: *,
the race which inhabits the country around the southern shores of
the Victoria Nyanza; good: horns measure from 27 to 30% inches in
length.

The three heads of the typical race in the Collection were
obtained in 1915-16 in the Taita and Taveta District ; the best head
(No. 19.7. 15.322) carries horns of the following size:—length
on front curve 25; circumference 7; spread from tip to tip 194.

Typical locality, Western Kinyene, Ugogo, Tanganyika
Territory. The typical race is believed to be almost confined to
Tanganyika Territory, extending northwards only a short distance
into Kenya Colony.

286-288 —19.7.15. 321-323, 1915-16. Taita and Taveta District,
Kenya Colony.

ROOSEVELT’S GRANT GAZELLE.
GAZELLA GRANTI ROOSEVELTL.
Gazella granti roosevelti, Heller, Smithson. Misc. Collect. vol. lxi. no. 7,
p. 4, 1913.

Very like the typical race, the differences between the two
forms being very slight; horns less widely spread and general
colour rather darker.

The best horns of the following series are those of
No. 19. 7. 15. 312:—length on front curve 262; circumference 7};
spread from tip to tip-128. The horns of the female specimen
(No. 19. 7.15. 319) measure as follows :—length on front curve
144; circumference 38; spread from tip to tip 93.

Typical locality, Athi Plains, Ulu District, Kenya Colony.
Distributed along the Rift Valley as far north as Lake Baringo,
and eastwards to Mt. Kilimanjaro and Mt. Kenya.

289 —19.7.15.311. 9 January, 1903. Enderit River, south end
of Lake Nakuru, Naivasha District, Kenya Colony.

290 —19.7.15.312. 10 January, 1903. Enderit River, south end
of Lake Nakuru, Naivasha District, Kenya Colony.

291 —19.7.15.313. 18 December, 1902. Enderit River, south end

of Lake Nakuru, Naivasha District, Kenya Colony.

* Gazella granti robertsi, Thomas, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1908, vol. ii. p. 119.

5A. THE SELOUS COLLECTION.

292 —19.7.15.314. 24 December, 1902. Between Elmenteita
Station and Lake Elmenteita, Naivasha District, Kenya
Colony.

293 —19.7.15.815. 17 December, 1902. Elmenteita Station,
Naivasha District, Kenya Colony.

294 —19.7.15.316. 17 January, 1903. Near Simba Station, Ulu

District, Kenya Colony.
295 —19,7.15.317. 20 December, 1902. South end of Lake
Nakuru, Naivasha District, Kenya Colony.

296 —19.7.15.318. 17 December, 1902. Near Gil-Gil Station,
Naivasha District, Kenya Colony.
297 ~—19.7.15.319 (female). 23 December, 1902. Near Lake
Elmenteita, Naivasha District, Kenya Colony.
298 —19. 7.15. 3820. Kenya Province, Kenya Colony.

RAINEY’S GRANT GAZELLE.

GAZELLA GRANTI RAINEYI.

Gazella granti raineyt, Heller, Smithson. Misc. Collect. vol. lxi. no. 7,
p. 6, 1913.

Most nearly allied to Gazella granti brighti described by
Thomas * from the Lado district; distinguished by the presence
of a dark pygal band to the white rump-patch. Heller states, in
his original description, that the general colour of the upper parts
is darker. Horns larger and more widely spread. From roosevelti
this race is distinguished by the horns being smaller and more
parallel. The horns of this series average rather shorter and
markedly less widely spread than in the specimens referred to
roosevelti.

Best horn measurements (No. 19. 7.15. 326) :—length on
front curve 254; circumference 63; spread from tip to tip 10L.
The average tip to tip interval of the two series is as follows :—
roosevelti (8 specimens) 18 inches, and raineyé (7 specimens)
8 inches.

Typical locality, junction of Northern Guaso Nyiro and Isiola
Rivers. Distributed over a large area of the northern part of
Kenya Colony, ranging from the north bank of the Tana River

* Proc. Zool. Soc. 1900, p. 805.

THE SELOUS COLLECTION. 55

and northern slopes of Mt. Kenya, northwards across the Northern
Guaso Nyiro Valley towards Lake Rudolf.

299-305 —19.7.15.324-330. January and February, 1912, Northern
Guaso Nyiro, Kenya Colony.

SPRINGBUCK.
ANTIDORCAS MARSUPIALIS MARSUPIALIS,

La Gazelle & bowrse sur te dos, Allamand, Schneider’s ed. Buffon’s
Histoire Naturelle, Suppl. vol. iv. p. 142, pl. Ix., 1778.

Antilope marsupialis, Zimmermann, Geogr. Geschichte, vol. ii. p. 427,
1780.
Antilope euchore, “ Forst.,” Zimmermann, op. cit. vol. iii. p. 269, 1783.
Gazella euchore, A. Smith, 8. African Quart. Journ. vol. ii. p. 191, 1834.
Antidorcas euchore, Sundevall, K. Svenska Vet.-Ak. Handl. 1845, p. 271,
1847.

Antidorcas marsupialis, Elliot, Cat. Mamm. Field Mus. (Field Mus. Zool.
Pub. no. 115, vol. viii.) p. 75, 1907.

Antidorcas marsupialis marsupialis, Lydekker and Blaine, Cat. Ungulate
Mamm. Brit. Mus. vol. iii. p. 111, 1914.

Distinguished from the Gazelles by the presence of a large
evertible dorsal gland extending from middle of back to rump, and
lined with long white hairs, the absence of inguinal glands, and
presence of only two pairs of lower premolars. Horns of medium
size (from 14 to 193 inches in length in good specimens), sub-
lyrate, with incurved tips.

Best horn measurements (No. 19. 7.15. 331) :—length on front
curve 132; circumference 6; spread from tip to tip 53. Of the
female specimens No. 19. 7.15. 334 has exceptionally long horns,
measuring 102 inches in length with a tip to tip interval of
52 inches.

Typical locality, probably southern Cape Colony ; range includes
the Orange River Colony and Bechuanaland, extending westwards
into Angola.

Selous * gives the following account of the distribution of the
Springbuck in South Africa in the year 1881:—“The Springbok
is still found in the north-western portions of the Cape Colony,
and throughout the Free State, Transvaal, and Griqualand West,

* Proc. Zool. Soc. 1881, p. 757.

56 THE SELOUS COLLECTION.

where it has not yet been exterminated. Along the borders of the
Kalahari desert it is common in many parts, and on the saltpans
between the Botletlie River and the waggon-road leading from
Bamangwato to the Zambesi, it is also plentiful. In common
with the Gemsbuck and Hartebeest, however, its northern range is
bounded by the thick forests which run east and west, south of the
Mababe river. I believe that to the west of Lake Ngami it has a
more extensive range northwards.”

306 —19. 7,15.331. 10 January, 1872. Griqualand West, South
Africa.

307 —19.7.15.332. 20 January, 1877. Maritsani River, Bech-
uanaland.

308 —19. 715.333. 20 September, 1884. Near Metsi butluku,
North Kalahari, Khama’s Country.

309 —19.7.15.334 (female). 10 January, 1881. Chwai Saltpan,
Bechuanaland.

310-312 —19.7.15.335-337 (females), May, 1895. Dreifontein,
Orange River Colony.

GERENUK.
LITHOCRANIUS WALLERI.
Gazella walleri, Brooke, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1878, p. 929, pl. lvi.
Lit[hJocranius (Gazella) watleri, Kohl, Ann. Hofmns. Wien, vol. i. p. 79,
pl. 5, fig. 3, and pl. 6, fig. 1, 1886.

Lithocranius walleri, Thomas, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1891, p. 207.

Distinguished from the Gazelles and Springbuck by the great
elongation of the neck and limbs, the presence of four teats, and of
a bare glandular area below each eye. Lower premolars, as in
Gazella, three pairs. Inguinal glands absent. Horns present
only in males, sublyrate in type with tips curved forwards; good
horns from 14 to 17 inches

Of the seven heads in the Collection No. 19. 7. 15. 889 possesses
the longest horns:—length on front curve 14; circumference 5 ;
spread from tip to tip 4.

Typical locality, Juba Valley. ‘The range is very great, ex-
tending from Somaliland and southern Abyssinia southward
through Jubaland, across the Northern Guaso Nyiro Valley
into the Tanaland Province, and from thence through Taita

THE sELOts CoLtcTion. 57

and ‘Taveta District to north-east of Mt. Kilimanjaro, passing
southwards along the Rift Valley into Tanganyika Territory.

313 —19.7,15.338, 1-April, 1912, Northern Guaso Nyiro Dis-
trict, Kenya Colony.

314 —-19.7.15.339, 10 March, 1912. Northern Guaso Nyiro
District, enya Colony.

315 —19.7.15.340. January, 1912. Northern Guaso Nyiro Dis-
trict, Kenya Colony.

316 —19.7.15.341, 30 March, 1912. Northern Guaso Nyiro Dis-
trict, Kenya Colony.

317 —19.7,15.342. 15 March, 1912. Northern Guaso Nyiro Dis-
trict, Kenya Colony.

318 --19.7.15.343. 18 March, 1912. Northern Guaso Nyiro Dis-
trict, Kenya Colony.

319 —19.7.15.3844. 14 February, 1912. Northern Guaso Nyiro

District, Kenya Colony,

Subfamily ORYGINZE.

GEMSBUCK.
* ORYX GAZELLA.

Capra gazella, Linn. Syst. Nat. ed. 10, vol. i. p. 69,1758 ; ed. 12, vol. i.
p. 96, 1766.

Antilope oryx, Pallas, Spicil. Zool. fasc. xii. pp. 16 and 61, 1777.

Cerophorus (Oryx) oryx, Blainville, Bull. Soc. Philom. 1816, p. 75.

Onyx onyx, Gray, Medical Repository, vol. xv. p. 307, 1821, misprint for
Orya orys.

Oryz oryz, Jardine, Naturalist’s Libr., Mamm. vol. xi. p. 204, 1835.

Oryx capensis, Ogilby, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1836, p. 189.

Oryx gazella, Gray, List Mamm. Brit. Mus. p. 156, 1843; Ann. Mag.
Nat. Hist. ser. 1, vol. xviii. p. 232, 1846; Proc. Zool. Soc. 1850, p. 134;
Knowsley Menagerie, p. 17, 1850; Cat. Ungulata Brit. Mus. p. 105,
1852; Cat. Ruminants Brit. Mus. p. 35, 1872; Hand-List Ruminants
Brit. Mus. p. 104, 1873.

The Gemsbuck is the largest member of the genus, the height
at shoulder about 48 inches. Hair long and rough, very different
to the short-haired coat of the East African Beisa. Dark markings
on face very prominent, the frontal or nose-patch communicating
with dark eye-stripe and continued on to throat; dark throat
marking without any median light patch or stripe, such as always
occurs in O. beisa annectens. Horns longer than in the East

58 THE SELOUS COLLECTION.

African Beisa and straighter ; fine horns measure from 48 to 474
inches in length.

The best horns in the Collection (No. 19. 7.15. 348) measure as
follows :—length on front 423 ; circumference 7; spread from tip
to tip 193. Of the males No. 19. 7.15. 349 has the longest horns ;
measurements :—length on front 87; circumference 8 ; spread
from tip to tip 182.

Typical locality, some part of the desert areas of south-western
Africa, between Bechuanaland and Mossamedes ; the species is
found as far north as Elephant Bay, Benguella, Angola.

It was not until May 11th, 1879, that Selous secured his first
Gemsbuck, an immature cow shot near the Botletlie River. A
few days later (May 15) he killed an adult female, which carried
42-inch horns, at the same locality.

320 —19.7.15.345. April, 1888. North of Makari-kari Saltpan,
Nata River, North Kalahari.

321-323 —19. 7.15. 346-348 (females). April, 1888. North of Makari-
kari Saltpan, Nata River, North Kalahari.

324 —19.7.15.349, 21 June, 1884. Near Metsi butluku, North
Kalahari, Khama’s Country.

325 —19.7.15.350 (female). 23 June, 1884. Near Metsi butluku,
North Kalahari, Khama’s Country.

326 —19.7.15.351 (female). 22 September, 1884. Near Metsi
butluku, North Kalahari, Khama’s Country.

327 —19.7.15.352 (female). 11 May, 1879. Botletlie River,
Khama’s Country.

328 —19.7.15.353 (female). 15 May, 1879. Botletlie River,
Khama’s Country.

329 —19.7.15.354. 16 September, 1884. Sode Gara Vley, North
Kalahari.

330-331 —19.7.15.355-356. Horns. Bechuanaland.

IBEAN BEISA.
ORYX BEISA ANNECTENS.

Oryx annectens, Hollister, Smithson. Misc. Collect. vol. lvi. no. 2, p. 7,
1910.
Oryx beisa annectans, Ward, Records of Big Game, ed. 6, p. 298, 1910.
Size smaller than in the South African Gemsbuck, with smaller
and less widely spread horns; good horns measure from 34 to
39 inches in length. Face markings much as in O. gazella, but

THE SELOUS COLLECTION. 59

the nose-pateh is narrower and not connected with the eye-stripes ;
no fringe or tuft on throat. This race appears to be intermediate
between the Abyssinian Oryx beisa gallarum and the Kilimanjaro
Fringed-eared Beisa, Orya beisa callotis. It is very much greyer
in colour than the Abyssinian form, and may be distinguished at
once from eallotis by the absence of the long dark ear-fringes.

Best horn measurements (No. 19. 7. 15. 359) :—length on
front 84; circumference 63; spread from tip to tip 93.

Typical locality, Laikipia Plateau, Laikipia District, Kenya
Colony. Range extends from the north bank of the Tana River
across the northern slopes of Mt. Kenya to Lake Baringo, and
northwards across the Northern Guaso Nyiro and along the
Turkwel River to Lake Rudolf and towards the Abyssinian
border.

332-334 —19.7.15.357-359. 1912. Northern Guaso Nyiro District,

Kenya Colony.
335 —19. 7.15. 360 (female). 1912. Northern Guaso Nyiro District,

Kenya Colony.

336-340 —19.7.15.361-365 (sex not recorded). 1912. Northern
Guaso Nyiro District, Kenya Colony.

341-342 -—19.7.15. 366-367 (sex not recorded). Sungari Rongai River,
Kenya Province, Kenya Colony.

ROAN ANTELOPE.
HIPPOTRAGUS EQUINUS EQUINUS.

Antilope equina, Desmarest, Nouv. Dict. Hist. Nat. vol. xxiv. p. 4, and
Tabl. p. 32, 1804; Mammalogie, vol. ii. p. 476, 1822.

Aigoceros barbata, A. Smith, 8. African Quart. Journ. vol. ii. -p. 186,
1834, °

Aigoceros equinus, A. Smith, op. cit. p. 185, 1834,

Hippotragus equinus, Sundevall, K. Svenska Vet.-Ak. Handl. 1844,
p. 197, 1846.

Hippotragus equinus typicus, Sclater and Thomas, Book of Antelopes,
vol. iv. p. 13, 1899.

Hippotragus equinus equinus, Lydekker and Blaine, Cat. Ungulate
Mamm. Brit. Mus. vol. iii. p. 1386, 1914,

Size large, height at shoulder occasionally as much as 60 inches.
Horns stout, comparatively short, cylindrical, and heavily ridged ;
good horns from 30 to 84 inches in length. General colour

60 THE SHELOUS COLLECTION.

greyish mixed with reddish brown; face vandyke brown with
prominent white patches above and extending in front of eyes, the
white hairs in anterior part of considerable length. Light marking
behind eyes. Muzzle, sides of nose, and chin white. ‘

Horn measurements (No. 19.7.15.375):—length on front
curve 32; circumference 93; spread from tip to tip 12. The
horns of the females are not nearly so heavy, the largest of the
series (No. 19.7.15.877) measuring as follows :—length on front
curve 304; circumference 7; spread from tip to tip 74.

Typical locality, South Africa north of the Orange River, the
range extending as far north as Northern Rhodesia.

Selous* gives the following account of the distribution of the
Roan Antelope in South Africa during the period 1871-1881 :—
“T have twice met with the Roan Antelope to the south of
Bamangwato—once on the Limpopo and once on the Notuani.
In the neighbourhood of the Tati in south-western Matabele Land
it is not uncommon, and all along the road from there to the
Zambesi it may be met with, though nowhere plentiful. As far
as I have been along the Chobe it is to be found sparingly, and
also in the Mababe country. Throughout the Mashuna country it
is tolerably plentiful, and in the Manica country north of the
Zambesi I saw a good many. In fact it is to be found over a
vast extent of country in Central South Africa, but is nowhere to
be met with in large numbers.”

343 —19.7.15.368 (female). 3 June, 1882. Umzweswi River,
Mashonaland, Southern Rhodesia.
344 —19. 7.15. 369. 28 July, 1883. Upper Umfuli River, Mashona-

land, Southern Rhodesia.
345-346 —19.7.15.370-371, June,1885. Upper Umfuli River, Mashona-
land, Southern Rhodesia.

347 —19.7.15.372, 11 July, 1883. Hanyani River, Mashonaland,
Southern Rhodesia. :

348 —19. 7.15.373. December, 1891. Hanyani River, Mashona-
land, Southern Rhodesia.

349 —19. 7.15.374. October, 1887. Near Hanyani River, Lo
Magondi’s Country, Mashonaland, Southern Rhodesia.

350 —19.7.15.375, August, 1892. Near Hanyani River, not far

from Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia.

* Proc, Zool. Soc. 1881, p. 756.

THE SELOUS COLLECTION. 61

351 —19.7.15.376. Skin, mounted. July, 1892. Hanyani River,
Mashonaland, Southern Rhodesia.
352 -—19.7.15.377 (female). 10 July, 1883. Near source of

Hanyani River, Mashonaland, Southern Rhodesia.

SABLE ANTELOPE.
HirporRaGus NIGER NIGER.

Aigocerus niger, Harris, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1838, p. 2; Trans. Zool. Soc.
vol. ii, p. 213, pl. xxxix., 1838; Portraits Wild Animals S. Africa,
p. 126, pl. xxiii, 1840; Wild Sports 8. Africa, ed. 5, pp. 216 and 349,
pl. xxii, 1852.

Hippotragus niger, Sundevall, K. Svenska Vet.-Ak. Handl, 1844, p. 197,
1846.

Hippotragus-niger niger, Lydekker avd Blaine, Cat. Ungulate Mamm.
Brit. Mus. vol. iii. p. 148, 1914.

Size rather smaller than in the Roan Antelope; shoulder-height
about 52 to 54 inches. Horns considerably longer and more
compressed ; good horns measure 45 inches or more in length. In
some animals the horns are nearly parallel, in others widely spread.
Female horns shorter and more slender in build. General colour
very dark brown, the coat appearing quite glossy; rump, front of
thighs, and belly white, the white underparts sharply contrasting
with the dark flanks. Face markings somewhat like those of the
Roan, but no light patches behind eyes, and the dark frontal and
nasal marking extends almost to end of nose; below this is a well-
defined white lateral face stripe, communicating posteriorly with
the white tufted areas above eyes. A dark eye-stripe extends
along sides of face to just below posterior border of nostril. Lips,
muzzle, sides and underparts of lower jaw white. In the females
the coat is never as dark as in the adult males, a rufous tint
predominating.

Best horn measurements (No. 19.7.15.393) :—length on
front curve 443%, circumference 93; spread from tip to tip 83.
This specimen has the smallest tip to tip interval of the male
heads in the Collection ; the greatest spread is in No. 19.7.15.387,
where the horn-tips are 19} inches apart. Of the females No. 19.
7.15. 380 possesses the finest horns :—length on front curve 393;
circumference 63; spread from tip to tip 63.

Typical locality, Cashan Mountains, North-western Transvaal ;
the range extending as far north as North West Rhodesia.

62 THE SELOUS COLLECTION.

Writing in 1881 * Selous makes the following statement about
the distribution of the Sable Antelope :—‘ At the present day
a few Sable Antelopes are still to be found in South-western
Matabele Land, in the neighbourhood of Ramokwebani, Shashani,
and Samookwe rivers (tributaries of the Shashe). Along the
waggon-road leading from Tati to the Zambesi it may be
met with here and there, but is decidedly scarce. All along
the Chobe river, as far as I have been, I have met with this
Antelope, though sparingly. In the Mababe country, and on the
road leading from there to Bamangwato, I neither saw a Sable
Antelope nor the spoor of one, and do not think its range extends
so far to the west. In the broken country to the south of the
Victoria Falls, in the neighbourhood of the Pendamatenka and
Daka rivers, it is not uncommon, but its true home is the higher
portions of the Mashuna country to the north-east of the Matabele
country. .... On the Manica plateau, north of the Zambesi,
Sable Antelopes are also to be met with.”

353 —19.7.15.378. 30 May, 1882. Umniati River, Mashonaland,
Southern Rhodesia.

354 —19.7.15.379. 8 September, 1878. Umzweswi River, Mash-
onaland, Southern Rhodesia.

355 —19.7.15.380 (female). Umzweswi River, Mashonaland,
Southern Rhodesia.

356 —19.7.15.381. 22 September, 1880. Umfuli River, Mashona-
land, Southern Rhodesia.

357 —19. 7.15.382. 16 October, 1880. Umfuli River, Mashona-
land, Southern Rhodesia,

358 —19.7.15.383 (female). October, 1880. Umfuli River,
Mashonaland, Southern Rhodesia,

359 —19.7.15.384 (female), 380 June, 1883. Umfuli River,
Mashonaland, Southern Rhodesia.

360 —19.7.15.385. 15 July, 1879. Southern bank of Chobe
River, west of Sunta Outlet, North Bechuanaland,

361 —19.7.15.386, August, 1883, Hanyani River, Mashonaland,
Southern Rhodesia.

362 —19.7.15.387. 6 September, 1883. Hanyani River, Mashona-
land, Southern Rhodesia.

363 —19. 7.15. 388. Skin, mounted. July, 1892. Hanyani River,

Mashonaland, Southern Rhodesia.

* Proc, Zool. Soc, 1881, p. 756.

« THE SELOUS COLLECTION. 63

364 —19.7.15.389, 12 October, 1883. Near source of Hanyani
River, Mashonaland, Southern Rhodesia.

365 —19.7.15.390. October, 1880. Mashonaland, Southern
Rhodesia.

366 —19.7.15.391. September, 1891. Near Mazoe River, North-
eastern Mashonaland, Southern Rhodesia.

367 —19.7.15.392. November, 1891. Near Mazoe River, North-
eastern Mashonaland, Southern Rhodesia.

368 —19.7.15.393. April, 1892. Matoko’s Country, Mangwendi,

Eastern Mashonaland, Southern Rhodesia.

Subfamily TRAGELAPHIN AL.

HIGHLAND BUSHBUCK.
TRAGELAPHUS SCRIPTUS DELAMEREI.

Tragelaphus delamerei, Pocock, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 7, vol. v. p. 95,

1900,
Tragelaphus scriptus delamerei, Lydekker, Game Animals of Africa,
p. 324, 1908. “

A large Bushbuck, in the adult stage very richly coloured.
Head and sides of face bright rufous-buff with dark nose-stripe ;
across the latter there sometimes occurs a white chevron marking.
Two well-defined white spots below eye. General colour dark
brown sprinkled. with buff. Indistinct white stripes on flanks and
spots on haunches. The type of this race is an immature female,
the colour of the coat being considerably paler than in the adult
phase. Neither of the two heads in the Collection has the white
chevron marking on the face. Horns fairly large, good horns
measuring 16 inches in length.

Horn measurements :—No. 19. 7.15. 894: length on front curve
122; circumference 53; spread from tip to tip 63. No. 19. 7.15.
895: length on front curve 153; circumference 6; spread from
tip to tip 7.

Typical locality, Sayer, north-east of Laikipia Plateau, Kenya
Colony. The range is extensive, including the greater part of
Kenya Colony from Lake Rudolf and north-western Uganda
southwards to the southern shores of the Victoria Nyanza in Tan-
ganyika Territory, and eastward to Kilimanjaro. This race does

64 THE SELOUS COLLECTION.

not extend to the coast, the Bushbuck of the Seyidie and Tanaland
Provinces being separated as a distinct race under the name
Tragelaphus scriptus olivaceus *.

From examination of the material in the Museum Collection
and views expressed by recent observers in the field it appears that
the forms described under the names tjederi, brunneus, and
eldome must be regarded as having been founded merely on
various colour phases of delamerei. The type localities of these
three forms are only a short distance from Sayer, the type locality
of delamerei, the distances varying from 70 to 120 miles.

369 —19.7.15.394. 5 January, 1903. Londiani Station, Uasin
Gishu District, Kenya Colony.
370 —19.7.15.395. 1912. Northern Guaso Nyiro, Kenya Colony.

CHOBE BUSHBUCK.
TRAGELAPHUS SCRIPTUS ORNATUS.

Tragelaphus scriptus ornatus, Pocock, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist, ser. 7, vol. v.
p. 94, 1900.

Size about as in the typical race, smaller than delamerei with
shorter horns. General colour above reddish brown, darker below ;
six to eight indistinct transverse white bands on sides of body.
Longitudinal white stripes absent, but spots below transverse
bands tend to form a lower longitudinal stripe, but not a well-
defined line as is found in the Senegal scriptus. A number of
large white spots on haunches and three or four on shoulders.
Face markings much as in delamere?, the white chevron mark in
front of eyes may be either well defined or entirely absent. Short-
haired collar and white chest band as in delamerei. A female
specimen in the Museum Collection, shot by Selous at Linyanti,
the type locality, has only three very indistinct white bands on
the sides and not nearly so many white spots on the haunches
as the adult males have.

Horn measurements (No. 19, 7.15.399):—length on front
curve 123; circumference 53; spread from tip to tip 6.

Typical locality, Linyanti, Chobe Valley, Bechuanaland. Range,
Chobe and Zambesi valleys extending southwards into Mashona-
land.

* Heller, Smithson, Misc, Collect, vol. lxi. no. 13, p. 1, 1913.

THE SELOUS COLLECTION. 65

Selous in his account of the Bushbucks of South Africa *
states as follows :—‘ In speaking of this antelope, I include all the
Bushbucks that I have met with in different parts of the country,
and which, although those found on the banks of the Chobe are
very different at first sight, both as regards size and colour, from
those met with in the Cape Colony, I believe to be all specifically
identical.

“This Antelope is found everywhere in the belt of bush running
all along the coast-line of the Cape Colony and Natal, and which
in some places extends to a considerable distance inland. Along
the Limpopo and some of its tributaries it is also found, but does
not extend its range far up the latter. Then if we cross the water-
shed between that river and the Zambesi, we again meet with it on
the banks of the latter river and on the lower part of some of its
tributaries, such as the Gwaiand Sanyati. In certain districts along
the southern bank of the Chobe it is more common than anywhere
else. It is, however, never met with except in places where dense
bush comes right down to the water’s edge, and on the Chobe,
where I have seen most,of these Antelopes, I have never found
one at a distance of 100 yards from the river. From the Cape
Colony to the Chobe all the Bushbucks I have seen have a bare
place round the neck, as if they had worn a broad collar, that had
rubbed off all the long hair, leaving nothing but a soft velvety
down. It is worthy of remark that the North-African
Bushbuck (Lragelaphus scriptus) has not this bare place round
the neck. In the Cape Colony the adult Bushbuck rams are of a
deep dark brownish-black colour, with only two or three small
white spots on the haunch and one or two on the shoulder. The
adult females are of a light reddish brown, with white spots on the
_haunches, and sometimes a few between the shoulder and the
flank. The young rams are of a reddish brown, more or less
spotted. On the Limpopo the adult rams are of a brownish gray,
often without a sign of any spots, and the adult females of a dark
red, with a few white spots. The hair of the rams is longer than
in the Colony.....

“This is'the Bushbuck which Gordon Cumming considered to
be a new and undescribed species and named the ‘Antelopus

* Proc. Zool. Soc. 1881, p. 752.

66 THE SELOUS COLLECTION.

roualeynei,’ or ‘Bushbuck of the Limpopo.’ These Bushbucks
are smaller than those found in the Cape Colony...... If we
now take the Bushbucks found on the banks of the Chobe, we
find that the adult male is of a very dark red colour, in places
merging into a deep brownish black, most beautifully spotted with
large white spots, there being“as many as fifty on each side in
some individuals, and in some cases as many as eight well-defined
white stripés besides. There is also a mane of white hair running
all down the back from the shoulder to the tail, about 3 inches in
length, and which the animal can erect at pleasure... ..

The Cape Bushbuck described in the above is the animal now
known as Tragelaphus scriptus sylvaticus.

371 —19.7.15.396. October, 1887. Lo Magondi’s, Mashonaland,
Southern Rhodesia.
372 —19.7.15.397. September, 1887. River Angwa, North

Mashonaland, Southern Rhodesia.
373-374 —19.7.15.398-399. July, 1879. South bank of Chobe River.

CAPE BUSHBUCK.
TRAGELAPHUS SCRIPLUS SYILVATICUS.

Antilope sylvatica, Sparrman, Act. Holm. 1780, p. 197, pl. vii.; Reisen
Guten Hoffnung, p. 517, pl. iti, 1784; English Transl. (Voyage
to Cape of Good Hope, etc.) vol. i. p. 270, vol. ii. p. 220, pl. vi., 1786;
French Transl. vol. i. p. 293, pl. iii.

Tragelaphus sylvaticus, Blainville, Bull. Soc. Philom. 1816, p. 75.

Tragelaphus scriptus sylvaticus, Thomas, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1891, p. 389.

Size as in ornatus, horns longer. General colour darker,
blackish brown above and without longitudinal or transverse white
stripes on sides; a few small white spots on haunches and
shoulders. Short-haired collar-band and face-markings as in the
Chobe race.

Best horn measurements (No. 19.7.15.400):—length on
front curve 15}; circumference 5%; spread from tip to tip 43.

Typical locality, Groot Vadersbosch district, Cape Colony;
range includes Cape Colony, Orange River Colony, Transvaal,
Natal, and parts of Portuguese Hast Africa.

This race is referred to by Selous in his paper published in the

THE SELOUS COLLECTION. 67

Proceedings of the Zoological Society for 1881, an extract from
which is quoted above.

375 —19.7.15.400. April,1896. Near East London, Cape Colony.
376-377 —19.7.15.401-402, March, 1876. Near Algoa Bay, Cape
Colony.

NYALA, on INYALA.
TRAGELAPHUS ANGASI.

Tragelaphus angasi, Angas, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1848, p. 89, pls. iv. and v.

Euryceros angasi, Gray, Cat. Ruminants Brit. Mus. p. 48, 1872; Hand-
list Ruminants Brit. Mus. p. 119, 1873.

Nyala angasi, Heller, Smithson. Mise. Collect. vol. lx. no. 8, p. 16, 1912,

Considerably larger than the Bushbucks; height at shoulder
about 42 inches. Horns heavier and longer, good specimens
measuring from 27 to 314 inches in length. In the adult male a
heavy dark fringe of long hairs extends from the throat down the
neck on to the chest and, belly. General colour greyish brown,
dorsal crest white; about fourteen indistinct whitish bands on
sides of body and a few faint white spots on haunches. Face
markings of the Bushbuck pattern; suborbital chevron present,
but incomplete. Lower part of legs bright buff, with white
patches ; dark blackish markings above hocks and knees. Female
bright rufous in colour with dark dorsal crest and eleven well-
defined transverse white bands on sides of body. Face with dark
brown nasal marking. Mane, long fringe, and black marks on
limbs absent.

Best horn measurements (No. 19.7. 15.405) :—-length on
front curve 288; in straight line from point to base 24; cireum-
ference 8; spread from tip to tip 104. .

Typical locality, St. Lucia Bay, Zululand, The range of the
Nyala extends from Northern Natal through Mozambique and
Nyasaland to Lake Mweru. In 1896 Selous made a special
journey to Tongaland to obtain specimens of this rare antelope.
In addition to the two heads and two pairs of horns mentioned
below, he also obtained two entire specimens and presented them
to the Museum, where they are now on exhibition. (B.M. Nos,

96. 11. 28. 9-10).
F2

68 THE SELOUS COLLECTION.

378-379 —19.7.15.403-404. October, 1896. Usutu River, Tongaland,
Natal.

380-381 —19.7.15.405-406. Horns. September, 1896. Junction of
Pongola and Usutu Rivers, Tongaland, Natal.

ZAMBESI SITATUNGA*.
LIMNOTRAGUS SELOUSI.
Tragelaphus spekei, Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc, 1864, p. 103, pl. xii.; 1890,
p. 590, pl. xlvii,
Tragelaphus selousi, Rothschild, Novit. Zool. vol. v. p. 206, 1898.

Limnotragus selousi, Sclater and Thomas, Book of Antelopes, vol. iv.
p. 157, pl. xciv., 1900.

Distinguished from the Bushbucks and Nyala by the great
elongation of the hoofs. Size almost equal to that of the Nyala.
‘Horns from 30 to 35% inches in length. Ears smaller than in
Tragelaphus angasi. Coat long and rather coarse. General
colour dirty yellow-ochre, without the white body stripes of the
Nyala t+. Face markings somewhat similar, a large incomplete
white suborbital chevron and an indistinct white spot below eyes.
This species is easily distinguished from the other members of the
genus Limnotragus by the fact that the two sexes are alike in
general colour, whereas in spekei from the Victoria Nyanza and
spekei gratus from the Gabun the sexes are of different colours.

Best horn measurements (No. 19. 7.15. 409):—length on
front curve 82%; in straight line from point to base 27; circum-
ference 73; spread from tip to tip 163.

Typical locality, Zambesi Valley; range, Zambesi Valley and
northwards through Northern Rhodesia into the southern part of
the Belgian Congo. ;

382 —19.7.15.407. 5 August, 1879. Lower Chobe River, near
Linyanti.

383 —19.7.15.408. Horns. Killed by natives in swamps of
Chobe River, near Linyanti (August, 1879).

384 —19.7.15.409. Horns. Killed by Leopard in swamps of

Chobe River (August, 1879).

* Also spelt “ Situtunga.”’

+ Selous records (Proc. Zool. Soc, 1881, p. 758) having seen a fostal
specimen in 1877, and states that it was striped and spotted like the Chobe
Bushbucks.

THE SELOUS COLLECTION. 69

EAST AFRICAN LESSER KUDU.
STREPSICEROS IMBERBIS AUSTRALIS.

Ammelaphus imberbis australis, Heller, Smithson. Misc. Collect. vol. lxi.
no. 13, p. 2, 1913.

Strepsiceros imberbis australis, Lydekker and Blaine, Cat. Ungulate
Mamm. Brit. Mus. vol. iii, p. 195, 1914.

Closely allied to the Somaliland Lesser Kudu. Size about as in
the Nyala. Horns easily distinguished from those of the Bush-
bucks, Nyala, and Sitatunga by the greater development of the
spiral twist, there being at least two-and-a-half turns; distinctly
ridged and rather smaller than in the typical race. Ears large ;
throat fringe absent. General colour darker than in the Somali-
land form, twelve or thirteen white transverse stripes on sides of
body, extending from median dorsal stripe to underparts. Face
markings much asin Tragelaphus ; well-defined white gorget on
throat and another on chest.

Horn measurements (No. 19. 7.15. 411}:—length on curve 273;
in straight line from point to base 223; circumference 63; spread
from tip to tip 13}.

Typical locality, Longaya watering-place, Marsabit district,
Jubaland Province, Kenya Colony; range apparently extensive,
from Southern Abyssinia in the north through the Lake Rudolf
district and Jubaland Province southwards across the Northern
Guaso Nyiro into the Tanaland and Seyidie Provinces, extending
westwards, north of Kilimanjaro, to the Rift Valley and from
thence south into Tanganyika Territory.

385 —19.7.15.410. 12 March, 1912. Lower Guaso Nyiro, Kenya
Colony.
386 —19.7.15.411. 18 March, 1912. Lower Guaso Nyiro, Kenya
Colony.
387 —19.7.15.412. 19 March, 1912. Lower Guaso Nyiro, Kenya
Colony.
KUDU.

STREPSICEROS STREPSICEROS STREPSICEROS.

Antilope strepsiceros, Pallas, Misc. Zool. p. 9, 1766; Spicil. Zool. fase. i,
-p.17, 1767; fase. xii. pp. 19 and 69, 1777.

Damalis strepsiceros, H. Smith, Griffith’s Animal Kingdom, vol, iv. p. 359,
1827. ‘

70 THE SELOUS COLLECTION.

Damalis (Strepsiceros) strepsiceros, H. Smith, op. cit. vol. vy. p. 865, 1827.

Strepsiceros strepsiceros, Smuts, Enum. Mamm. Cap. p. 92, 1882.

Strepsiceros strepsiceros strepsiceros, Pocock, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1905, vol. i.
pp. 140, 141.

Size very large, height at shoulder 50 to 52 inches. Differs
from the Lesser Kudu in having a well-developed fringe on throat
and chest, and much larger horns, in good specimens from 55 to
64 inches along curve. General colour of body greyish brown,
sometimes bluish grey or tinted with rufous; nine or ten transverse
white stripes on side of body. In the East African and Sudan
races the body stripes are less numerous.

The Collection contains a very fine series of this handsome
Antilope. No. 19.7.15.417 has the best horns :—length on
curve 60 ; in straight line from point to base 453; circumference
113; spread from tip to tip 38. Another good head is
No. 19. 7. 15.420, which has the following horn measurements :—
length on curve 63%; in straight line from point to base 41;
circumference 10; spread from tip to tip 234. The spread of the
horns is very variable; the maximum tip to tip interval in this
series occurs in No. 19.7.15.426, being as much as 48 inches.
The minimum spread from tip to tip is 16 inches (No. 19.7.15.428).
The female head (No. 19.7. 15.419) is a very exceptional specimen
as it possesses well-developed horns, one of which measures as
much as 30} inches from point to base. Selous* writing in his
diary of this specimen makes the following statement :—“ I rode
on to the carcase of this Koodoo cow just after it had been killed
by wild dogs, which I drove off, when near Bamangwato in
Khama’s country in March, 1888, Altogether I have seen many
hundreds of female Koodoos, but this is the only one I ever saw
with horns.”

Typical locality, Cape Colony ; range extends northwards across
Zambesi into Northern Rhodesia. Writing in 1881+ on the
distribution of the Kudu in South Africa, Selous makes the
following remarks :—‘ A few Koodoos still linger in the Cape
Colony, and in parts of Griqualand West they are not uncommon.

* Cat. Exhibits Brit. Section International Shooting and Field Sports
Exhibit. Vienna, 1910, p. 17, 1911.
+ Proc. Zool. Soc, 1881, p. 751,

THE SELOUS COLLECTION. 71

From the Limpopo to the Zambesi, however, and in the Manica
country to the north of the Zambesi, it is found in the neighbour-
hood of every river I have visited except in those places where the
natives have exterminated it. It is usually partial to hilly country
covered with dense thickets; but hills are by no means necessary
to its existence, as it is common in the thick bush along both
banks of the river Chobe, where there are no hills whatever, and
it is also plentiful in the wait-a-bit thorn-jungle on the lower
Molapo, just on the edge of the flat and sandy Kalahari Desert. .
”

388

389-390

391

392-393

394

395

396
397

398

399

400

401

402

403

404

405

—19.7.15.413. 22 July, 1882. Near Hanyani River,
Mashonaland, Southern Rhodesia.

—19.7.15.414-15. October, 1880. Near Hanyani River,
Mashonaland, Southern Rhodesia.

—19. 7.15.416. May,1890. Lower Macloutsi River, Khama’s
Country.

—19.7.15.417-418. May, 1890. Near Lower Macloutsi
River, Khama’s Country.

—19. 7.15.419 (female), March, 1888. Bamangwato, Khama’s
Country:

—19.7.15.420. 1 September, 1880. Near Umfuli River,
Mashonaland, Southern Rhodesia.

—19.7.15.421. 1 July, 1874, Near Victoria Falls, Zambesi.

—19.7.15.422. Skulland horns. June, 1890. Near Lower
Macloutsi River, Khama’s Country,

—19.7.15.423. Skull and horns. 1886. Near Mahalapsi
River, Khama’s Country.

—19.7.15.424. Horns. June, 1890. Shashi River, Western
Matabililand, Southern Rhodesia. :

—19.7.15.425. Horns. November, 1886. Near Limpopo
River.

—19.7.15.426. Horns. November, 1886. Upper Limpopo
River.

—19.7.15.427. Horns. January, 1889. Notwani River,
Khama’s Country.

—J9.7.15.428. Horns. 1887. Near Batlanarma, Khama’s
Country.

—19.7.15.429. Horns. November, 1884. Upper Tati River,
Tati District, Southern Rhodesia.

—19.7.15.430. Horns. 1887. Near junction of Notwani
and Limpopo Rivers.

72 {THE SELOUS COLLECTION.

MASHONALAND ELAND.
TAUROTRAGUS ORYX SELOUSI.

Oreas canna, Selous, A Hunter’s Wanderings in 8. Africa, pl. i. figs. 1
and 3, 1881.

Taurotragus oryx selousi, Lydekker, Ward’s Records of Big Game, ed. 6,
p. 328, 1910; ed. 7, p. 380, 1914.

Elands are characterised by their very large size and the
presence of horns in both sexes, those of the females longer and
more slender than in the males; horns with a large keel, and in the
form of a screw-like spiral. The Mashonaland Eland is closely
allied to the typical race, Zaurotragus oryx oryx, distinguished by
the presence of a number of light body-stripes, which are well-
defined in immature specimens, but tend to become very indistinct
in old age. In young and sub-adult specimens a white suborbital
streak is present; in old males this marking disappears, the whole
forehead and upper part of nose being covered by a dense tuft-like
-growth of brown hair.

The male head with the best horns is No. 19. 7.15. 434:—
length from point to base 314 ; circumference 13; spread from tip
to tip 12. A considerable amount of variation is found in the
spread of the horns of this antelope; in one specimen (No.
19.7.15.439) the tip to tip interval is as much as 203 inches.
The largest female horns (No. 19.7. 15.437) measure as follows :—
length from point to base 32; circumference &}; spread from tip
to tip 20§.

Typical locality, Umfuli River, Mashonaland, Southern
Rhodesia. Selous *, writing in 1881 on the distribution of the
South African Elands, states as follows:—“The Eland is now
extinct in the Cape Colony, Natal, the Orange Free State, Griqua-
land West, and the Transvaal, and almost so in all the countries
watered by the tributaries of the Limpopo, to the west of the
Matabele country. In the Kalahari Desert to the west of Secheli’s
and Bamangwato it is plentiful, but never now comes as far east-
ward as the waggon-road between the two places. North of
Bamangwato, along the roads leading to the Lake N gami, and to
the Victoria Falls of the Zambesi, there are always a few Elands to

* Proc. Zool. Soc. 1881, p. 749.

THE SELOUS COLLECTION. 73

be found, though they are usually very scarce. ...... In all the
country between the Botletlie and Chobe rivers, Elands are still
to be found in greater or lesser numbers, and I have often seen
herds of over a hundred together. In the dry desert country
through which the Chobe runs they are particularly plentiful. .... .
Between the Chobe and Zambesi rivers I found Elands plentiful, and
so faras I wentto the north of the Zambesi I also found them...”

The characters that have been used to distinguish the various
races or so-called races of South African Eland are very unsatis-
factory, and it seems highly probable that in this area only two
forms can be recognized—(1) the extinct Cape Eland, the typical
race; and (2) the Zambesi or Mashonaland race. If such be the
case the present form would have to be called Jcvingstonei, a name
bestowed by Sclater on the Zambesi Hland in 1864*, and the names
selousis niedtecki, and kaufmanni would become synonymous.
The absence of the white suborbital marking and extreme develop-
ment of the dark frontal tuft are signs of old age; the shape and
extent of these white suborbital markings and frontal tufts are
obviously characters associated with sex and age, and cannot be
used for systematic diagnosis. The same is true of the almost
complete disappearance of some of the white body-stripes, which
in old age appear to get very indistinct, although never entirely
absent as they are in both the young and adult of the typical race
from the Cape.

In this connection it is of interest to see what Selous’ view
was in 1881 when he wrote the paper for the Zoological Society
quoted above.

“The skins of Elands that I have seen from the Kalahari desert
have no signs of a stripe upon them, and the dark mark above the
knee on the inside of the fore leg is either. very faint or altogether
wanting. In April 1879 I shot several Eland cows about sixty
miles north of, Bamangwato, on the road to Lake Ngami. I
looked at all of them very carefully, but could not detect the
faintest sign of a stripe, though some of them had the patches on
the inside of the fore legs of a light gray colour. During the

* Oreas livingstonti, Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1864, p. 105.
Taurotragus oryx livingstonei, Selous, Great and Small Game of Africa,
p. 421, 1899.

74 THE SELOUS COLLECTION.

following months I shot many Elands on the eastern bank of the
Botletlie river, on the Mababe, and on both sides of the Chobe
river. Every one of these Elands was more or less striped, some so
faintly as to be barely perceptible, some very plainly. In the
Mashuna country, again, to the north-east of the Matabele
country, every Eland cow is very plainly striped, many of them
having the stripes quite as plain as they are on a Koodoo, and the
patches on the inside of the fore legs of a deep black. The one
Eland (a cow) which I shot to the north of the Zambesi was
beautifully marked, having nine broad white stripes on each side,
and a broad black line down the centre of the back. Elands that
are much striped often have a whitish mark across the nose, in the
same place as in the Koodoo.

“Qld Eland bulls have very little hair on their skins, and look a
dark slaty-blue colour, owing 1o the colour of the skin showing
through the scanty hair, and on these old animals, naturally
enough, no sign of stripes can be perceived. Old cows also turn
to a slate colour from the same cause. In every large herd of
Elands, cows are to be seen of every shade of colour from pale
fawn to bluish gray. ‘Therefore your old hunter, who knows of
four species of Lions, and six or seven Rhinoceroses, says that there
are two or three distinct species of Elands, the blue, the yellow,
and the striped.....”

406 —19,7.15.431. 5 November, 1878. Umfuli River, Mashona-
land, Southern Rhodesia. Cotype.

407 - —19.7.15.432. 5 October, 1880. “Umfuli River, Mashona-
land, Southern Rhodesia. Cotype.

408 —19.7. 15.433 (female). 3 September, 1874. South bank of
Chobe River, North Bechuanaland.

409 —19.7.15.484. September, 1885. Near Hanyani River,
Mashonaland, Southern Rhodesia,

410 —19.7.15.435 (female). September, 1885. Near Hanyani
River, Mashonaland, Southern Rhodesia.

411 —19.7.15.436 (female). 6 August, 1883. Near Hanyani
River, Mashonaland, Southern Rhodesia, s

412 —19. 7.15, 437 (female). August, 1885. Near Hanyani River,
Mashonaland, Southern Rhodesia,

413 —19. 7. 15. 438. September, 1885. Near Mount Hampden,
Mashonaland, Southern Rhodesia.

414 —19.7,15,439. October, 1885. Near Upper Hanyani River,

Mashonaland, Southern Rhodesia.

tH SELOUS COLLECTION. "5

EAST AFRICAN ELAND.
TAUROTRAGUS ORYX PATTERSONIANUS.

Taurotragus oryx pattersonianus, Lydekker, Field, vol. cviii. p. 579,
1906; Novit. Zool. vol. xiv. p. 325, pl. i, 1907.

Very closely allied to the foregoing race; general colour rather
darker, with a darker mane. As in the case of the Mashonaland
race the white suborbital markings are only present in animals not
very advanced in age, and similarly the gradual increase of size of
the frontal tuft from a dark central streak to-a broad long-haired
growth is also a change brought about by age.

The oniy specimen of this Eland in the Collection is a bull with
horns measuring as follows :—length from pvint to base-24; circum-
ference 102; spread from tip to tip 103.

Typical locality, Laikipia Plateau, Naivasha Province, Kenya
Colony ; range includes the greater part of Kenya Colony, the race
extending as far north as the Northern Guaso Nyiro Valley, and
penetrating northwards from the typical locality into Uganda. It
also occurs in Tanganyika {erritory and further south probably
merges with the Mashonaland form.

415 —19.7,15.440. Sirgoit Hills, Uasin Gishu District, Kenya
Colony.

SUDAN DERBY ELAND.
TAUROTRAGUS DERBIANUS GIGAS.

Taurotragus (Boselaphus) oreas, Heuglin, Nova Acta Ac. Czs. Leop.-Car,
vol. xxx. p. 19, 1863; Reise Weiss. Nil, p. 319, 1869, nec Antilope
oreas, Pallas.

Taurotragus (Boselaphus) gigas, Heuglin, Nova Acta Ac, Ces, Leop.-Car.
vol. xxx. p. 19, pl. i. fig. 2, 1863; Reise Weiss. Nil, p. 318, 1869.

Taurotragus gigas, Baker, Wild Beasts and their Ways, vol, ii. p. 189,
1890.

Taurotragus oryx gigas, Sclater and Thomas, Book of Antelopes, vol. iv.
p. 198, 1900.

Tawrotragus derbianus gigas, Rothschild, Novit. Zool. vol. xii. p. 447,
pl. xii, 1905; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 8, vol, xii. p. 575, 1913.

Closely allied to the typical form from West Africa, distin-
guished by the adult males being lighter in colour and having

76 THE SELOUS COLLECTION.

considerably less dark hair on neck and throat. The Giant or
Derby Elands are quite distinct from Zaurotragus orya#, having
larger horns, and much broader ears, with black band ou inner side
of hind margins. General colour richer, forehead in females
chestnut-red; in old bulls a tuft-like growth of darker hair de-
velops. White suborbital markings distinct, in the form of two
narrow white streaks, separated by a dark brown nose-stripe.
White spots on sides of face and white bar across lower throat,
which is fringed with a narrow mane of dark brown hairs.

The only specimen of this Eland in the Collection is a female,
the horns of which measure as follows :—length from point to base
282; circumference 83; spread from tip to tip 133. In subadult
specimens the horns are usually longer, as in old age the horns get
worn down very considerably. The record horn-length from point
to base is 41 inches.

Typical locality west of the White Nile, Bahr-el-Ghazal Pro-
vince, in about 7° N. lat.; the race appears to be confined to the
Bahr-el-Ghazal and Lado Provinces, Sudan.

416 —19. 7.15. 441 (female). Near Wau, Bahr-el-Ghazal Province,
Sudan.

Family GIRAFFIDA.

RETICULATED GIRAFFE.
GIRAFFA RETICULATA.
Giraffa camelopardalis reticulata, de Winton, Aun, Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 7,

vol. iv. p. 211, 1899.
Giraffa reticulata, Thomas, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1901, vol. ti. p. 476.

Size rather less than in the other East African Giraffes. Dis-
tinguished frum camelopardalis by the general colour pattern, the
body being reddish brown with a white network superimposed,
the dark body-colour thus being cut up into a number of large
reddish-brown rectangular patches. On the head the reticulations
are considerably smaller and are continued forwards over the
cheeks as far as the chin. Anterior horn large and very stout.

Typical locality, Lorogai Mts., north of Laikipia District;

THE SELOUS COLLECTION. 77

range from the north bank of the Tana River and northern slopes
of Mt. Kenya, northwards across the Northern Guaso Nyiro
towards Southern Abyssinia, and as far west as Lake Rudolf.

This Giraffe was originally described as a race of camelopardalis ;
owing to its very distinct colour pattern it appears worthy of full
specific rank. It is, however, quite possible that when more is
known concerning the Hast African Giraffes it may be found
that reticulata grades into the Uganda Giraffe (G@. camelopar-
dalis rothschildi) to the west of the Laikipia District and Lake
Rudolf, and into the Masai race (G. camelopardalis tippelskirchi)
south of the Tana River.

417 —19. 7,15. 444, 1912. Northern Guaso Nyiro Valley, Kenya
Colony.

UGANDA GIRAFFE.

GIRAFFA CAMELOPARDALIS ROTHSCHILDI.

“ Five-horned Giraffe,” Thomas, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1901, vol. ii. p. 474.

“ Giraffe,” Ridewood, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1904, vol. i. p. 151, figs. 4, 8,
and 9.

Giraffa camelopardalis rothschildi, Lydekker, Hutchinson’s Animal Life,
vol, ii. p. 122, 1903; Proc. Zool. Soe, 1904, vol. i. p. 210; 1905, vol. i,
p. 121; Game Animals of Africa, p. 358, 1908.

Size larger than in retéculata; anterior horn well-developed.
Ground colour yellowish buff or brownish buff, showing through
as a coarse network between the large blackish-brown blotches,
which are sometimes rectangular and other times very irregular in
shape. Dark blotches smaller on the neck and quite small on
head, the ground colour of which is occasionally considerably
lighter than that of the neck or body. A female specimen in the
Museum has the dark blotches chestnut-buff in colour, with
hardly any black suffusion.

Typical locality, Uasin Gishu Plateau, Kenya Celony; the
range extends westwards into Uganda and northwards from Lake
Baringo towards Lake Rudolf.

418 —19.7.15.445, 1909, Uasin Gishu Plateau, Kenya Colony.

78 THE SELOUS COLLECTION.

SOUTH AFRICAN GIRAFFE.

GIRAFFA CAMELOPARDALIS CAPENSIS.

Camelopardalis australis, Swainson, Geogr. and Classif. Anim. p. 95, 1835.

Camelopardalis capensis, E. Geoffroy (?), teste Gray; Ogilby, Proc. Zool.
Soc. 1836, p. 184, nom. nudum; Lesson, Nouv. Tabl. Régne Anim.
p. 168, 1842, ex Le Vaillant, Voyage Intér. Afrique, pls. viii. and ix.,
1790,

Giraffa capensis, de Winton, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1897, p. 277.

Giraffa camelopardalis capensis, Major, Proe. Zool. Soc. 1902, vol. ii. p. 77.

Size equal to that of rothschildi. Anterior horn reduced to an
inconspicuous lump. Colour pattern much the same, ground
colour dirty buff, and blotches dark brown, rather more indistinct
than in rothschildi; shanks deep tawny and spotted to hoofs. In
rothschildi the spots on the legs do not extend beyond the hocks
and knees, and the ground colour of the shanks is almost white.

Typical locality, South Africa, north of the Orange River.
Selous * gives the following information on the distribution of this
Giraffe in the year 1881:—‘‘This animal, though its range has
been sadly reduced since the days of Gordon Cumming, is never-
theless still to be found in considerable numbers over a vast extent
of country to the south of the -Zambesi river. In parts of the
Kalahari desert it is said to abound, and in all the dry sandy
district between Bamangwato and Lake Ngami, and thence to the
Mababe, Chobe, and Zambesi rivers, it is also very numerous.
Along portions of the Botletlie river, and in the waterless but
forest-clad sand-belts on the southern bank of the Chobe, it is
particularly plentiful. In the country between the Chobe and the
Zambesi, the Giraffe is also found, in the neighbourhood of
Linyanti; but it is not nearly so numerous there as on the other
side of the former river. Immediately north of the Zambesi it is
unknown, though it appears to be plentiful in parts of Central and
Eastern Africa. In some parts of the Matabele country it is also
common, but until the last few years was never found eastwards of
the river Gwelo, though it was always very plentiful in the sand-
belts to the westward of that river........ ig

* A Hunter’s Wanderings in Africa, p. 230, 1881.

THE SELOUS COLLECTION. 79

The South African Giraffe is still to be found in the Northern
Kalahari and parts of ex-German South-West Africa. ,

419 19.7.15.446. December, 1880. Near Tati River, Tati District,
Southern Rhodesia.

Family SUIDZA.

NATAL WART-HOG.

PHACOCHERUS ATHIOPICUS SUNDEVALLI.

Phacocherus sundevalli, Lonnberg, Sjéstedt’s Kilimandjaro-Meru Exped.,
Mamm. p. 54, 1908; Proc. Zool. Soe. 1908, p. 937.

Phacocherus xthiopicus sundevalli, Lydekker, Game Animals of Africa,
Suppl. p. 23, 1911.

Distinguished from the typical race by the skull being narrower
and more elongated in the postorbital region, and with the inter-
orbital constriction more marked.

Typical locality, Natal. This race would appear to inhabit the
country from Natal northwards to Southern Rhodesia.

420 —19.7.15.500. September, 1887. Near Hanyani River,
Mashonaland, Southern Rhodesia.

MASAI WART-HOG.
PHACOCHERUS HTHIOPICUS MASSAICUS.

Phacocherus massaicus, Lonnberg, Sjéstedt’s Kilimandjaro-Meru Exped.,
Mamm. p. 54, 1908; Proc. Zool. Soc. 1908, p. 937.

Phacocherus xthiopicus massaicus, Lydekker, Game Animals of Africa,
Suppl. p. 23, 1911.

In this race the postorbital region is not exceptionally narrow
or elongated and the interorbital width relatively great.
Type locality, Kilimanjaro-Meru District.

421-423 —19.7.15.501-503. Uasin Gishu Plateau, Kenya Colony,

80 THE SELOUS COLLECTION.

Family HIPPOPOTAMIDA.

HIPPOPOTAMUS.
HIPPoPpoTAMUS AMPHIBIUS AMPHIBIUS.

Hippopotamus amphibius, Linn. Syst. Nat. ed. 10, vol. i: p. 74, 1758 ;
ed. 12, vol. i. p. 101, 1766.

Hippopotamus amphibius amphibius, Schwarz, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist.
ser, 8, vol. xiii. p. 31, 1914.

Represented in the Collection by a single skull which is
provisionally referred to the typical race. The cranial characters
that have been used in differentiating the various races of Hippo-
potamus are such as can only be relied upon if supported by evidence
from large series of specimens; the material in the Museum Col-
lection is not sufficient to permit of any definite decision being
made.

Typical locality, Nile Valley.

424 —19.7.15.504, Skull. Lower Ruenya River, 20 miles south
of Tette, Mozambique.

Family EQUID.

GREVY’S ZEBRA.
Equus (DoLicHOHIPPUS) GREVYI.

Equus grevyi, Oustalet, La Nature, vol. x. p. 12, figs. 1 and 2, 1882.

Dolichohippus grevyi, Heller, Smithson. Misc. Collect. vol. lx. no. 8, p. 1,
1912.

Equus (Dolichohippus) grevyi, Lydekker, Cat. Ungulate Mamm. Brit.
Mus. vol. v. p. 17, 1916.

Distinguished from all the other Zebras by its much larger
head, the skull being elongated with a long diastema between the
cheek-teeth and incisors, and the greater size of the ears. Body
coloration consists of a series of brownish black and buff or whitish
stripes of almost equal width except on the neck where the dark
stripes become broader. The stripes of the body are all transverse,
even those on the rump.

Typical locality, Abyssinia; range extends from north bank of
the Tana River northwards across the Northern Guaso Nyiro. as

THE SELOUS COLLECTION. 8L

far north as Lake Zwai in Abyssinia. In the West it reaches the
eastern shores of Lake Rudolf, and in the East penetrates into
Somaliland. The Somaliland Grévy Zebra has been described as a
distinct race by Pocock * on account of the rather paler coloration.

425-426 -~19.7.15.505-506. 1912. Northern Guaso Nyiro, Kenya
Colony.

CUNINGHAME’S ZEBRA.
Equus QUAGGA CUNINGHAMEL.

Equus quagga cuninghamei, Heller, Smithson. Mise. Collect. vol. 1xi.
no. 22, p. 8, 1914.

Distinguished from grevyi by its smaller head and _ less
elongated skull. Ears smaller and narrower. Dark stripes on
body wider than light ones; the stripes on rump diagonal, not
transverse. The general ground colour is darker than in the
following race, ochraceous buff rather than cream coloured, and
the dark stripes are a trifle paler.

Typical locality, Northern Guaso Nyiro Valley, Kenya Colony,
ranging from the north bank of the Tana River northwards across
the Northern Guaso Nyiro towards Lake Rudolf.

427-428 —19.7.15.507-508. 1912. Northern Guaso Nyiro, Kenya
Colony.

MASAI ZEBRA.
Equus QUAGGA GRANTI.

Equus burchelli granti, de Winton, Ann, Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 6, vol. xvii.
p. 319, 1896.

Equus quagga granti, Pocock, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 7, vol. s. p. 306,
1902; vol. xiv. p. 315, 1904.

Closely related to cuninghamei, differing in the general ground
colour being whiter and the dark stripes darker.

Typical locality, Thika-Thika Valley, upper Tana Valley, |
Kenya Colony ; fange from Southern Abyssinia southwards though

* °

* Hawus grevyt berberensis, Pocock, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 7, vol. x.

p. 308, 1902,
@

82 THE SELOUS COLLECTION.

Uganda, Kenya Colony (excluding the Northern Guaso Nyiro
district, Tanaland and Seyidie Provinces) to Tanganyika Territory.

429 —19.7.15.509. 26 December, 1902. Elmenteita Station,
Naivasha District, Kenya Colony.
430 —19.7.15.510 (female). 26 December, 1902, Elmenteita

Station, Naivasha District, Kenya Colony.

Family RHINOCEROTIDA.

TYPICAL BLACK RHINOCEROS.

Rutnoceros (DicEROs) BICORNIS BICORNIS.

Rhinoceros bicornis, Linn, Syst. Nat. ed. 10, vol. i. p. 56, 1758; ed. 12,
vol. i. p. 104, 1766.

Diceros bicornis, Gray, Med. Repository, vol. xv. p. 306, 1821.

Rhinoceros (Diceros) bicornis, Ward, Records of Big Game, ed. 6, p. 467,
1910, ed. 7, p. 466, 1914; Lydekker, Cat. Ungulate Mamm. Brit. Mus.
vol, v. p. 52, 1916.

Rhinoceros bicornis bicornis, Lydekker, Cat. Ungulate Mamm. Brit. Mus.
vol. v. p. 54, 1916.

In size very little inferior to the White or Square-mouthed
Rhinoceros, distinguished by the shorter head, the skull being con-
siderably shorter and not elongated posteriorly beyond condyles ;
seven cheek-teeth on each side, the first premolar remaining
throughout life. Front horn with rounded base. Upper lip
pointed and hook-shaped. The prominent hump on the neck, so
characteristic a feature of s¢mus, is absent. ‘The typical race is
very like the Somali form, size rather larger, and with skull
slightly more concave dorsally.

Typical locality, Cape Colony. The range at one time extended
from the Cape northwards to Uganda; at the present time the
Black Rhinoceros is quite extinct in Cape Colony and is only found
in a few localities south of the Zambesi. In East Africa this race
is not found in the desert regions of the Northern Guaso Nyiro or
east of the ‘Tana River, where its place is taken by the Somali
form. It appears that the Black Rhinoceros was exterminated in
Cape Colony and the Orange River Colony by the year 1853,

THE SELOUS COLLECTION. 83

Selous * gives the following account of the distribution of this
Rhinoceros during the period 1872 to 1881. “... I now come to
the Prehensile-lipped Rhinoceros (2. bicornis), of which 1 main-
tain there is but one true species, in spite of whatever may be said
by old Dutch hunters or natives to the contrary. This animal is
still fairly numerous in many districts of South-Eastern Afnea,
although, like its congener, the Square-mouthed Rhinoceros, it has
been almost exterminated in the more westerly portions of the
country. In 1879 there were still two or three drinking in the
Upper Chobe, to the north-west of the Sunta outlet. Between
the Chobe and the Zambesi there are none, and according to the
natives there never were any there, even when the Makololo first
came into the country ; but directly the Zambesi has been crossed
they are again found, and extend apparently through all Central
Africa right up to Abyssinia. The Prehensile-lipped Rhinoceros
lives exclusively upon bush and roots, eating not only the young
leaves as they sprout from the end of a twig, but also chewing up
a good deal of the twig itself. It is owing to the fact that this
species lives upon bush that its range is very much more extended
than that of the Square-mouthed Rhinoceros ; for there are many
large districts of country in the neighbourhood of the Zambesi
to the eastward of the Victoria Falls covered almost entirely with
an endless suecession of rugged hills, almost devoid of grass, though
well wooded, in all of which districts the Prehensile-lipped Rhino-
ceros is numerous, as it thrives well upon the scrubby bush with
which the hill-sides and valleys are covered; whereas the square-
mouthed species, though common in the forest-clad sand-belts and.
broad grassy valleys which always skirt the hills, is seldom or
never found amongst the hills themselves, which is doubtless
because the pasturage is too scanty to enable them to exist... .”

1¢ was in the same paper that Selous very clearly showed that
Rhinoceros keitloa t was simply a variety of bicornie.

431 —19.7.15.511. Skulland norns. August,1883. Umsengaisi
River, Mashonaland, Southern Rhodesia. Length of front

horn on outside curve 217; circumference at base 193;
length of rear horn on side 12 ; circumference at base 19.

* Proc. Zool. Soc. 1881, p. 728.

+ A, Smith, Cat. Mamm. 8. African Mus, p. 7, 1837, ‘
a

84

THE SELOUS COLLECTION.

432 —19.7,15.512 (female). Horns. November, 1885. Umfuli
River, Mashonaland, Southern Rhodesia. Length of front
horn on outside curve 154; circumference at base 18;
length of rear horn on side 173; circumference at base 19.

433 —19.7.15.513 (female). Horns. September, 1885. Hanyani
River, Mashonaland, Southern Rhodesia. Length of front
horn on outside curve 20; circumference at base 183;
length of rear horn on side 15}; circumference at base 16}.

434 —19.7.15.514. Horns. August, 1874. South bank of Chobe
River. Length of front horn on outside curve 24; circum-
ference at base 19; length of rear horn on side 163;
circumference at base 22.

435 —19.7,.15.515 (female). Horns. September, 1873. Junction
of Gwai and Tchangani Rivers, Matabililand, Southern
Rhodesia. Length of front horn on outside curve 223;
circumference at base 174; length of rear horn on side 12;
circumference at base 18.

436 —19.7.15.516. Horns. November, 1874. Thamma Setsi,
between Tati and Victoria Falls. Length of front horn on
outside curve 21; circumference at base 173; length of
rear horn on side 8}; circumference at base 17.

437 —19.7.15.517 (female). Horns. September, 1880. Between
Umfuli and Umzweswi Rivers, Mashonaland, Southern
Rhodesia. Length of front horn on outside curve 28;
circumference at base 18; length of rear horn on side 8 ;
circumference at base 184.

438 —19.7.15.518. Horn. 1873. Matabililand, Southern Rho-
desia. Length on front curve 30%; circumference at
base 16.

SOMALI BLACK RHINOCEROS.
RutvocEeros (DIcEROs) BICORNIS SOMALIENSIS.

Rhinoceros bicornis somaliensis, Potocki, Sport in Somaliland, p. 82, 1900 ;
Lydekker, Cat. Ungulate Mamm. Brit, Mus. vol. v. p. 55, 1916.
Diceros bicornis somaliensis, Allen, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. vol. xxxiii,

p. 840, 1914,
Rhinoceros (Diceros) bicornis, Lydekker, Cat. Ungulate Mamm. Brit. Mus.
vol. v. p. 52, 1916. ‘

Rather smaller than the typical race, with dorsal outline of

skull less concave. General colour of body lighter; tips of ears
not so heavily fringed. Horns about the same; the record horn
measures 293 inches in length,

THE SELOUS COLLECTION. 85

Typical locality, Somaliland ; range extends westward as far as
the Tana River and valley of the Northern Guaso Nyiro. To the
north of the Northern Guaso Nyiro’ this Rhinoceros inhabits the
area to the east of Lake Rudolf; it is also found in certain parts
of Southern Abyssinia.

439 —19.7.15.519. 1912 (sex not recorded). Northern Guaso
Nyiro, Kenya Colony. Length of front horn on outside
curve 243; circumference at base 17; length of rear horn
on side 223; circumference at base 17+.

440 —19.7.15.520 (sex not recorded). Horns. 1912. Northern
Guaso Nyiro, Kenya Colony. Length of front horn on out-
side curve 21; circumference at base 16; length of rear
horn on side 14; circumference at base 16%.

SOUTH AFRICAN WHITE, OR SQUARE-MOUTHED
RHINOCEROS.

RuHiNocERos (DicEROS) sIMUS SIMUS.

Rhinoceros simus, Burchell, Bull. Soc. Philom. 1817, p. 97; Travels in
S. Africa, vol. ii. p. 75, 1824.

Ceratotherium simwm, Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1867, p. 1027; Cat.
Carnivora, etc., Brit. Mus. p. 319, 1869; Hand-List Thick-skinned
Mamm. Brit. Mus. p. 52, 1873.

Diceros simus, Thomas, Nature, vol. lxii. p. 599, 1900; Proc. Zool. Soc.

1901, vol. ii, p. 158.

Rhinoceros (Diceros) simus, Ward, Records of Big Game, ed. 6, p. 473,
1910, ed. 7, p. 472, 1914; Lydekker, Cat. Ungulate Mamm. Brit. Mus.
vol. v. p. 55, 1916. ;

Rhinoceros simus simus, Lydekker, Cat. Ungulate Mamm. Brit. Mus.
vol, v. p. 56, 1916,

Size rather larger than in bécornts with much larger head ;
skull very long with posterior part prolonged backward well
beyond the condyles. First premolar not persistent, the adult
number of cheek-teeth being seven. Front horn with square base.
Upper lip broad and square. Prominent fleshy hump on nape of
neck. Ears considerably larger than in bicornts. General colour
rather lighter than ‘in the Black species. The typical White
Rhinoceros of South Africa is very closely allied to the Nile race

86 THE SELOUS COLLECTION.

from Lado; the latter form differs in having a flatter skull and
smaller teeth. The longest horn on record of the South African
race is 623 inches in length. .

Typical locality, Cape Colony ; range formerly extended over the
greater part of Africa south of the Zambesi. As a wild animal
the South African White Rhinoceros is now extinct, a few stil
survive in a semi-wild state under Government protection.

Writing in the year 1881 concerning the White Rhinoceros
Selous states as follows *:—*“... ‘Twenty years ago this animal
seems to have been very plentiful in the western half of Southern
Africa ; now, unless it is still to be found between the Okavango
and Cunene rivers, it must be almost extinct in that portion of
the country. And this is not to be wondered at, when one reads
the accounts in Andersson’s and Chapman’s books of their shooting
as many as eight of these animals in one night, as they were
drinking at a small water-hole; for it must be remembered that
these isolated water-holes, at the end of the dry season, represented
all the water to be found over an enormous extent of country, and
that therefore all the rhinoceroses that in happier times were dis-
tributed over many hundreds of square miles were in times of
drought dependent upon perhaps a single pool for their supply of
water. In 1877, during several months’ hunting in the country to
the south of Linyanti, on the river Chobe, I only saw the spoor of
two Square-mouthed Rhinoceroses, though in 1874 I had found
them fairly plentiful in the same district; whilst in 1879, during
eight months spent in hunting on and between the Botletlie,
Mababe, Machabe, Sunta, and Upper Chobe rivers, I never saw -
the spoor of one of these animals, and all the Bushmen I met with
said they were finished. In 1878 and 1880, however, I still found
them fairly numerous in a small tract of country in North-eastern
Mashuna Land, between the Umniati and Hanyane rivers. Their
range, however, is rather limited towards the north, as they only
inhabit the country lying to the south of the belt of rough stony
hills which in this district extend for more than a hundred miles
southwards from the banks of the Zambesi river. heir exter-
mination in this portion of the country may therefore, I am afraid,

* Proc. Zool, Soc, 1881, p. 725.

THE SELOUS COLLECTION. 87

be expected within a very few years; and the Square-mouthed
Rhinoceros will then only exist in a few small tracts of §.E. Africa,
in the neighbourhood of the river Sabi.”

441 ——19. 7.15.52] (female). Horns. June, 1874. Thamma Setsi,
between Tati and Victoria Falls. Length of front horn on
outside curve 33; circumference at base 23}; length of
rear horn on side 134; circumference at base 20.

442 —19.7.15.522. Skull and horns. June, 1880. Between
Umniati and Umzweswi Rivers, Mashonaland, Southern
Rhodesia. Length of front horn on outside curve 378;
circumference at base 273; length of rear horn on side 171;
circumference at base 24.

Suborder PROBOSCIDEA.

Family ELEPHANTIDA.

MASHONALAND ELEPHANT.
LoxoponTa AFRICANA SELOUSI.

Hlephas africanus selousi, Lydekker, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1907, pp. 387 and
783 ; Game Animals of Africa, p. 4, 1908.

Lydekker in his original description gave the following informa-
tion concerning this race:—“‘I think I am justified in regarding
the Mashonaland Elephant as a distinct race, for which the name:
LE. africanus selowst would be appropriate; the specimen in the
Imperial Institute being regarded as the type.

‘The race will be characterised by the ears being of considerable
size, with the margin rounded, and the inferior lappet large,
pointed, and extending inwards to some extent beneath the lower
jaw and throat. In this respect they are unlike those of other
East African Elephants... .. a

Typical locality, Mashonaland, Southern Rhodesia.

88 THE SELOUS COLLECTION.

The characters that distinguish selouws? from capensis do not
appear to be of great systematic value; it is probable that the
name capensis will eventually have to be used for this Mashona-
land Elephant, the elephants from all the area south of the
Zarnbesi being regarded as representing a single race.

443 —19.7.15.523, Tusks and ears. 10 September, 1880. Lo

Magondi’s Kraal, Mashonaland, Southern Rhodesia. Length

of tusks on outside curve 68 and 683; circumference 163 ;
weight of each tusk 52 lb.

PART 2

EUROPEAN, ASIATIC, AND.
NORTH AMERICAN SPECIMENS.

THE SELOUS COLLECTION. 91

Orver CARNIVORA.

Family CANIDA.

ALASKAN TIMBER WOLF.
CANIS PAMBASILEUS.

Canis pambasileus, Elliot, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, vol. xviii. p. 79,
1905.

The general colour varies from almost black to a mixture of
brownish black and white. No. 19.7.15.5 is a very dark specimen,
the entire coat being a deep sooty black; in No. 19.7. 15.4 the
coat is very much lighter in.colour, more as in nubilus *.

Typical locality, Sushitna River, Mount McKinley, Alaska.

444-445 —19.7.15. 4-5. Skins, mounted. 1906. South fork of
MacMillan River, Yukon Territory.

Family MUSTELIDA.

Subfamily LUTRIN A.

OTTER.
LuTRa LUTRA.

Mustela lutra, Linn. Syst. Nat. ed. 10, vol. i. p. 45,-1758; ed. 12, vol. i.
p. 66, 1766.

Lutra vulgaris, Erxleben, Syst. Regn. Anim. vol. i. p. 448, 1777.

Lutra lutra, Lataste, Actes Soc. Linn, Bordeaux, vol. xxxviii. p. 34, 1884.

446 —19, 7.15.12 (female). Skin, mounted. August, 1894. Loch
Spelvie, near Lochbuie, Isle of Mull.

* Canis nabs, Say, Long’s Exped. Rocky Mountains, English ed. vol. i.
pp. 155 and 333, 1823; Amer. ed. vol. i. p. 169, 1823,

92 THE SELOUS COLLECTION.

Subfamily MUSTELINZ.

PINE MARTEN.
MaRTES MARTES MARTES.

Mustela martes, Linn. Syst. Nat. ed. 10, vol. i. p. 46, 1758; ed. 12, vol. i.

p. 67, 1766.
Martes martes martes, Miller, Cat. Mamni. Western Europe, Brit. Mus.
p. 372, 1912.
447 —19.7.15.18. Skin, mounted. 27 October, 1870. Untersberg,
Bavaria.

Family FELIDA.

CANADIAN LYNX.
LyNX CANADENSIS CANADENSIS.

Lynz canadensis, Kerr, Anim. Kingd. Systematic Cat. No. 298, described
p. 157, 1792; True, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. vol. a. p. 9, 1887.

Lyne borealis canadensis, True, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. vol. vii. (1884)
p. 611, 1885.

Lynx canadensis canadensis, Miller, List N. Amer. Mamm. p. 119, 1912.

A long-haired light-coloured Lynx without the distinct spotted
marking of the European species. In both of the following
specimens indistinct brownish spots are visible on the limbs.

Typical locality, Eastern Canada.

448 —19. 7.15.35. Skin, mounted. September, 1897. Near head
of South Fork of Stinking Water River, Wyoming.
449 —19. 7.15.36 (female). Skin, mounted. November, 1898.

North Fork of Stinking Water River, Wyoming,

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OrpER UNGULATA.

Family BOVIDA.

Subfamily BOVINA.
AMERICAN BISON.

BIsoN BISON BISON.

Bison bison, Linn. Syst. Nat. ed. 10, vol. i. p. 72,1758; ed. 12, vol. i.
p. 99, 1766 ; Merriam, N. Amer. Fauna, No. 5, p. 81, 1891.
Bos (Bison) bison, Ward, Records of Big Game, ed. 6, p. 435, 1910.

Bos bison bison, Lydekker, Cat. Ungulate Mamm. Brit. Mus. vol. i. p. 38,
1913.

The American Bison is represented in the Collection by a skull
picked up near Cody City, Wyoming.

Horn measurements :—length on outside curve 18; circum-
ference 12; greatest width inside 263; spread from tip to tip 233.

Typical locality, Texas.

450 —19. 7.15.38. Skull. November,1897. Cody City, Wyoming.

Subfamily CAPRINA.

SARDINIAN MOUFLON.

OvIs MUSIMON.

Ovis musimon, Schreber (ex Pallas), Siugthiere, vol. v. pl. cclxxxviii. A,
1788.

Size small, height at shoulder about 27 inches. Horns of
medium build, curving forwards, suggesting the condition met
with in the Argali; good horns from 30 to 883 inches in length.

The best horns of the following series are those of No. 19.7,

94 THE SELOUS COLLECTION.

15, 48:—length on front curve 25}; circumference 8}; spread
from tip to tip 74.
Typical locality, Sardinia; the range includes Corsica.

451-454 —19.7.15.45-48. 1902. Sardinia.
455 —19. 7.15.49 (sex not recorded). 1902. Sardinia,

WILD GOAT, or PASANG.

CAPRA HIRCUS £GAGRUS.
Capra egagrus, Erxleben, Syst. Regn. Anim. vol. i. p. 260, 1777.
Capra hircus var. egagrus, Flower and Garson, Cat. Osteol. Mus. R. Coll.
Surg. pt. ii. p. 251, 1884.
Capra hircus xgagrus, Lydekker, Wild Oxen, Sheep, and Goats, p. 260,
1898 ; Great and Small Game of Europe, etc., p. 151, 1901.

In the following series the finest horns are those of No. 19. 7.
15.50:—length on front curve 463; circumference 83; spread
from tip to tip 183. The horns of the females are considerably
smaller, No. 19. 7.15.55 measuring as follows :—length on front

- curve 93; circumference 33; spread from tip to tip 44.

Typical locality, Daghestan district of the Caucasus, the range
extending from this area through Asia Minor and Persia to
Baluchistan and Sind.

456 —19. 7.15.50. Skulland horns. 6 February, 1895. Maimun
Dagh, Asia Minor. :

457 —19.7.15.51. 8 February, 1895. Maimun Dagh, Asia Minor.

458 —19.7.15.52. 6 February, 1895. Maimun Dagh, Asia Minor.

459 —19.7.15.53 (female). March, 1897. Maimun Dagh, Asia
Minor.

460 —-19.7.15.54 (young male). 27 September, 1894. Mousa
Dagh, south coast of Asia Minor.

461 —19.7.15.55 (female). 22 September, 1894. Mousa Dagh,

south coast of Asia Minor.

Subfamily RUPICAPRINZA.

CHAMOIS.
RvPICcaPRA RUPICAPRA RUPICAPRA.

Capra rupicapra, Linn. Syst. Nat, ed. 10, vol. i. p. 68, 1758 ; ed. 12,
yol. i. p. 95, 1766,

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Rupicapra rupicapra, Weber, Siugetiere, p. 674, 1904.
Rupicapra rupicapra rupicapra, Lydekker, Cat. Ungulate Mamm. Brit.
Mus. vol. i. p. 181, 1913.

Of the following series the heads from Bavaria are two of the
oldest specimens in the Collection, having been shot by Selous in
the autumn of 1870, about a year before his first visit to South
Africa.

The best horns are those of No, 19. 7.15. 56, which measure as
follows:—length on front curve 11; circumference 3$; spread
from tip to tip 44.

Typical locality, Switzerland; the range includes the Alps and.
Apennines, eastward through the Tirol, the Carpathians, and north
part of the Balkan Peninsula to the Caucasus.

462-466 —19.7.15.56-60. 12 December, 1899. Mount Tomassi,
Southern Carpathians, Transylvania.

467 —19.7.15.61 (female). 12 December, 1899. Mount Tomassi,
Southern Carpathians, Transylvania.

468 —19. 7.15.62 (young male). 17 October, 1870. Untersberg,.
Bavaria.

469 —19.7.15.63 (female). 28 October, 1870. Untersberg,
Bavaria.

Family ANTILOCAPRIDA.

PRONGHORN, orn PRONGBUCK.
ANTILOCAPRA AMERICANA AMERICANA.

Antilope americana, Ord, Guthrie’s Geography, 2nd Amer. ed. vol. ii.
pp. 292 and 308, 1815.

Antilocapra americana, Ord, Journ. Phys. vol. lxxxvii. p. 149, 1818;
vol. Ixxxviii. p. 314, 1819; Oken’s Isis, 1819, p. 1106.

Antilocapra americana americana, Miller, List N. Amer. Mamm. p. 398,
1912.

Horns differ from those of the Bovide in being forked and,
as in the Cervida, being cast annually.

Height at shoulder about 86 inches. ‘The typical race differs
from the Mexican Pronghorn, mexicana, in its richer colour and
larger mane. The narrowness of the blackish border of the ears

96 THE SELOUS COLLECTION.

distinguishes it from the Californian form, peninsularis, in which
race the ears have a deep black border.

The best of the two heads in the Collection is No. 19.7.15.442,
which has horns of the following size:—length on outside curve
14; circumference 54; spread from tip to tip 10.

Typical locality, the Missouri Plains.

470 —19.7.15.442. 7% September, 1897. Near Marquette,
Wyoming.
471 —19.7.15.448. November, 1898. Near Cody, Wyoming.

Family CERVIDZ.

FALLOW DEER.
DAMA DAMA.

Cervus dama, Linn, Syst. Nat. ed. 10, vol. i. p. 67, 1758; ed. 12, vol. i.
p. 93, 1766.

Cervus (Dama) dama, H. Smith, Griffith's Animal Kingdom, vol. v.
p. 306, 1827,

Dama dama, Lataste, Actes Sov. Linn. Bordeaux, vol. xxxix. p. 288, 1886.

The best of the three heads is No. 19. 7.15. 447, in which the
antlers measure 26 inches in length on the outside curve, with a
palm-width of 42 inches.

Typical locality, Sweden (introduced); the range appears to
have been confined to the Mediterranean countries and Asia Minor,
the present extension to Western Europe having been brought
about by the species being introduced into this area.

472 —19.7.15. 447. 5 October, 1898. Tatton Park, Cheshire.
473 —19.7.15.448, 4 October, 1898. Tatton Park, Cheshire.
474 19.7. 15.449. Haverholme, Lincolnshire.

RED DEER.

CERVUS ELAPHUS SCOTICUS.

Cervus elaphus scoticus, Léunberg, Arkiv Zool. vol. iii. no. 9, p. 11, 1906,

Horn measurements of No, 19.7. 15. 450 :—length on outside

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curve 82; circumference (between bez and trez tines) 43; widest
spread inside 28; spread from tip to tip 232. Points 544.
Typical locality, Glenquoich Forest, Inverness.

475-476 —-19.7.15.450-451. 14 October, 1898. Ben Alder Forest,
near Dalwhinnie, Scotland.
477-480 -—19. 7.15, 452-455. Monar Forest, Scotland.

EASTERN RED DEER, or MARAL.
CERVUS ELAPHUS MARAL.

Cervus maral, Ogilby, Rep. Council Zool. Soc. 1840, p. 22.
Cervus elaphus maral, Lydekker, Deer of All Lands, p. 75, 1898; Great
and Small Game of Europe, etc., p. 217, 1901.

Size considerably larger than in the Red Deer, shoulder-height
about 54 inches. Antlers larger, record length 483 inches. Gen-
eral colour reddish brown in summer, turning dark grey in winter,
the shoulders, thighs, and belly becoming blackish brown.

Horn measurements*:—length on outside curve 393; circum-
ference (between bez and trez tines) 52; widest spread inside 363;
spread from tip to tip 33. Points 8 +7.

Typical locality, Caspian provinces of Persia; range from
Caucasus through Galicia to Persia and Asia Minor.

481 —19. 7.15. 456. 18 October, 1894. Ak Dagh, Asia Minor,

WAPITI.
CERVUS CANADENSIS CANADENSIS.

Cervus canadensis typicus, Lydekker, Deer of All Lands, p. 96, 1898.
Cervus canadensis canadensis, Miller, List N. Amer. Mamm. p. 385,
1912.

Size very large, shoulder-height reaching 64 inches. Antlers
distinguished from those of elaphus by their great size and with
the upper half flattened ; fourth and fifth tines very long, forming
an almost symmetrical fork. Fine horns measure from 56 to 66
inches in length, with an outside width of from 50 to 60 inches.

Best horn measurements (No. 19. 7.15. 458) :—length on out-

H

98 THE SELOUS COLLECTION. ‘

side curve 48; circumference (between bez and trez tines) 64;
widest spread inside 43; spread from tip to tip 41. ‘Points 7+7.

Typical locality, Eastern Canada; range includes the Rocky
Mountains.

482 —19. 7.15.457. 30 October, 1897. Junction of Cabin Creek
_ with the South Fork of Stinking Water River, Wyoming.

483 —18. 7.15. 458. 29 October, 1897. Near Cabin Creek, South
Fork of Stinking Water River, Wyoming.

484 —1i9.7.15.459. 6 November, 1897. Rock Creek, near Isha-
wood; Wyoming.

485 —19.7.15.460. 21 October, 1897. South Fork of Stinking
Water River, Wyoming.

486 —19. 7. 15, 461. 2 October, 1897. South Fork of Stinking
Water River, Wyoming.

487 —19.7.15.462. 14 November, 1898. North Fork of Stinking
Water River, Wyoming.

488 —19, 7,15. 463. 18 October, 1897. East Fork of South Fork

of Stinking Water River, Wyoming.
489-490 —19.7,15.464-465. Wyoming.

MAINE WHITE-TAILED DEER.
ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS BOREALIS.

Odocoileus americanus borealis, Miller, Bull. N. York State Mus. vol.
vill. p. 83, 1900; List N. Amer. Mamm. p. 386, 1912.

Odocoileus virginianus borealis, Stone and Cram, American Animals,
p. 39, 1903,

The White-tailed Deer is distinguished from the ‘other members
of the genus Odocoilews by its longer tail and smaller ears. The
present race differs from the typical one in being larger in size and
greyer in colour.

Horn measurements :—length on outside curve 21; greatest
width inside 17; spread from tip to tip 12. Points 444.

Typical locality, Hancock County, Maine; range from New
England States and Canada to northern New York.

491 —-19 7.15,466 (Immature male). 17 October, 1900. Snake
Lake, Western Quebec, Canada,

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KANSAS WHITE-TAILED DEER.
ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS MACROURUS.

Cervus* macrourus, Rafinesque, Amer. Month. Mag. vol. i. p. 436, 1817,

Odocoileus americanus macrourus, Miller and Rehn, Proc. Boston Soc.
Nat. Hist. vol. xxx. p. 14, 1901.

Odocoileus virginianus macrourus, Stone and Cram, American Animals,
p. 39, 1903.

Smaller than borealis and the typical race; no black on face
or tail. Antlers rather small.

Horn measurements :—length on outside curve 194; greatest
width inside 15; spread from tip to tip 12. Points. 5+5.

Typical locality, Plains of Kansas Valley, Upper Mississippi.
The range is said to include Nebraska, Kansas, and the Dakotas.

492 —19. 7.15. 467. 4 November, 1897. South Fork of Stinking
Water River, Wyoming.

MULE-DEER.
ODOCOILEUS HEMIONUS HEMIONUS.

Cervus hemionus, Rafinesque, Amer. Month. Mag. vol. i. p. 436, 1817.
Cervus macrotis. montanus, Caton, Antelope and Deer of America, ed. 2,

p. 94, 1881.
Mazama hemionus typica, Lydekker, Deer of All Lands, p. 275, 1898.
Odocoileus hemionus hemionus, Miller, List N. Amer. Mamm. p. 388,

1912.

Distinguished “from the White-tailed Deer by its rather heavier
build, large ears, and shorter tail, the basal portion of the under-
side of which is naked. Horns fairly large, directed outwards and
then upwards, dividing to form a symmetrical fork, the branches
of which divide again about 6 inches above the first fork.

Best horn measurements (No. 19. 7. 15. 471) :—length on out-
side curve 25; greatest width inside 234; spread from tip to tip
19. Points 5+5.

Typical locality, Sioux Valley, South Dakota. In the Museum
Collection there are specimens of this race from Montana and
British Columbia.

* Misprinted Corvus.

100 THE SELOUS COLLECTION.

493 —19.7.15.468 (Young male). 29 September, 1897. Wind
River, Wyoming.

494 —19.7.15.469. 8 October, 1897. South Fork of Stinking
Water River, Wyoming.

495 —19.7.15.470. 4 October, 1897. South Fork of Stinking
Water River, Wyoming.

496 —19.7.15.471. 16 November, 1898. North Fork of Stinking
Water River, Wyoming.

497 --19.7.15.472. 20 November, 1898. North Fork of Stinking
Water River, Wyoming.

498 —19.7.15.473, 8 November, 1898. Near head of North Fork
of Stinking Water River, Wyoming.

499 —19.7.15.474. 6 November, 1898. North Fork of Stinking

Water River, Wyoming.

AMERICAN ELK, or MOOSE.
ALCES ALCES AMERICANUS.

Cervus americanus, Clinton, Letters on Nat. Hist. etc. p. 193, 1822.

Alces americanus, Jardine, Naturalist’s Libr.. Mamm. vol. xi. p. 125,
pl. v., 1835.

Alces machilis americanus, Lydekker, Great and Small Game of Europe,
etc. p. 46, 1901,

Alces aleces americanus, Lydekker, Cat. Ungulate Mamm. Brit. Mus.
vol. iv. p. 234, figs. 36 and 37, 1915.

Antlers of the palmated type; body larger than in typical
race.

Horn measurements (No. 19.7. 15. 475) :—length of horn to
longest tine 854; greatest width 48; breadth of palm 7; spread
from tip to tip 333. Points 10+8.

Typical locality, Eastern North America.

500 —-19. 7.15.475. 1 October, 1900. Lake Kippewa, Western
Quebec, Canada.
501 —19.7.15. 476, Canada.

ALASKAN MOOSE.
ALCES ALCES GIGAS.
Alces gigas, Miller, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, vol. xiii, p. 57, 1899;
List N. Amer. Mamm, p. 391, 1912.

Alces machilis gigas, Lydekker, Great and Small Game of Europe, ete.
p. 49, 1901.

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Alces alces gigas, Lydekker, Cat. Ungulate Mamm. Brit. Mus. vol. iv.
p. 237, fig. 39,1915.

Larger and darker in colour than Alces alces americanus.
Good horns measure from 60 to 75 inches in width; in the record
head the width is as great as 784 inches.

Horn measurements’ (No. 19. 7.15. 478) :—length to longest
tine 40; greatest width across horns 67; circumference 83; palm-
width 20; spread from tip to tip 48. Points 17+21. This
specimen measured 6 feet 11 inches at the shoulder.

Typical locality, Kenai Peninsula, Alaska.

502 —19.7.15.477. 8 September, 1904. North Fork of Macmillan
River, Yukon Territory.

503 —19.7.15.478. 18 September, 1904. North Fork of Mac-
millan River, Yukon Territory.

504 —19.7.15.479. 7 September, 1906. Mountains between
Forks of Macmillan River, Yukon Territory.

505 —19.7.15.480. 15 September, 1906. South Fork of Macmillan

River, Yukon Territory.

REINDEER.
RANGIFER TARANDUS TARANDUS.

Cervus tarandus, Linn. Syst. Nat. ed. 10, vol. i. p. 67, 1758; ed. 12, vol. i.
p. 98, 1766.

Rangifer tarandus typicus, Lydekker, Deer of All Lands, p. 38, 1898.

Rangifer tarandus tarandus, Lydekker, Cat, Ungulate Mamm. Brit. Mus.
vol. iv. p. 241, 1915. ;

The smaller and more slender, subcylindrical antlers at once
distinguish the Reindeer from the Newfoundland and Yukon
Caribou.

The best horns in the series are those of No. 19. 7,15. 496,
which have the following measurements:—length on outside
curve 51; spread from tip to tip 31; greatest width inside 42;
circumference 53. Points 6+12.

Typical locality, Swedish Lapland. Formerly found over a
large area of the Scandinavian Peninsula ; in the wild state it now
only exists in certain localities in Norway.

506-510 —-19.7.15. 495-499. 1907. Near Lyseheien, Norway.

102 THE SELOUS COLLECTION.

NEWFOUNDLAND CARIBOU.
RaNGIFER TARANDUS TERRENOVE.

Rangifer terrenove, Bangs, Descript. Newfoundland Caribou, Boston, 1896.
Rangifer tarandus terrenove, Allen, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. vol. viii.
p. 235, 1896.

Antlers massive and much palmated, with a large number of
points. General colour paler than in the following race.

Among the heads in the Collection there is one (No. 19.7.15.482)
with exceptionally beautiful horns, bearing no less than 40 points ;
the measurements of this specimen are as follows :—length on
outside curve 40} ; circumference 8; greatest width inside 363 ;
spread from tip to tip 284. Points 21+19.

Typical locality, Newfoundland, to which Island the race is
confined.

511 —19.7. 15.481. 2 November, 1900. Terra Nova Lake, New-

foundland.
512-515 —19.7.15.482-485. September, 1901. St. John’s Lake,

Newfoundland.

516 —19.7.15.486. 20 October, 1905. King George IV Lake,
Newfoundland.

517 —19.7.15.487. 23 October, 1905.. Lloyds Lake, Exploits
River, Newfoundland.

518 —19.7.15.488. 1 November, 1905. Mount Ramsay, Exploits

River, Newfoundland.

OSBORN’S CARIBOU.
RANGIFER TARANDUS OSBORNI.

Rangifer osborni, Allen, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. vol. xvi. p. 149,
figs. 1 and 2, 1902.

Rangifer tarandus osborni, Ward, Records of Big Game, ed. 6, p. 85, 1910;
ed. 7, p. 85, 1914.

Antlers rather of the Barren-Ground type, but considerably
greater in size; general colour darker than in the Newfoundland
race.

The following series contains some very fine heads,.the best
being No. 19. 7.15. 494::—length of horns on outside curve 573 ;

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greatest width inside 471; circumference 7; spread from tip to

tip 423.

Points 18+-15.

In the Museum Collection there is an entire mounted specimen
of this Caribou presented by Selous in 1907.
Typical locality, Cassiar Mountains, British Columbia.

519

520

521

522-523

524

—19.7.15.489. 29 August, 1906. Mountains south of South
Fork of Macmillan River, Yukon Territory.

—19.7.15.490. 12 September, 1906. Mountains south of
South Fork of Macmillan River, Yukon Territory.

—19.7.15.491. 30 August, 1906. Mountains south of South
Fork of Macmillan River, Yukon Territory.

—19. 7,15, 492-493. September, 1906. Mountains south of
South Fork of Macmillan River, Yukon Territory.

—19.7.15.494. 10 September, 1904. Mountains between
Forks of Macmillan River, Yukon Territory.

INDEX.

abyssinicus caudatus, Colobus, 5.
. Cephalophus(Sylvicapra),
grimmi, 29
Acinonyx jubatus jubatus, 12.
BA venaticus, 12.
acuticornis, Antilope (Raphicerus),
32.
Adenota kob, 45.
rs » leucotis, 46.
i » thomasi, 45,
4 vardoni vardoni, 47.
adustus, Canis, 6.
segagra, Capra hircus, 94.
pyceros melampus melampus, 49.
petersi, 49,
a ay rendilis, 50.
i suara, 50.
sequatoria, Ourebia montana, 32.
sethiopicus massaicus, Phaco-
cheerus, 79.
y sundevalli; Phaco-
cheerus, 79,
africana capensis, Loxodonta, 88.
- selousi, Loxodonta, 87.
Aigoceros barbata, 59.
‘i equinus, 59.
ee niger, 61.
akeleyi, Nesotragus moschatus, 35.
albifrons, Damaliscus, 20, 21.
albojubatus, Connochetes taurinus,
26.
mearnsi, Gorgon, 26.
Alcelaphus caama selbornei, 17.
ra cokei cokei, 14.
‘ 4 nakure, 15.
re Jelwel jacksoni, 16.
s lichtensteini, 18.
Alces alces americanus, ‘L00, 101.
» » gigas, 100,
americana, ‘Antilocapra americana,
95.
5 Antilope, 95.
americanus, Alces alces, 100, 101.
ss borealis, Odocoileus, 98.
Sa Cervus, 100.
o macrourus, Odocoileus,
99, ~

” or)

Ammelaphus imberbis australis, 69.

amcenus, Cephalophus natalensis,
27.

amphibius amphibius, Hippopota-
mus, 80.

angasi, Euryceros, 67.

» Nyala, 67.

» Tragelaphus, 67, 68.
annectens, Oryx beisa, 5, 58.
Antelope, Desert Pigmy, 35.

‘9 Kenya Pigmy, 35.

‘i Roan, 59.

; Sable, 61.

53 Zululand Pigmy, 36.
Antelopus roualeynei, 65, 66.
Antidoreas euchore, 55,

* marsupialis marsupialis,

55.
Antilocapra americana americana,
95.
5 mexicana, 95.
peninsularis, 96.
Antilope albifrons, 20.

ms americana, 95.

i arundinnm, 40.

5 campestris, 32.

; capreolus, 39.

(Cephalophus) platous,

28,
5 dorcas, 19.
3 eleotragus, 40.
5 ellipsiprymnus, 43,
PA equina, 59.
45 euchore, 55.
3, fulvorufula, 42,
; gnu, 24,
- leucotis, 46,
ep lichtensteini, 18.
3 lunata, 21.
‘ madoqua, 29.
: marsupialis, 55.
34 melampus, 49.
‘ melanotis, 34,
‘3 oreotragus, 30.
PA oryx, 57.
5 ourebi, 30.
a pygarga, 19,

INDEX.

Antilope (Raphicerus) acuticornis,
32.
9 (Raphicerus) subulata, 32.
is (Reduncea) eleotragus, 40.
ee scoparia, 30.
¥% scemmerringii, 52.
» 8trepsiceros, 69,
4 sylvatica, 66.
- taurina, 24.
yardoni, 47,
Argali, 93.
arundinum, Antilope, 40.
5 occidentalis, Redunca,

41,
“ Redunca (Hleotragus),
arundinum, 40.

australis, Ammelaphus imberbia, 69.
5 Camelopardalis, 78.
5 Strepsiceros imberbis, 69.

barbata, Aigoceros, 59.
beisa annectens, Oryx, 57, 58.
» callotis, Oryx, 59.
» gallarum, Oryx, 59.
Beisa, Ibean, 58.
* berberensis, Equus grevyi, 81.
bergeri, Hyzna (Hyzena)’ hieno-
melas, 7,
bicornis, Diceros, 82.
Rhinoceros (Diceros) bi-
cornis, 82.
somaliensis, Rhinoceros
(Diceros), 84.
Bison, American, 93.
Bison bison bison, 93.
Blesbok, 20, 21.
Bohor, Abyssinian, 42.
bohor, Cervicapra, 41.
Bontebok, 19, 20.
borealis canadensis, Lynx, 92.
Odocoileus americanus, 98.
» Odocoileus virginianus, 98.
Bos (Bison) bison, 93.
» (Bubalus) caffer, 13.
5, caffer radcliffei, 14,
,, caffer typicus, 13.
» gnou, 24,
(Boselaphus) gigas, Taurotragus, 75.
oreas, Taurotragus, 75.
brighti, Gazella granti, 54,
brunneus, Tragelaphus, 64.
Bubalis caama selbornei, 17.
cokei cokei, 14.
cokei nakure, 15.
lelwel jacksoni, 16,

”

”

”

Bubalis lunatus, 22.
» nakure, 15.
Buffalo, East African, 14,
35 South African, 13,
burchelli granti, Equus, 81.
Bushbuck, Cape, 66.
55 Chobe, 64.
i Highland, 63.

caama, Bubalis, 17.

» selbornei, Alcelaphus, 17,
cxruleus, Cephalophus, 27.
eaffer, Bos (Bubalus), 13.

» caffer, Syncerus, 13, 14.

» radcliffei, Syncerus, 14.
callotis, Oryx beisa, 59.
Calotragus campestris, 32.
Camelopardalis australis, 78.
camelopardalis capensis, Giraffa, 78.

39 Giraffa, 76.

3 reticulata, Giraffa,
76.

5 rothschildi, Giraffa,
77, 78.

oe tippelskirchi, Giraffa,
77

campestris, Calotragus, 32.
ss capricornis, Raphicerus,

‘ neumanni, Raphiceros,
33.
“a neumanni, Raphicerus;
3.
3 Raphicerus campestris,
32,
canadensis, Lynx borealis, 92.
Lynx canadensis, 92.

i typicus, Cervus, 97.

canescens, Otocyon, 6, 7.
Canis adustus, 6.

» mesomelas, 6.

» nubilus, 91.

» pambasileus, 9L.
canna, Oreas, 72.
capensis, Camelopaidalis, 78.
Crocuta crocuta, 8.
Giraffa camelopardalis, 78.
3 hindei, Felis, 12.
34 Hyeena, 8.
Loxodonta africana, 87.
Oryx, 57.
Capra egagrus, 94.

» dorcas, 19.

» gazella, 57.

» grimmia, 28, 32.

106

Capra hircus mgagra, 94,
» monticola, 27.
2» rupicapra, 94.
capreolus, Antilope, 39.
Pe Pelea, 39.
ig Redunca, 39.
capricornis, Raphicerus campestris,
33.
a Raphicerus
33.
Caribou, Newfoundland, 102.
» Osborn’s, 102.
Catoblepas gorgon, 24.
sy taurinus, 24.
caudatus, Colobus abyssinicus, 5.

neumanni,

cavendishi, Madoqua (Rhyncho-
tragus), 36.
- minor, Rhyncho-
tragus, 37.
sf Rhynchotragus kirki,
36, 37.
Cephalophus abyssinicus, 29.
es ceruleus, 27.
¥s (Guevei) monticola, 27.
vs madoqua, 29.
Ws natalensis amoenus, 27.
i ie ignifer, 27.
+e sy natalensis,
26.
3 53 robertsi, 27.
oe (Sylvicapra) grimmi
abyssinicus, 29.
sy (Sylvicapra) grimmi
grimmi, 28,

Ceratotherium simum, 85.
Cerophorus (Oryx) oryx, 57.
Cervicapra arundinum, 40.
a bohor, 41,
< fulvorufula chanleri, 43.
33 redunca wardi, 41.
Cervus americanus, 100.
» canadensis canadensis, 97.
» (Dama) dama, 96.
» @laphus maral, 97.
Sa a scoticus, 96,
» hemionus, 99.
» macrotis montanus, 99.
» macrourus, 99.
tarandus, 101,
Chamois, 94,
chanleri, Redunca fulvorufula, 43.
Cheetah, South African, 12.
Cobus (Adenota) leucotis, 46.
» coba thomasi, 45.
» leche, 45.
» vardoni, 47,

INDEX.

cokei cokei, Alcelaphus, 14.

» nakure, Alcelaphus, 15.
Colobus abyssinicus caudatus, 5.
Connocheetes gnu, 24, 25.

55, gorgon, 24,
gy hecki, 26.
3 taurinus, 25.
albojubatus,
26.
5 Fi mearnsi, 26.
5 taurinus, 24,

corrigura jimela, Damaliscus, 23.

ee tiang, Damaliscus, 22.
cottoni, Ourebia montana, 31, 32.
(Crocotta) gariepensis, Hyena, 8.
Crocuta crocuta capensis, 8.

i 5 igen 9.

” fisi, 9

cuninghamei, Equus quagga, 81.

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Dama dama, 96.
Damalis albifrons, 20.
a jimela, 23.
i Tunata, 21.
» pygarga, 19.
te (Strepsiceros) strepsiceros,
70.
in tiang, 22.
Damaliscus albifrons, 20, 21.
0 korrigum jimela,.23.

a 55 selousi, 23.

m pygargus, 19, 20, 21.
es senegalensis, "93.
Deer, Eastern Red, 97.
» Fallow, 96. 5
“ Kansas White-tailed, 99.
» Maine White-tailed, 98,
» Red, 96.
» White-tailed, 98, 99.
Defassa, 44.
defassa nzoiw, Kobus, 44.
delamerei, Tragelaphus scriptus, 63,
64,

derbianus gigas, Taurotragus, 75.

deserticola, Nesotragus moschatus,
35. :
(Diceros) bicornis bicornis, Rhino-

ceros, 82.

‘ bicornis somaliensis, Rhi-
noceros, 84.

5 simus simus, Rhinoceros,

Dik-dik, Cavendish’s, 36,

INDEX.

Dik-dik, Lesser Jubaland, 37.

“ Nyika, 38.

me Smith’s, 38.
(Dolichohippus) grevyi, Equus, 80.
doreas, Antilope, 19.

» Capra, 19.
Duiker, Abyssinian, 29.

» Blue, 27.

» Common, 28,

» Natal, 26, 27.

re Ravine Red, 27,
Duiker-bok, 28.

Eland, East African, 75.

» Mashonaland, 72.

» Sudan Derby, 75.
elaphus maral, Cervus, 97.

» seoticus, Cervus, 96.
eldomex, Tragelaphus, 64.
(Eleotragus) arundinum arundinum,

Redunea, 40.
Eleotragus isabellinus, 40.
FElephas africanus selousi, 87.
Elephant, Mashonaland, 87, 88.
Elk, American; 100.
ellipsiprymnus, Kobus, 43.
equinus, Aigoceros, 59.

ses equinus, Hippotragus, 59.
Equus burchelli granti, 81.

» (Dolichohippus) grevyi, 80.

» grevyi berberensis, 81.

» gquagga cuninghamei, 81.

» granti, 81.
euvhore, Antidorcas, 55.
Euryceros angasi, 67.

fasciatus, Gorgon, 24.
Felis capensis hindei, 12.
» jubata, 12.
» leo, 9.
» pardus, 12.
Fox, East Africa Great-eared, 6.
fulvorufula chanleri, Cervicapra, 43.
- a Reduncea, 43.
Pe fulvorufula, Redunca, 42.

gallarum, Oryx beisa, 59.

gariepensis, Hyena (Crocotta), 8
Syncerus, 13.

Gazella euchore, 55.

granti brighti, 54.

granti, 52.

raineyi, 54.

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” ”

107

Gazella granti robertsi, 53.
- » roosevelti, 53, 54,
» thomsoni nasalis, 51.
» walleri, 56.
gazella, Capra, 57.
» Oryx, 57, 58.
Gazelle, Black-snouted Thomson’s,
51,
we Rainey’s Grant, 54.
Roosevelt's Grant, 53.
- Thomson’s, 51.
3 Typical Grant, 52.
Gemsbuck, 57.
Gerenuk, 56.
germinans, Crocuta crocuta, 9.
gigas, Alces alces, 100.

» Taurotragus (Boselaphus), 75.
derbianus, 75.
oryx, 75.

Giraffa camelopardalia, 76, 77.
capensis, 78.
reticulata, 76.
rothschildi,

77, 78.
tippelskirchi,

77.

” ”

» reticulata, 76, 77.
Giraffe, 77.
i Five-horned, 77.
- Reticulated, 76.
» South African, 78, 79.°
» Uganda, 77.
gnou, Bos, 24..
Gnu, 24,
» Brindled, 24.
» White-bearded, 26.
gnu, Connochetes, 24, 25.
Goat, Wild, 94.
Gorgon albojubatus mearnsi, 26.
» fasciatus, 24,
gorgon, Catoblepas, 24.
» Connocheetes, 24.
granti, Equus burchelli, 81
” » _quagga, 81.
» brighti, Gazella, 54.
» granti, Gazella, 52.
» Yaineyi, Gazella, 54.
» robertsi, Gazella, 53.
roosevelti, Gazella, 53, 54.
gratus, Limnotragus spekei, 68.
grevyi berberensis, Equus, 81.
», Equus (Dolichohippus), 80.
grimmi abyssinicus, Cephalophus
(Sylvicapra), 29.
3 grimmi, Cephalophus (Sylvi-
capra), 28.

108

Grysbok, 34.
guentheri smithi, Rhynchotragus,
38.
Guereza, Abyssinian, 5,
‘o White-tailed, 5.
(Guevei) monticola, Cephalophus,
27,

Hartebeest, Coke, 14.
& Jackson Lelwel, 16.
55 Kenya Lelwel, 16.
a Lichtenstein, 18.
Soe Nakuru, 15.
5 Neumann, 15.
3 Selborne Rooi, 17.
hecki, Connochetes, 25.
hemionus, Cervus, 99.
% Odocoileus hemionus, 99.
. typica, Mazama. 99.
hienomelas bergeri, Hyzena (Hyzena),

hindei, Felis capensis, 12.
» Rhynchotragus kirki, 38.
Hippopotamus, 80.
5 amphibiusamphihius,
80.
Hippotragus equinus equinus, 59.
yf niger niger, 61,
hircus egagra, Capra, 94.
Hunting Dog, South African, 7.
Hyena capensis, 8.
» (Crocotta) gariepensis, 8.
» crocuta germinans, 9.
» (Hyena) hienomelas bergeri,

“ hyena schillingsi, 8.
» pieta, 7.
schillingsi rendilis, 8.
Hyena, Desert Striped, 7.
» Hastern Spotted, 9.
» South African Spotted, 8.

ignifer, Cephalophus natalensis, 27.

imberbis australis, Ammelaphus, 69.

2 o Strepsiceros, 69.

Impala, 49.
» dubaland, 50.

Inyala, 67.

isabellinus, Eleotragus, 40,

Jackal, Black-backed, 6.
» Side-striped, 6.
jacksoni, Alcelaphus lelwel, 16.

INDEX.

Jimela, 23.
jimela, Damalis, 23.
» Damaliscus, 23.
korrigum, 23.
jubata, Acinonyz, 12.
» Felis, 12,
jubatus jubatus, Acinonyx, 12.

kaufmanni, Taurotragus, 73.
keitloa, Rhinoceros, 83.
kenyz, Alcelaphus lelwel, 16.
kibonotensis, Crocuta, 9.
kirki cavendishi, Rhynchotragus, 36,
387.
» hindei, Rhynchotragus, 38.
» minor, Rhynchotragus, 37.
', unyike, Rhynchotragus, 38.
Klipspringer, 30.
kob, Adenota, 45.
» leucotis, Adenota, 46.
» thomasi, Adenota, 45, 46,
Kob, Uganda, 45.
» White-eared, 46.
Kobus (Adenota) vardoni, 47.
» defassa nzois, 44,
» llipsiprymnus, 43.
» kob thomasi, 45.
» leucotis, 45, 46.
» (Onotragus) leche, 44,
vardoni vardoni, 47.
kongoni, Alcelaphus, 15,
Koodoo, 70.
korrigum jimela, Damaliscus, 23.
i selousi, Damaliscus, 23.
» tiang, Damaliscus, 22.
Kudu, 69, 70.
» Hast African Lesser, 69.

V

Leche, 44.
leche, Cobus, 45.
» Kobus, 44,
» Kobus (Onotragus), 44,
Lechwe, 44.
lelwel jacksoni, Alcelaphus, 16.
leo, Felis, 9
Leopard, 12.
leucotis, Adenota kob, 46.
lichtensteini, Alcelaphus, 18.
Limnotragus selousi, 68.
3 spekei, 68,
¥ gratus, 68,
limpopoénsis, Syncerus, 13.
Lion, 9, 10, 11.
Lithocranius walleri, 56.

INDEX.

livingstonianus, Nesotragus, 36.
33 zuluensis, Nesotra-
gus, 36.
livingstonei, Taurotragus oryx, 73.
Loxodonta africana capensis, 88.
“a africana selousi, 87,
88.
lunata, Antilope, 21.
» Damalis, 21.
lunatus, Bubalis, 22.
PA Damaliscus, 21.
Lutra lutra, 91.
Lycaon pictus pictus, 7.
» tricolor, 7.
Lynx borealis canadensis, 92.
» canadensis canadensis, 92.
Lynx, Canadian, 92.

machilis americanus, Alces, 100.
» gigas, Alces, 100.
macrotis montanus, Cervus, 99.
macrourus, Cervus, 99.
is Odocoileus americanus,
99.
ss Odocoileus virginianus,

Madoqua guentheri smithi, 38.
» (Bhynchotragus) caven-
dishi, 36.
madoqua, Antilope, 29.
5 Sylvicapra, 29.
Maral, 97.
maral, Cervus elaphus, 97.
marsupialis marsupialis, Antidorcas,
55.
Marten, Pine, 92.
Martes martes martes, 92.
massaicus, Phacocherus zthiopicus,
79.
Mazama hemionus typica, 99.
mearnsi, Connochetes taurinus, 26.

» Gorgon albojubatus, 26.
megalotis, Otocyon, 67.
melampus, Antilope, 49.

Sa melampus,

49,
- rendilis, Aipyceros, 50.
suara, Alpyceros, 50.
melanotis, Antilope, 34,
oH Nototragus, 34.
ma Raphiceros (Nototragus),

ipyceros,

35 Raphicerus, 34.
mesomelas, Canis, 6.
mexicana, Antilocapra, 95.

109

minor, Rhynchotragus cavendishi,
37.
» Rhynchotragus kirki, 37.
montana equatoria, Ourebia, "32,

e cottoni, Ourebia, 3l, 32,
montanus, Cervus macrotis, 99.
monticola, Capra, 27.

5 Cephalophus (Guevei), 27.
Moose, 100.

» Alaskan, 100.
moschatus akeleyi, Nesotragus, 35.

- deserticola, Nesotragus,
35.

a moschatus, Nosstragus,
35.

Mouflon, Sardinian, 93.
Mule-deer, 99.
musimon, Ovis, 93.
Mustela martes, 92.

nakure, Alcelaphus cokei, 15.
mn Bubalis cokei, 15.
nasalis, Gazella thomsoni, 51.
natalensis amcenus, Cephalophus, 27.
a ignifer, Cephalophus, 27.
5 natalensis, Cephalophus,
26

35 robertsi, Cephalophus, 27.
Nesotragus livingstonianus, 36.
re a zuluensis,
36.
a moschatus akeleyi, 35.
deserticola,
35.
moschatus,
35.
neumanni capricornis, Raphicerus, 33.
3 Pediotragus, 33.
a Raphiceros campestris, 33.
% Raphicerus campestris, 33.
niediecki, Taurotragus, 73.
niger, Aigoceros, 61.
» Hippotragus niger, 61.
(Nototragus) melanotis, Raphiceros,
34,

” ”

” ”

nubilus, Canis, 91.
Nyala, 67, 68.

» angasi, 67.
nyike, Rhynchotragus kirki, 38.
nzoiz, Kobus defassa, 44.
nzoye, Crocuta, 9

occidentalis, Redunca arundinum, 41.
Odocoileus americanus borealis, 98.

110

Odocoileus americanus macrourus,
99.
2s hemionus hemionus, 99.
es virginianus borealis, 98.

_ macrourus, 99,

olivacens, Tragelaphus scriptus, 64.
(Onotragus) leche, Kobus, 44.
Oreas canna, 72.

» livingstonii, 73.
oreas, Taurotragus (Boselaphus), 75.
Oreodorcas fulvorufula, 42.

Oreotragus oreotragus oreotragus, 30.

Oribi, 30.
>» Powell-Cotton’s 31,

ornatus, Tragelaphus scriptus, 64,
66

Oryx beisa annectens, 57, 58.
callotis, 59.
3 » gallarum, 59.
» capensis, 57.
» gazella, 57, 58.
» oryx, 57,
oryx, Antilope, 57.
» gigas, Taurotragus, 75.
» livingstonei, Taurotragus, 73.
» oryx, Taurotragus, 72.

oe ”

» selousi, Taurotragus, 72.
osborni, Rangifer tarandus, 102.
Otocyon canescens, 6, 7.

» megalotis, 6, 7.

» virgatus, 6, 7.
Otter, 91.
Ourebia montana sequatoria, 32,
montana cottoni, 31, 32.
ourebi, 30.

» scoparia, 30.
ourebi, Antilope, 30.
Ovis musimon, 93.

”

”

Pala, 49.

pambasileus, Canis, 91.
panganensis, Crocuta, 9.
pardus, Felis, 12.
Pasang, 94.

pattersonianus, Taurotragus oryx, 75.

Pediotragus neumanni, 33.

Pelea capreolus, 39.

peninsularis, Antilocapra, 96.

petersi, Apyceros melampus, 49.

Phacocheerus athiopicus massaicus,
79.

sundevalli,
79.

” ”

picta, Hyeena, 7.

pattersonianus, Taurotragus, 75.

INDEX.

pictus, Lycaon pictus, 7.
platous, Antilope (Cephalophus), 28,
Pookoo, 48,
Prongbuck, 95.
Pronghorn, 95.
53 Mexican, 95.

Puku, 47.
pygarga, Antilope, 19.

P Damalis, 19.
pygargus, Damaliscus, 19, 20, 21.

quagga cuninghamei, Equus, 81.
» granti, Equus, 81.
»

radcliffei, Syncerus caffer, 14.
raineyi, Gazella granti, 54.
Rangifer tarandus osborni, 102.
tarandus, 101.
3 A terreenove, 102.
‘x typicus, 101.
Raphiceros campestris neumanni, 33.
“i (Nototragus) melanotis,
34.
(Raphicerus) acuticornis, Antilope,

” ”

Raphicerus campestris campestris,
32.

“ . capricornis,
” 2” neumanni, 7
33.
“a subulata, Antilope, 32.
Redunca arundinum occidentalis, 41.
» capreolus, 39.
» (EHleotragus) arundinum
arundinum, 40.
» fulvorufula chanleri, 43.
“ 4 fulvorufula, 42.
» vedunca wardi, 41.
Reedbuck, 40.
a Chanler’s, 43.
- -Ward’s, 41, 42.
Reindeer, 101.
rendilis, Aipyceros melampus, 50.
' 4, Hyena schillingsi, 8.
reticulata, Giraffa, 76, 77.
ra Giraffa camelopardalis,

76.
Rhebok, Rooi, 42.
“5 Vaal, 39.
Rhinoceros (Diceros) bicornis bicor-
nis, 82.
a 4 bicornis soma-
liensis, 84.

INDEX.

Rhinoceros (Diceros) simus simus,

9 keitloa, 83.
Rhinoceros, Somali Black, 84.
ss South African Square-
mouthed, 85.
- South-African White, 85,
86.
Typical Black, 82.
Rhynchotragus guentheri ‘emithi, 38.
ms kirki cavendishi, 36.
37,
hindei, 38.
3 » Minor, 37.
5 » nyike, 38.
Rietbok, 40.
robertsi, Cephalophus natalensis, 27.
» Gazella granti, 53.
roosevelti, Gazella granti, 53, 54.
rothschildi, Giraffa camelopardalis,
77, 78.
roualeynei, Antelopus, 65, 66.

Rupicapra rupicapra rupicapra, 94,
95.

Sassaby, 21.
schillingsi, Hyena hyzena, 8.
scoparia, Antilope, 30.

oA Ourebia, 30.
scoticus, Cervus elaphus, 96.

scriptus delamerei, Tragelaphus, 63,
64,

» Olivaceus, Tragelaphus, 64.
2 ornatus,

» sylvaticus, Tragelaphus, 66.
selbornei, Alcelaphus caama, 17.
selousi, Damaliscus korrigum, 23.

» Blephas africanus, 87.

» Limnotragus, 68.

» Loxodonta africana, 87, 88.
» Taurotragus oryx, 72.
Tragelaphus, 68.
senegalensis, Damaliseus, 23.
Serval, East African, 12.
simum, Ceratotherium, 85.
simus, Rhinoceros (Diceros) simus,
85.
Sing-sing, 44.
Sitatunga, Zambesi, 68.
Situtunga, 68.
smithi, Rhynchotragus guentheri, 38.
scemmerringii, Antilope, 52.
somaliensis, Rhinoceros (Diceros)
picornis, 84.

Tragelaphus, 64,

111

spekei gratus, Limnotragus, 68,
» Limnotragus, 68.
Springbuck, 55.
Steinbuck, Cape, 32.
8 East African, 33.

PA ‘Transvaal, 33.
Strepsiceros imberbis australis, 69.
i strepsiceros strepsicaros,
Pe suara, 50,

suara, Aipyceros melampus, 50.
» Strepsiceros, 50.
subulata, Antilope (Raphicerus), 32.
sundevalli, Phacocheerus zthiopicus,
79,
sylvatica, Antilope, 66.
sylvaticus, Tragelaphus
66.
(Sylvicapra) grimmi abyssinicus, Ce-
phalophus, 29.
ss grimmi grimmi,
lophus, 28.
Sylvicapra madoqua, 29,
Syncerus caffer caffer, 13, 14.
» radcliffei, 14.

scriptus,

Cepha-

tarandus, Cervus, 101.

35 osborni, Rangifer, 102.

a Rangifer tarandus, 101.

3 terrenove, Rangifer, 102.
taurina, Antilope, 24,
taurinus albojubatus, Connocheetes,

26.

ss Catoblepas, 24.

3 mearnsi, Connochestes, 26.

ee taurinus, Connochetes, 24.
Taurotragus (Boselaphus) gigas, 75.

a derbianus gigas, 75.

53 kanfmanni, 73.

i niediecki, 73.

5 oryx gigas, 75.
livingstonei, 73.
oryx, 72.

ae » pattersonianus, 75.

» selousi, 72.
fewrvenowe; Rangifer tarandus, 102.
thomasi, ‘Adenota kob, 45, 46, 47.
thomsoni nasalis, Gazella, 51.
a thomsoni, Gazella, 51.
Tiang, 22.
tiang, Damaliscus

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korrigum, 22,

tippelskirchi, Giraffa, camelopardalis,
77.
tjederi, Tragelaphus, 64,

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Tragelaphus angasi, 67, 68.

3 brunneus, 64.

dey eldome, 64.
scriptus delamerei, 63,
olivaceus, 64.
ornatus, 64, 66.
3 sylvaticus, 66.
1 selousi, 68.
5 spekei, 68.
tjederi, 64,

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Tsesebe, 21.
typicus, Bos caffer, 13.

Cervus canadensis, 97.

» Cobus vardoni, 47.

» Hippotragus equinus, 59.
» Oreotragus, 30.

vardoni vardoni, Adenota, 47.
venaticus, Acinonyx, 12. |

». Lycaon pictus, 7.
virginianus borealis, Odocoileus, 98.

TNDEX.

virginianus macrourus, Odocoileus,

vulgaris, Lutra, 91.

walleri, Lithocranius, 56,
Wapiti, 97.
wardi, Redunca redunca, 41.
Wart-hog, Masai, 79.

35 Natal, 79.
Waterbuck, 43.
Wildebeest, 24.

sy Blue, 24.

Wolf, Alaskan Timber, 91.

Zebra, Cuninghame’s, 81.

» Grevy’s, 80.

>» Masai, 81.

» Somaliland Grevy’s, 81.
zuluensis, Lycaon pictus, 7.
Nesotraguslivingstonianus,

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