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ALOGUE

O H TH E

SELOUS COLLE CT I ON

B G GAMEI N T H E

BRI TISH MUSEUM(NATURAL HISTORY).

J . G . DOLLMAN, BA .

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P R INTED BY OR DER OF TH E TRUSTEES.

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B Y the k ind perm i ss ion of the Ed itor, the foi l ow ing ohituarv

not ice i s reproduced, w ith som e om i ss ions andverbaha l terat ions ,from The T i mes

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0 f Ja 1m ary 8 th , 1 9 1 7 .“Capta in F . C . Selou s , the fam ou s South Africanexplorer andb ig gam e hunter, was k i lled in act ion in East Afr i caonJanuary 4that the age of 65 . Last September he was awardedthe D .SO . for consp icuou s ga llantry, resource andendu rance ] theo ffic ia l report add ing that he set a m agnificent exampl e to a l l

ranks , andthat the value of hi s serv ice s w i th hi s battal ion cou ldnot be overestimated .

Capta in Freder ick Co u i 'teney Selou s was born in London on

.I )ecemb er 3 1 , 1 85 1 . H e was educated at R ugby andafterwards

at Ne uchate l andW ie sbaden. At the age of 1 9 he left Englandw i th £400 in hi s pocke t , de term ined to earn hi s l i v ing as a.

profess ional e lephant hunter . W i th th i s obj ect he made hi s wayto the K imberle y d iamond fields

, then rec ently d i scovered . Oh

l zarning that the r ight season of the year for a tr ip to the interi orwas not due for som e m onths , young Se lou s jo ined a trad ing

exped it ion into Gri qualand . I n 1 8 72 he at last set forth for theinter ior, that i s , the territory now known as SJuthern R hode s ia

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thenter i ior i z edby the Matabele andthe ir mart ial ch i ef Lobengu la .

W ithou t the perm iss ion of th i s monarch no one m ight enter

Mttahel el andor the ne ighbour ing territor ies . Selou s approached

Lobengula ahou t the matte r , andthe k ing was pleas ed to je st at

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hi s pet i ti oner's you thfu l appearance andto regard the idea of hi sattack ing an elephant w i th der i s i on. H e gave the de si redperm i ss ion,

wh i ch was takenadvantage of promptly ; not onlydidSelou s bag many elephants before he came of age , but by thet ime he was fi ve - and- twenty he was known far andw ide in

South Africa as one of the most successfu l i vory hunters oftheday .

Abou t th i s t ime many of the Boer elephant hunters were

g iv ing up the profess i on; the e lephants hadg iven u p the i r o ldhaunts of the open veld andthe herds hadretreated to the forestcountry . Here the u se of horses was imposs ible , andmalar ial andother fevers took toll of the hunters ; a few of the bo lder sp i ri ts

made up the i r m inds to st i ck to elephant hunt ing , andi t was

am ong t-hese hardy andexperi enced m en that Se lou s speed i ly madea great repu tat i onfor cou rage , bu shcraft andendu rance . A man

of beaut i fu l proport ions , w i th a che st of extraordinary depth andbreadth , he i s de scribed as the best wh i te runner that the Matabe le

hadever seen, andm ore than once he owed hi s l ife to hi s povser ofsprint ing, jump ing andswerv ing . The l ife of constant hardshiptoughened him ,

andhe seldom su ffered from fever .

Unt i 1 1 88 1 Selou s devoted h im self ma inly to e lephant hunt

ing, save for one ho l iday to England in 1 875 . I n the former yearhe retu rned hom e for the secondt im e , andshort ly afterwardspubl i shed A Hunter

’s Wanderings in Afr i ca ,

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a book wh i ch ran

through five ed i t ions , andtook rank immediately among theclass i cal works on Afri can hunting . H i s keen intere st in topography l edto a su ccess ion of contribu t ions to the Journal ofthe Royal Geograph i cal Soc iety , wh i ch indue t im e awa idedhimi ts gold m edal . By the endof 1 8 8 1 he was back at the Cape

,and

for the next s ix years wandered about the Matabele andotherterr i tory to the Zambes i devot ing h im self ma inly to procur ingspec imens of the Afri canfauna for m u seum s andpr ivate collect i onsat home . Many of the finest spec imens to be seen in the Natu ralH i storv Mu seum were procu red by Selou s du ring the se years .

I n 1 88 8 , in pass ing throughthe Mashuku l umbw i terri tory ,Selou s was set upon by that tr ibe ; hi s caravan was plundered ,many of hi s fol lowers were k i lled , andhe h im self

,escap ing

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difficu l ty, made hi s way back in the last stage s of exhau sti on.

Early in 1 890 he l edthe p i oneer exped i t i on, of the CharteredCompany into Mashonaland , andso saved that valuable countrV

from Portugu ese annexat ion.

The next two years were spent on su rvey ing ands im i larwork for the Chartered Company , andin 1 892 Se lou s retu rned toEngland . I n 1 893 he publ i shed Trave l andAdventu re in Sou thEast Afri ca

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wh i ch conta ined not only an account of hi s many

adventu re s s ince the publi cat i on of hi s fo rmer book , but alsoglow ing descr ipti ons of the potential iti e s of Mashonaland andMani caland . Returning to Rhodes ia inthe sam e year

,he ass i sted

inthe suppress i on of the fi rst Matabele insurrect i on; he thencam e

hom e,as he thought, for good , andsoon afterwards marri ed Mar io

Cather ine Gladys (daughter of the late CanonMaddy)who su rv iveshim . I n 1 895 he retu rned to Rhodes ia w ith hi s wi fe to take up

the management of an estate , andwas thu s in t im e to servethrough the secondMatabele W ar , du ring wh i ch hi s hom esteadwas bu rnt by the rebels . I n 1 896 he embod ied the se expe r i ence s,together wi th a rev iew of the cau se s of the Matabele wars andofthe resou rces of Charterland, in a book ent i tled ‘ Sunsh ine andStorm in Rhodes ia .

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From th i s time onwards Selou s gratifiedhi s ru l ing passi on,b ig

- game shoot ing, rather as an amateu r than as a profess ional .I n 1 894—53he v i s ited As ia M inor ona hunting tour

,andin 1 897

and1 898 he made two tr ips to the Rocky Mounta ins . I n 1 900,

1 901 , and1 905 he shot inNewfoundland . I n 1 904 and1 906 hewas on the Macm i llan R i ver in the Yukon terri tory of NorthWeste rnCanada . I n later years he once m ore tu rnedhi s attent i onto Afri ca , th i s t ime to Br it i sh East Afri ca andthe N i l e . Throughout hi s career Se lou s was mu ch m ore than merely a successfu lgam e - shooter . Wherever he went he took the deepest intere st inthe hab its andpersonal ity of a l l animal s encountered . Keen

observat ion, indefatigable pat ience , anda retent ive m emory com

b inedto m ake him a fie ldnatu ral i st of very except iona l excellence ;andthe se qual i ti es , together w i th hi s enormou s exper ience , ra i sed

him to the po s i ti on of acknowledged (Inyew of the whole tribe of

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m odern hunters . I n 1 909—1 9 1 0 he organi zed andac compani edMr . R oosevelt’s hunt ing exped it ion inBri t i sh East Afr i ca .

I n one of his late r books , ‘ Afr i can Natu re Notes andR em iniscences ,

’ Selo u s summar ized hi s vast store s of knowledgeabout many of the noblest of the African w i ld gam e ; andhewrote also two books deal ing w i th hi s adventures in As ia M inor

andinNorth Amer ica . Al l hi s books are wr itten in a sp i r i t of

transparent honesty andina s imple andd i rect stvl e , re fl ecting thecharacter of the au thor, whose stra ightt

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o rwardness , integr i ty ,

hosp i tal ity, andk indness of heart we re as we l l known to h o sts of

fr iends as the qual it ies which made him so s ucc essful a hunte r .

Athi s hou se at Worplesdon he bu i lt a spec ial m u se um fo r hi snumero us tr0 p l i i es ; andno th ing pleased him bette r than to showv i s ito rs e ve r th i s bu i ld ing , except , pe rhaps , the acqu i s i t ion o ti fre sh

add it ions to i t.

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A m em o r ia l toi

Se lous was pre sented to the Natu ral H i story

Mu seum by the subsc r ibers , andwas unve i led at a publ ic c e remony

onJune 1 0th, 1 920 . I t i s the wo rk of the lateMr. W .

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R . Colton,

R .A. ,andcons i sts of a bu st i n bronze ina granite sett ing w i th a

plaqu e be low dep ict ing some of the be tter knownspec ies of Afr ican

B ig Game . The stone i s a block of syenite from B en Accord

Quarry , presented bv the UnionGovernment of Sou th Afr ica .

Selou s gave the Mu seum a number of B ig Game andotherm ammals , buthi s m a in collect ionwas pre sented bvMrs . Selous in

1 9 1 9 . The maj or ity of the spec imens a re heads of adu lt m ale s ,andthese have beenarranged onthe wal ls of the corridors on the

first fl oor of the bu i ld ing under the s upervis ion of Capta in J . G .

Dolhnan,who has wr i ttenthe Catalogue , wh ich i t i s hoped m av

prove of inte re st andu ti l itv to sportsm en.

Som e extracts from Selou s ’ books“A Hunter’s W ander ings

inAfri ca ”and Great andSmal l Gam e of Afr i ca have been

reproduced by the k ind perm i ss i on of the publ i shers , Macm i llan

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andCo . Ltd. andRowland Ward Lt(l . , re sp ec ti ve lv . The

Zoo lo fl' ica l Soc i ety of Londonhas allowed the l ep i intino of extl ac ts

from two papers by Se lou s that appeared 1 1 1 the Proceed ings ’

fo r

1 8 8 1 . The thanks of the Tru stee s are also due to Mr . Leo

W'

e intha l , for perm i ss i on to reprodu ce the excellent

po rtra i t of Se lou s , wh ich was takenby him in 1 906 .

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E R EGAN,

BR I T I SH Mu s E UM (NAT UR AL H I ST OR Y),

November 26 , 1 92 1 .

FR EDER I CK COUR TENEY SELOUS.

P ortra it s tu dy b y Le o W e intha l - 1 9 0 6 .

CATALOGUE

OF T H E

SELOUS COLLECT I ON

B I G GAME.

I NTRODUCT I ON.

T H E spec imens of B ig Gam e andother Mammal s dea lt w i th inth i s C ata logue were shot by the .late Capta inF . C . Selou s ,between the years 1 870 and1 9 1 6 , andwere presented to theMu seum by Mrs . Selou s in 1 9 1 9 . The m ost important of theexped i t ions made by Selou s during th i s peri od andthe numberof spec im ens collected andpreserved inthe Collecti onare shown inthe follow ing Table

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Local i ty . Sp ec imens .

Bavar i aSou thAfr i caSouthAfri ca.Sou thAfr i caSou thAfri ca (l stMatab i l i W ar)Is l e of

As i a MinorSou thAfri ca

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Lo ca l i ty .

Canada andNewfoundland

Sardini a

Yukon T err i toryNewfoundl andYukon T e rr i toryAs i a Minor andNorwayKenya. Co l onyBahr c l Gha z al , SudanKenya Co l onyKenya Col ony andTanganyikaTerr itory

The Catalogu e i s d iv ided into two parts , the fi rst of wh i chdeal sw i th the Afr icanB id Gam e Collect ion, conta ining 443 spec im ens

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andthe second (p . 89) w ith 8 1 spec imens from E u 1 ope , As ia, andNo 1 th Ame i i ca .

Unless the contrary i s stated , the spec im ens referred to are al l

m ounte d heads of adu lt male ind iv idual s . All hornm easu rements

are given in inche s .

The synonymy of the var iou s spec i es andsubspec ies g iven inthe Cata logue i s not complete

,bu t i t i s suffic ient to ind icate. the

or ig inof the nam e s u sed .

J G . DOLLMAN .

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ORDE R CARNI VORA .

Fam i ly CANI DE .

SIDE - STRIPED JACKAL .

Cam s ADUSTUS.

(Jani s adu stu s , Sundeval l , éfvers . Akad . F orhandl . Stockho lm ,vo l . i i i .

p . 1 21 , 1 847.

D i st ingu i shed from the Black - backed Jacka l , (Jani s 71 1 6 30 171 6 10 8 ,

by i ts s i lverv grey coloured coat wh i te ta i l - tip , and, u sually , by thepresence of a we ll - marked wh i te d iagonal stripe oneach s ide of body .

Typ i cal local i ty, Caffraria inter iore range from the Transvaalnorthward s across the Zambe s i into NorthernRhodes ia .

3 1 9 . 7. 1 5 . 3 . Ju l y , 1 895 . Umni ati Ri ve r, Ma shona l and , Sou thc i nRhode s ia .

EAST AF R I CAN GREAT - EARED FOX .

OTOCYON V IRGATU S .

Otocyonv i rgatu s , Mi l l er , Sm i thson. Mi s c . Col l e ct . vo l . xl i i . p . 485,1 909 .

A small fox - l ike animal w i th very large ears ; d i stingu i shedfrom the tru e foxe s anddogs by hav ing three or four upper m olarteeth andfou r lower one s onea ch s ide of the jaws . Th i s form i s

d i st ingu i shed from the Sou th Afr i can0 . ??zega l oti s by the unde rs ideof the body be ing bu ff- colou red instead of creamy wh i te , andhav ing the ta i l m arked above w i th a d i s tinct black stripe . M i llerinhi s orig ina l descr ipti on states that the sku ll d i ffers from that of

mega l oti s in the flatter, less inflatedaud i to ry bu llae, andtheabsence of a notch be tween the angu lar andsubangu lar processe sof the mand ible .

Typ i cal local i ty , Na i vasha Sta t ion, Kenya Colony ; range fromTangany ika Terri tory northwards through Kenya Colony towardsAbyss inia . The Abyss inia Great - eared Fox was recently describedby Cabrera as a di st inct form under the nam e canescens ; both

Ann.Mag . Nat . I I I St . ser . 8 , vol . v i . p . 4 62 , 1 9 1 0 .

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vi rga tu s andcane s cens are probably only geograph ical races of theSou th Afr icanmega l ofi s .

4 1 9 . 7 . 1 5 . 6 (s ex not re corded). Skin,m ounted , 1 9 1 2 . Northern

Gua so Nyi ro , Kenya Co l ony.

SOUTH AFR I CAN HUNTING DOG .

LY CAON PICTU S P ICTUS .

H yaena. p i cta , T emm inck ,Ann. Gen. Sc i . Phys . vol . i i i . p . 54 , p l . xxxv . ,

1 820 .

Lycaon tr i col or , Gray , Gr i ffith’

s Anima l Kingdom ,vol. v . p . 1 5 1 , 1 827.

Lycaonp i ctu s , Garrod , Proc . Zool . Soc . 1 8 78 , p . 373 .

The presence of fou r toe s on the fore feet d i st ingu i shes thegenu s Lycaon from Owns . Ears very large . General colou r a

m ixture of ye llow i sh bu ff,bl ack i sh brown

,andwh i te , in i rregu lar

blotches , the pattern be ing extrem ely variable ; a dark frontalstr ipe u sually pre sent . Sku l l heav i ly bu i lt andexce ss i ve ly broad ,wi th very m a ssi ve teeth, superfic ial ly resembling those of theH ycenidw.

Typ i ca l local i ty,Mozamb i qu e . The Hunt ing Dog i s very

genera lly d i str ibu ted over the greater part of Sou th Afr ica ; i tsti ll ex i sts in certain parts of Cape Colony . The Cape ColonyLym an has been separated as a d i st inct race under the nam e

vene ti ens 33, andanother form has been de scri bed from Zu lu landas z u l uens i s

1 9 . 7. 2 1 October , 1 8 84 . Nata R i ver , We sternMatab i l iland , Sou thernRhode s i a .

F am'

i l y H YJENI DE .

DESERT STRIPED HYE NA .

H YZENA H YE NA B E R GE R I .

H ywna (H yaena)hi enom el as berger i ,Matsehi e , Si tzb er . Ge s . nat. Freunde ,1 9 1 0, p . 361 .

H ywna hyaefna. berger i , Roo sevel t andH e l l er , Li fe -hi stor i e s of Afri canGame Anima l s , vol . i . p . 255 , 1 9 1 5 .

Bu rche l l , T ravel s inS. Afr i ca ,vol . i . p . 4156 , 1 822 .

T Thoma s , Ann.Mag . Nat. H i st. ser . 7, vol . x i v . p . 98 , 1 904 .


D i st ingu i shed from i ts near ally H ymne hyaena s chi l l inys i b yi ts smaller s i ze , m ore ind i stinct andl ighter stripes , andtheyellow i sh bufi colou r of the feet .

Typ i cal local i ty , E lgeyo E scarpm ent, Uas in G i shu Plateau ,

Kenya Colony ; range appears to extend northwards from theUas in Gi shu Plateau andNorthern Guaso Ny i ro towards LakeRudolf andSou thernAbyss inia . A nam e has been gi ven to theStr iped Hy aena from the Northern Guaso Ny i ro b y Liinnberg

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bu t accord ing to Roo sevelt andHe ller who hadthe opportuni tyof exam ining a large series of spe c imens from th i s local i ty , there

i s nodifi erence of systemat i c value between the No1t l 1 ern GuasoNyi ro spec im ens andbarge” .

6 —1 9 . (sex not recorded). 1 9 1 2 . Northern Gua so Nyi ro ,Kenya Co lony .

SOUTH AFRICAN SPOTTED HYJENA .

CROCUTA cnooum CAP ENSIS.

H ymne cap ens i s , De smarest, Mamm . vol . 1 . p . 2 1 6 , 1 820.

C rocu ta cap ens i s , T roue s sart , Cat . Mamm . Suppl . p . 2413,1 905 .

Members of th i s genu s are eas i ly d i st ingu i shed from theStriped H yzenas by the absence of the dorsa l mane , smaller ears ,andthe spotted mark ings on the body ; the sku ll i s shorter andw ider, andthe lower carnass ia l to oth i s without the heel .Type locali ty , Cape Colony . I n Cape Colony th is hyaena

i s now nearly ext inct ; inZu lu land andparts of the Transvaa l i ti s st i ll found , andfu rther north i t i s fa i rly plenti fu l . I n 1 900

Matschie 1 de scri bed a Spotted Hyaena from the Orange R i verColony under the nam e H yaena (Or ocoz

‘ta) gar i ep ens i s ; the

follow ing spec imens may be long to th i s race , bu t there i s not suffic i ent mater ial at present ava i lable for exam inat i on to j u sti fy therecogni ti on of thi s form .

7 20 July, 1 880 . Umful i Ri ver , Mashona land,

SouthernRhode s i a .

1 0 (fema l e). October , 1 892 . Near Pungwe Ri ver ,Mo z ambi qu e .

i“H yaena schi l l i ngs i rendi l i s , Lonnberg, Ann. Mag . Nat. H i st. ser . 8 ,

vol . i x . p . 64 ,1 91 2

1' L i fe -hi stor i es ofAfri canGame Anima l s , vol. i . p . 256 , 1 91 5 .

I Si tzb er . Ge s . nat. Freunde , 1 900, p . 26 .

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EASTERN SPOTTED H YZENA.

CROCUTA CROCUTA GE RMI NANS.

H yaena (Crocotta)germ inans ,Mats chi e , Si tzb er . Ge s . nat. Freunde , 1 900,p . 26 .

H yasna. crocu ta germinans , Roo sevel t, Afri can Gam e T ra i l s , Am er . ed. ,p . 473 Londoned. , p . 485, 1 9 1 0 .

C'rocu ta crocu ta germ inans ,Roo sevel t andH e l l er , Li fe - hi stor i es ofAfr i canGam e Animal s , vol . i . p . 261 , 1 9 1 5 .

D i stingu i shed from the Sou th Afri can race by its smaller s i ze

andrather narrower sku ll . The colou r of the body i s extrem elyvariable andthe dark spots are very large .

Typ i cal local i ty, Lake Rukwa , Tanganyika Territory . Thi shyzena wou ld appear to be very w idely di stribu ted inEast Africa,be ing found throughou t the greater part of Kenya Colony andTanganyika Terri tory . North of the NorthernGua so Nyi ro andthrough the Lake Rudolf reg i on towards Abyss inia i ts place i stakenby Or acu l‘a cr ocu ta fi s i

, de scribed by He ller from the area

between the Northern Guaso Ny i ro andMount Marsabi t . Thenam es ki bonotens i s , p anganens i s , andnz oyw mu st be regarded as

synonym s of germinans .

9 - 1 9 . (femal e). 1 3 December , 1 902 . Na i robi , KenyaCol ony.

Fami l y FELIDE .

LION .

FELI S LEO .

Fel i s tee , Linn. Syst. Nat. ed. 1 0,vol . i . p . 4 1 , 1 758 ; ed. 1 2 , vol . i . p . 60,

1 766 .

I n“A Hunter’s Wanderings in Africa t Selou s gives thefollow ing account of the variat ions met w i th inthe Sou th Afr i canLi on All over the inter ior of Sou th Afri ca, wherever game sti llex i sts in suffic i ent quant i t ie s to furni sh them with food

,li ons are

Sm i thson. Mi sc . Co l l ect. vol . l x i . no . 22, p . 5, 1 9 1 4 .

p . 257, 1 88 1 .

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to be m et w i th , andare equally plent i fu l 0 11 the h igh , opendownsof theMashuna country

,am ongst the rough broken h i lls

,through

wh i ch run many of the tribu tar i e s of the Zambes i , in the densethorn- th i ckets to the west of the Gwa i R i ver , or in the marshycountry in the ne i ghbou rhood of Linyant i . As

,however

,they are

noctu rnal in the ir hab i ts , andu sually l i e a sleep dur ing the dayt im e ,

in beds of reeds , or in the m idst of dense th i ckets , i t i s only bychance that one comes across them , even in parts of the countrywhere

,from hearing the i r vo ice s at nights , andconstantly see ing

the i r Spoor,there canbe no doubt that they are plent ifu l . All the

Du tch hunters in the inter i or as we l l as many Europeans , whopretend to h igher sc i entific atta inm ents

,say that there are at least

three d i st inc t spe c ie s of l ions in Sou th Afri ca wh i lst some a ssertthat there are

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fou r or even five . The i r d i stinct ions are a l l baseduponthe length andcolour of the mane , the genera l colour of thecoat, the spots onthe feet , andthe comparat i ve s i ze of the anima ls .For my part , andjudg ing from lnv ownvery l im i ted experience ofl i ons , I cannot see that there i s any reason for suppos ing thatm ore than one spec i e s ex i sts , andas ou t of fifty male li on sk insscarce ly two w i l l be found exactl v al ike in the co lour andlengthof the mane , I think i t wou ld be as reasonable to suppose thatthere are twenty spec ie s as three . The fact i s , that betweentheanimal w i th hardly a ve st ige of a mane , andthe far handsomer

but much les s comm onbeast w i th a long fl ow ing black mane , everypossible intermediate vari ety m ay be found . Th i s I say emphatical ly , after having seen a great many skins, andI enti rely denythat three well -marked andconstant vari et i e s ex i st . OnJune 6 ,1 879 , I came across two fine old m ale l ions on the Mabébe flat,

ly ing together under the same bu sh , andshot them both . One

was a fu ll -maned l i onw i th a very dark - coloured sk in, the other a

very light - coloured animal wi th scarcely any mane at a l l . I n s i zethey were nearly as poss ible equa l, the skins , when pegged ou t,

m easu r ing 1 0 feet 1 0 inche s and1 0 feet 9 inches re spect i vely . A

few m onths afterwardsMr . H . C . Col l i sonandmyse lf aga in cam e

acros s two l i ons , the one dark - colou red,w i th a fu ll, black i sh mane ,

the other a yell ow - look ing animal wi th but l i ttle mane . A day or

two later we shot two l i onesses . The one k i lled by my friendcarr i ed inher wom b three cubs (two male s anda female) thatwou ld probably have seen the li ght a few hou rs later . Of the two

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m ale c ubs the one , ow ing to the dark colou r of the ti ps of theha i rs , was a lmost black, wh i lst the other was reddi sh yellow . Thesk in of the female cub was also of a l ight colour 3 ,

The Li onhas beencomplete ly exterm inated inthe country southof the Orange R i ver ; i t st i ll occu rs inparts of the Transvaal andZu lu land , andinRhode s ia andBechuanaland i s found in considerable numbers .

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Skin. 1 0 November , 1 883 . Um zwesw i Ri ver ,Mashona l and , Sou thernRhodes i a .

1 5 . 1 5 . Skin. 6 October , 1 8 84 . North Kal ahari , nearMets i butl uku .

1 9 . Skin. October,1 892 . Between Pungwe Ri ver

andLake Sungwe, Mo zamb i que .

Skin. 1 6 Ju l y, 1 8 80. Near juncti on of Gw ibi

andH anyani Ri vers , Mashona l and,SouthernRhode s ia .

1 9 . 7. (fema l e). Skin. 1 6 Ju l y,1 880 . Near juncti on of

Gwi b i andH anyani Ri vers , SouthernRhode s i a .

1 9 . 7. 1 5 . 1 9 (femal e). 1 6 Ju l y, 1 880. Near juncti on of Gwi b i

andH anyani Ri ver s , SouthernRhode s i a .

— 1 9 . 7. 1 5 . 20—2 1 . Skins . 6 June , 1 879 . Mabab i Pl a in, Khama’

s

Country, Bechu anal and .

— 1 9 . 7 . 1 5. 22—23 (fema l es). Skins . 4 June , 1 879 . Mabab iPl a in, Khama

’

s Country, Bechuana land .

—1 9 . 7 . 1 5 . 24 (fema l e). Skin. 20 October , 1 8 79 . Mabab iPl a in

,Khama

’

s Country,Bechuanal and .

1 9 . Skin. 5 May ,1 8 79 . B otl etl i e Ri ver , Khama

’

s

Country , Bechuana l and .

1 9 . 7. 1 5 . 26 . Skin. 22 June , 1 8 82 . Bi l i Ri ver , Ma shonal and ,SouthernRhode si a .

1 9 . (fema l e). Skin. 1 4 Sep tember , 1 8 79 . Linyanti ,northbank of Chobe Ri ver.

1 9 . (fema l e). Skin. 8 June , 1 883 . Umge z i Ri ver ,Ma shona l and , Sou thernRhode s ia .

29 (fema l e). Skin. December , 1 8 74 . Up p er Tati

Ri ver , T ati D i str i ct, Sou thernRhodes i a .

1 9 . 7. Skin. 1 8 86 . Um z ingwani Ri ver , 20 m i l es southof Bu l awayo , Sou thernRhode s ia .

1 9 . 7. 1 5 . 31 (fema l e). Skin. 7 Ju l y, 1 8 80. Near Umfu l iR iver , Ma shonal and , Sou thernRhode s i a .

1 9 . 7. Skin,m ounted . December , 1 89 1 . H artl ey

H i l l s , Umful i Ri ver , Ma shona l and,Sou thernRhode s ia .

TIIE SELOUS COLLECTION .

LEOPARD .

FELI S P ARDU S .

F e l i s p ardu s , L inn. Syst. Nat. ed. 1 0, vol . i . p . 4 1 , 1 758 ; ed. 1 2 , vol . i .p . 6 1 , 1 766 .

The Leopard i s st i ll found in Sou th Afri ca , in the countrysou th of the Orange R i ver, but i s gradually be ing exterm inated .

I n Sou thernRhodes ia the spe c i es i s by no means rare .

2 9 1 9 . 7. 1 5 . 33 (femal e). Skin,m ounted . Ju l y

,1 895 . Nea r the

Sebakw i R i ver , E a sternMatab i l i l and, SouthernRhode s i a .

EAST AFRICAN SERVAL .

F E L I s CAP ENSI S H I NDE I .

F el ts cap e iwis b inde i , Wrou ghton, Ann. Mag . Nat. H i st. s er . 8,vol . v .

p . 205 , 1 9 1 0.

Close ly all ied to the typ i cal race ; dark mark ings broad , themed ian dorsal lines u sually broken into qu ite short lengths .General colou r of body r ich bufi ,

much as in the Sou th Afri canform .

Typ i ca l loca li ty , Machakos , Ul u D i stri ct, Kenya Colony . Th i sServal appears to be w idely d i stribu ted throughou t East Afr i ca

,

spec imens hav ing been recorded from as far north as Lado, and

sou thwards through Kenya Colony into Tangany ika Terri tory .

3 0 1 9 . 7. 1 5 . 34 (sex not recorded). Sk in, mounted . Sungari

Ronga i River , Kenya Province , Kenya Col ony .

SOUTH AFRICAN CHEETAH .

ACINONYX JUBATUS JUBATUS.

Fe l ts juba ta ,E rxl eben, Syst . R eg . Anim . p . 5 1 0, 1 777.

Acinonyx ju batu s , E l l i ot, Cat . Mamm . Fi el dMu s . (Fi e l dMu s . Zool . Pub .

No . 1 1 5 , vol . vi i i .)p . 396 , 1 907.

The Sou th Afr i can Chee tah i s rather smaller than the EastAfri can race s , wi th the genera l ground - colou r rather darker andspots smaller ; in appearance it m ore nearly resemble s the Ind ianCheetah , Ac inonyx vena ti cu s .

I nSou th Afri ca the Cheetah i s st i ll plenti fu l in SouthernRhode s ia andparts of the Ka lahari .

3 1 - 1 9 . 7. 1 5 . 37 . Sep tember , 1 885 . Umfu l i Ri ver , Mashona l and ,SouthernRhode s i a .


1 9 . 7. 1 5 . 39 . October , 1 8 77 . Sou thbank of Chob e R i ver ,we st of Sunta. Outl et .

1 9 . 40 (fema l e). October , 1 8 77. Southbank of ChobeRi ver

,op p os ite L inyanti .

1 9 . 7. 1 5 . 4 1 . Novemb er , 1 876 . R amokwebani Ri ver , We stern

Matab i l i land,SouthernRhode s ia .

1 9 . 7. 1 5 . 42 . Sep temb er , 1 8 87. Near Angwa Ri ver , Ma shonal and , Sou thernRhode s i a .

EAST AF R I CAN BUFFALO .

SYNC ER US CAF F ER R ADC L I F F E I .

B u ba l us cafier radobijfei , Thoma s , Proc . Zool . Soc . 1 904 , vol . i . p . 371 .

B os cafi‘

er radc l ifi’e i , Lydekker , Gam e Anima l s ofAfri ca , p . 70, 1 908 .

Sy iweru s cafi'

er mdc l ifie i , H o l i i ster . Pr oe . Bi o l . Soc .Washington,vol . xxiv .

p . 1 92 , 1 9 1 1 .

S im i lar to the South Afr ican race in s i ze andcolou r, butd i ffer ing inthe palm of the hornbase be ing smooth

,not roughened

by transverse r idge s as inSyncm'

us cnfl e r caf er . The horns are

also sa id to average a l i ttle longer.

Two fine heads of th i s Butta lo were obta ined by Se lou s dur ing

hi shunt ing trip t o the Northern Guaso Ny iro in 1 9 1 2 the be sthead (No . 1 9 . 7 . 1 5 . 43) measure s as follows z— greatest w idthou ts ide 40 greate st w idth ins ide 35 ; w idth acros s pa lm onface ofhorn 1 2 spread from ti p to tipTypi cal local i ty

,Ankol i , Sou th -We st Uganda range from

NorthernUganda sou thwards to Tangany ika Terr itory, extend ing

as far east as the northernGuaso Nyi ro Val ley andalong the TanaR i ver to the coast, andas far west as Mt. Ruwenzori andLakeKivu .

3 6—37 —44 . 1 9 1 2 . Northern Gua so Nyi ro , KenyaCol ony .

Su bfam i ly ALCELAP H I NE .

COKE HARTEBEEST .

ALCELAP H U S COKE I COKE I .

Alcel aphus cokei , G i inther , Ann.Mag . Nat . H i st. ser . 5 , vol . x i v . p . 426,

1 884 .

Bu ba l i s coke i coke i , Lydekker Bl a ine , Cat. Ungu l ate Mamm . Br i t .Mu s .

vol . i i . p . 1 5 , 1 91 4 .

THE SELOUS COLLECTION . 1 5

S i z e m edium ,shou lder - he ight abou t 4 8 inche s . Horns w ide

spread andbracket - shaped,good horns m easu ring from 1 7 to 2 1

inche s on front cu rve . Head comparat ive ly short, m u ch shorterthan in the Lelwel Hartebeests . General co lou r reddi sh or

browni sh bu ff.The spec im en from Vo i (No . 1 9 . 7 . posse sse s the best

horns — length onfront curve 1 7 C ircum ference 1 0 ; spread fromti p to tip 1 55.

Typ i cal local i ty, Usagara ,Tangany ika Terr i tory range includes

the southernpart of Kenya Colony sou th - we st of the Tana R i verandextends sou thwards into Tanganyika Terr i tory . The CokeHartebee st found inthe h ighlands of Kenya Colony from the easternslopes ofMt. Kenya andLake Na ivasha sou thwards to the Vi ctor iaNyanza andnorth - west part of Tanganyika Terri tory has beende scribed by Heller as a d i st inct race , under the name 790 729 0 722 .

From the materia l at present avai lable for exam inati on thed i st incti ve characters attributed to th i s form do not seem to ju sti fysu ch a separat ion, andthu s the spec im ens shot by Selou s at S imbaandinthe Na i vasha Prov ince are here referred to the typi ca l form .

3 8—39 — 1 9 . 71 —72 . January , 1 903. S imb a, Ul u D i str i ct

,

Kenya Co l ony .

4 0—4 1 — 1 9 . 73—74 (femal e s). 1 6 Janu ary , 1 903. S imba, Ulu

D i stri ct,Kenya Co l ony .

1 9 . 7 . 1 5 . 75 . 28 Janu ary , 1 903 . Vo i , T a i ta andTavetaD i str i ct, Kenya Col ony .

1 9 . 7. 1 5 . 76 . Na i vasha Provi nce , Kenya. Co l ony .

NAKURU HARTEBEEST .

ALCELAP H US COKE I NAKUR ZE .

Bu ba l i s naku rw,H el l er , Sm i thson.Mi sc . Co l l ect. vol . l x . no . 8 , p . 6 , 1 91 2 .

Bu ba l i s cehet naku rae, Lydekker Bl a ine , Cat. Ungu l ate Mamm . Br it.Mu s . vol . i i . p . 1 6 , 1 9 1 4 .

S im i lar in s i ze to the typical race ; d i stingu i shed by the hornsbe ing less w idely spread , m ore as in the NeumannHartebeest

,to

wh i ch form Se lou s referred hi s spec imens in the“Catalogu e ofTrophies . Spec im ens of Natural Hi story

,

”W orple sdon

, 1 903 .

The best head in the following seri es i s No . 1 9 . 64 ,

Sm i thson. Mi sc . Collect. vol . 1x . no . 8 , p . 5, 1 91 2 .

1 6 THE sEm Us COLLECTION .

wh i ch has the following horn m easurements — length on frontcu rve 20 ; c i rcumference 1 1 5 spread from tip to ti p 1 1 5.

Typi cal local i ty , near Lake Naku ru , Na i vasha D i str i ct, Kenya

Colony . So far as i s at present known th i s race has a very l im i tedrange , from E lm ente i ta to Lake Bar ingo .

44 —4 5 —1 9 . 64—65 . 20 December , 1 902 . South endof LakeNakuru

,Na ivasha D i str i ct, Kenya Co l ony .

4 6—4 7 66—67. 1 February, 1 903 . Sou th endof LakeNaku ru ,

Na i va sha D i str i ct, Kenya Col ony .

1 9 . 68 . 2 February, 1 903 . South endof LakeNakuru

,Na i va sha D i str i ct, Kenya Colony .

4 9—50 — 1 9 . 7.- 70 (femal es). 1 February, 1 903 . South end

of Lake Nakuru ,Na i vasha D i str i ct

,Kenya Colony.

JACKSON LELWEL HARTEBEEST .

ALCELAP H US LE LW EL JACKSONI .

B uba l i s ja cksoni , Thoma s,Ann. Mag . Nat. H i st . s er . 6 , vol . i x . p . 386 ,

1 892 Proc . Zool . Soc . 1 904 ,vol . 1 . p . 4 55 .

Buba l i s l e l wel jacksoni , Lydekker , Game Anima l s of Afr i ca, p . 1 07, 1 908 .

S i ze rather larger than in cokez'

, he ight at shou lder about 52inches . D i stingu i shed by the greate r e longat ion of the head andextreme developm ent of the horn- ped i cle . The Jackson Hartebeest i s d i st ingu i shed from the typ ica l 16 1 1 06 1 by the absence ofdark mark ings on the legs andface . General body colou rye llow i sh rufous . Good horns from 24 to 26 inche s in length on

front curve .

Of the five male s in the Collecti on No . has thebest horns — length onfront cu rve 24 ; c i rcumference 1 1 5 ; spread

from tip to tip 1 0Type local ity, Kav i rondo ; range appears to extend eastwards

into Kenya Colony as far a s the Rav ine Stat ion. Heller * hasently descr ibed the Kenya Lelwe l Hartebeest as d i stinct from

j a cks oni , under the nam e Icem’

w,on account of i ts w ider spread

horns,shorte r horn- ped icle , andrather paler colour .

5 1 —52 — 1 9 . 77—78 . Ua s inGi shu Pl ateau ,Kenya Col ony.

53 — 1 9 . 7. 1 5 . 79 (fema l e). Ua s in Gi shu Pl ateau ,Kenya Colony.

54 —56 - 1 9 . 7. 1 5 . 80 —82 . Uas inGi shu Plateau ,Kenya Co l ony.

9“Smi thson. Mi sc . Col l ect. vol . l x i . no . 1 7, p . 3 , 1 9 1 3 .

.TH E SELOUS COLLECT ION . 1 7

SELBORNE ROO I HARTEBEEST .

ALCELAP H U S CAAMA SELB ORNE I .

B u ba l i s caama sel bornei ,Lydekker , Proc . Zool. Soc . 1 9 1 3 , p . 820, fig . 1 35,

Abstract No . 1 1 9 , p . 1 9 .

Close ly related to the extinc t Cape Roo i Hartebee st, the typ i calrace , wh i ch appears to have been confinedto the area south of theOrange R i ver . The present race was founded ona spec im enfromKimberl ey, imported from the Transvaal ; i t i s said to d i ffer fromca ama inbe ing paler in colou r, andinhav ing the dark face blazem i xed wi th tawny andnot extend ing to the horns andmu zzle .

The l ight mark ing between the eye s i s al so m ore extens i ve, andthe dark m ark ings onthe limbs are less developed andle ss intense .

D i stingu i shed from the Lelwel Hartebeest by the dark face blaze ,l ight mark ing between eyes, dark mark ings on l imbs , andl ightcoloured rump . The horns , mounted on a hi gh ped i cle , curveforwards above the V andthen turn sharply backwards , alm ost atr ight angles they are abou t equal in length to those of j a cks oni ,good horns from 24 to 26 inche s in length along the front curve .

Best hornm easu rem ents (No . 1 9 . 7 1 5 .

—length 0 11 frontcurve 235 ; c i rcumference 1 2 ; spread from tip to tip 1 05.

Thi s race extends northwards from the Orange R i ver intoSouthernRhodes ia andBechuanaland .

Se lou s gi ves the following account of thedi stribu t i on of theRooi Hartebeest The range of th i s Antelope i s very s im i lar tothat of the Gem sbu ck . It i s st i ll found in Gr i qu aland We st, insom e parts be ing fa irly plenti fu l . All along the eastern border of

the Ka lahar i Desert i t i s a lso to be found,andextends as far east

as the r i ver Seru le on the road from Bamangwato to Tati . I n

the ne ighbourhood of the saltpans ly ing between the B otl etl i eR iver andthe road from Bamangwato to the Zambe s i , i t i s veryplentifu l , andmay be met w i th in large herds . It does not

,

however, extend i ts range to the north of these saltpans , andi sunknown inal l the country between the Chobe andMababe r ivers ,as i t i s also inthe Matabele andMashuna countri es

Proc . Zool . Soc . 1 8 8 1 , p . 763 .

1 8 THE SELOU S COLLECTION.

—1 9 . 83. 4 December , 1 876 . Near Goqu i Ri ver ,Khama

’

s Country, Bechu analand .

58—59 — 1 9 . 84—8 5. Ap r i l , 1 8 88 . Near Meesa ,Khama

’

s

Country, Bechuanal and .

1 9 . 7 . 1 5 . 8 6 (fema l e). 1 3 February , 1 879 . Batl anarma,

east border of Kalahar i .

LICHTENSTEIN HARTEBEE ST .

ALCELAP H U S LICH TEN STEINI .

Anti l op e l i chtenste ini , Peter s , Mi tth. Ge s . nat . Freunde , 1 8 Dec . 1 849

Re i se nachMos samb i qu e , Saugeth. vol . i . p . 1 90, p l e . xl i i i . , xliv . ,

1 852 .

Al cel aphu s l i cktenste im’

,Gerrard , Cat . Bones Mamm . Br i t.Mu s . p . 243 ,

1 8 62 .

S ize mu ch as in the Lelwe l Hartebeests , he ight at shou lderabou t 48 inches . Face shorter, the fronta l reg i on not markedlye longated . Horns mounted on a short andvery broad ped i cle ,s tou te r andshorter than in the forego ing form s ; good hornsmeasu re from 20 to 23 inche s in length along the front cu rve .

G enera l c olou r browni sh butt, rather redder on the back ; ch in,front of lower part of legs , andta i l - tuft black . Rump nearly a

pale in colou r a s inm ama .

Of the fou r male s inthe Collecti on No . 1 9 . 7 . 1 5 . 8 7 possesse s

the finest horns , measur ing as follows —length onfront cu rve 1 9 ;c i rcum ference 1 25 spread from tip to ti p 45. The females carry

very m uch smaller horns , the largest inthe following seri es be ingNo . 1 9 . 7 . 1 5 . 91 — length onfront curve 1 45; c ircumference 85 ;spread from tip to ti p 4 .

Type local i ty, Tette , Mozamb i qu e range includes Mozamb i qu e ,Sou thernandNorthernRhodes ia , Nyasa land, andparts of

'

Tanga

nyika Terri tory .

Selou s gi ve s the following account of the d i stri buti on of th i sspec i es Thi s fine antelope , whose range i s now known to extendover large areas of country to the north of the Zambe si inCentralandEast Centra l Afri ca , as we ll as over a

- cons i derable part ofSou th - East Afri ca to the south of that r iver, was first d i scoveredby the German natural i st, Dr . Peters

,in the ne i ghbou rhood of

Sena on the lower Zambe s i , andbyhim nam ed afterhi s compatri ot,

the traveller Dr. Li chtenste in. Sou th of the po int where

Great andSmal l Game ofAfr i ca, p . 1 60

,1 899 .


Dr . Peters first m et w i th i t, th i s hartebee st i s found throu ghou tthe greater part of the low - lying coast - country between theZambes i andthe Sab i , andalthough its range has not beenaccu rately determ ined in th i s d i rection, it probably extends intocerta ind i str i cts of the country to the south of the lower cou rse ofthe latter r i ver . Th i s spec ie s i s fa i rly common on both s ides ofthe central andu pper cou rse of the Sab i R i ver, as far north as a

po int some 50 m i les sou th of Mount Wedza, andfrom there eastwards m ay be m et w i th to w i th in a few m i le s of Mass ikess i .Westwards from the central Sab i a few stragglers range as far as

andevenbeyond the Lunti Ri ver , wh i le in 1 885 a small herd ofs i x suddenly appeared innorthernMashonaland , near the Hany ani

R i ver, som e 20 m i les to the north - west of where Sa li sbury nowstands Throu ghou t the greater part of the country inwh i chI have travel led to the north of the Zambes i , I have m et wi thL i chtenste in’s Hartebeest ; andi t i s one of the comm onestantelope s on the Table - lands ly ing between the Zambes i andtheKafukw i , as we ll as a l l over the country to the north of the latterri ver , wh i ch i s where I first .m et w i th it in 1 877—78

6 1 - 1 9 . October , 1 892 . Between the Pungwe Ri verandLake Sungwe , Mo z ambi qu e .

(femal e). October , 1 892 . Betweenthe PungweRi ver andLake Sungwe , Mo z ambi qu e .

- 1 9 . 7. Augu st, 1 891 . Pungwe Ri ver , Mo zamb i qu e .

—1 9. 7. 1 5 . 90—9 1 (male andfemale). October , 1 892 . PungweRi ver , Moz ambi qu e .

1 9 . 92 . 22 Decemb er , 1 877. Near Si tanda ,Lukanga

Ri ver , North- E ast Rhodes i a .

BONTEBOK .

DAMALI SCU S P YGARGU S .

Anti l op edorca s , Pal la s , Mi sc . Zool . p . 6,1 766 , nee Capra dorcas , Linn

Anti l op e p ygarga ,Pal l as , Sp i c i l . Zool . fasc . i . p . 1 0, 1 767 ; fasc . x 1 1 .

p . 1 5, 1 777.

Dama l i s p yga rga ,Gray , Ann . Mag . Nat. H i st. ser . 1 , vol . xvi i i . p . 233 ,

1 84 6 ; Li st Osteol . Br i t . Mu s . p . 59 , 1 84 7 ; Proc . Zool . Soc . 1 850,p . 1 4 1 ; Knows l ey Menageri e , p . 2 1 , 1 850 ; Cat. Ungu l ata Bri t. Mu s .

p . 1 27, 1 852 ; Cat. Rum inants Bri t. Mu s . p . 45, 1 872 ; H and - Li stRum inants Bri t.Mu s . p . 1 1 6 , 1 873 .

Dama l i scu s p yga rgu s , Sc l ater andThomas , Book of Ante l op e s , vol . 1 .p . 73 , p l . vi i i 1 895 .

20 THE SELOU S COLLECTION .

The m embers of th i s genu s are d i st ingu i shed from the Harte

beests by the i r shorter faces andabsence of horn- ped i c les , thefrontals not be ing spec ially deve loped for th i s purpose as inA l ce

l ap kus . I np ygargu s the he ight at the shou lder i s abou t 40 inche s .Horns sub lyrate , fine horns m easu re from 1 5 to 1 65 inche s inlength . General colou r rufou s brown

,dark pu rpl i sh brown on

flanks andupper parts of limbs , paler on shou lders andsaddle .

Conspi cu ou s wh i te blaze on forehead , continu ed forwards as a

broad nose - str ipe . Ears browni sh buff. Base of ta i l andpatch on

rump wh i te . Lower parts of l imbs wh i te on ou ter s ides . Bellywh i te

,sharply marked 0 11 from brownflanks .

Best hornm ea su rements (No . 1 9 . 7 . 1 5 . 93) —l ength on frontcurve 1 5 ; c i rcumference 65; spread from t ip to ti p 85. Thebe st of the two female s i s No . 1 9 . 7 . 1 5 . 97 , wh i ch has the follow inghorn m easurements zm l engthon front curve 1 45; c ircumference55 spread from tip to tip 65.

Typ ical loca l i ty , Cape Colony ; the range formerly extended as

far north as the Orange R i ver . At the pre sent t ime the spec ie s i sext inct inthe w i ld state . Selous secured hi s spe c imens from one

of the two farm s where the Bontebok i s preserved .

6 7 —1 9 . 7. 1 5 . 93—94 . Ap r i l , 1 8 95 . Nachtwacht Farm,near

Cape Agu lhas , Cap e Colony.

1 9 . 7. 1 5 . 95 (immature). November , 1 896 . NachtwachtFarm , near Cap e Agu lha s , Cap e Co l ony.

7 0—7 1 —l 9 . 7 1 5 . 96—97 (femal e s). Sku l l andho’rns . NachtwachtFarm ,

near Cap e Agu lha s , Cape Col ony .

BLESBOK .

DAMALI SCU S ALB I F R ONS.

Afhti l op e a l bifrons , Burche l l , T rave l s in S. Afri ca,vol . 1 1 . p . 335 , 1 824 .

Dama l i s a l bi frons , Gray, Ann. Ma g . Nat. H i st . ser . 1,vol . xvi i i . p . 233 ,

1 846 ; Proc . Zool . Soc . 1 850, p . 1 4 1 ; Know s l ey Menager i e , p . 22

p l . xxi i . fig . 1,1 850 ; Cat . Ungul ata Br i t. Mu s . p . 1 29

,1 8 52 ; Cat .

Rum inants Br i t.Mu s . p 45,1 8 72 H and - Li st Rum inants Bri t. Mu s .

p . 1 1 6 , 1 873 .

Dama l i scu s a l biffrons , Sc l ater andT homa s , Book of Antel op e s , vol . 1 .p . 79 , p l . i x 1 895 .

Very s im i lar to the Bontebok , d i stingu i shed by the absence ofthe pu rplish - black body mark ings

,the wh i te forehead blaze being

22 T H E SELOUS COLLECT ION.

Be st horn m easu rem ents (No .

— length on

front cu rve 1 55 c i rcum ference 85 ; spread from tip to tip 1 25.

The female spec imen 1 03) has horns of thefollow ing s i ze z— length on front cu rve 1 4 ; c i rcum ference 6 ;

spread from tip to tip 1 0 .

Typ i cal locali ty ,Cape Colony ; the range of d i stribu t ion i s very

cons iderable,extend ing as far north as the sou th endof Lake

Tangany ika .

74 1 9 . 7 . 1 5. 1 00. Au gu st, 1 892 . Near H anyani Ri ver ,Mashona land

,Sou thernRhodes i a .

1 9 . 7. 1 5 . 1 01 . 1 3 October , 1 8 77 . Near Daka ,‘ Wank i e ,60 m i l e s south ofVi ctoria Fal l s .

- 1 9 . 7. 1 5 . 1 02 . Ju l y ,1 882 . Ma shonal and , Southern

Rhodes i a .

1 9 . 7. 1 5 . 1 03 (fema l e). 22 Sep tember , 1 880. Ma shonal and , SouthernRhodes ia .

TIANG .

DAMALI SCUS KORRIGUM T u x e .

B u ba l us Luna ti cs , Sundeva l l , K. Svenska Vet .-Ak . H andl . 1 842 , p p . 201

and243 ,nec Anti l ope l wnata , B urehe l l .

Dam ah’

s ti ang, H engl in,Nova Acta Ao . Cms . Leop .

- Car . vol . xxx . p t . 2 ,

p . 22 , p l . i . , 1 863 .

Dama l i scus ti ang, Sc l ater andThoma s , Bo ok ofAntel op e s , vol . i . p . 63 ,

1 895 .

Dama l i s c zw co'

rr i gum ti ang, Lydekker , Grea t andSmal l Game ofAfri ca ,

p . 1 66 , 1 899 Gam e Anima l s of Afr i c a, p . 1 1 7, 1 908 .

Dama l i scu s korr igum ti ang, Pocock , Proc . Zool . Soc . 1 9 1 0, p . 902 .

S i ze as in the preced ing spec i es, he ight at shou lder from 48 to

52 inches . Horns larger, th i cker, more strongly ridged andnotnearly so w ide ly Spread at base , the di vergence tak ing place verygradua lly good horns m ea sure from 1 9 to 225 inche s along curve .

General body - colou r c innam on, rather paler than in the foll owingrace nose wi th well -marked black i sh blaze . Lower parts of limbsbr ight tan- colou red, ins i de s darker than in typi cal form .

The only spec im enof the T iang inthe Co l lecti onwas obta ineddu ring the exped i ti on Selou s made to the Bahr - el - Ghazal after theDerby Eland in 1 9 1 1 ; the horn measurements are as follows

length onfront cu rve 205; c i rcumference 95 ; spread from tip to

ti p 85.

TH E SELOUS COLLECTION . 23

Typi cal local i ty Sobat Va lley , Sudan; range from the AlbertNyanza in the south to east of Lake Rudolf, andnorthwardsthrough the Bahr - cl - Ghazal across the Sobat R i ver to the Blu eNi le .

—1 9 . 7. 1 5. 524 . 1 9 1 1 . Bahr - e l - Gha zal Province , Sudan.

J IMELA.

DAMALISCU S KORRIGUM J IMELA.

Dama l i scu s senega l ensi s , Sc late r , Proc . Zool . Soc . 1 886 , p . 1 76 ; 1 890,

p . 354 .

Dama l i s jim el a ,Matschi e , Si tzb er . Ges . nat. Freunde , 1 892, p . 1 35.

Dama l i s cu s jimal a ,Sc l ater andT homas

,Book ofAntelop es , vol . i . p . 67,

1 895.

Dama l i scu s corr i gum j em el a ,Lydekker , Great andSmal l Gam e ofAfr i ca ,

p . 1 66 , 1 899 ; Game Anima l s ofAfri ca , p . 1 1 8 , 1 908 .

Dam a l i scu s korr i gum ji mal a ,Pocock , Proc . Zool . Soc . 1 91 0, p . 903 .

S im i lar in s i ze to the Tiang ; di ffers in be ing darker in colou randhav ing rather smaller horns . The glossy sheen on the coat i sa very consp i cu ou s feature in thi s race .

Best hornm easu rem ents (No . 1 9 . 7 .— length on front

curve 1 75 c ircumference 85 spread fr om tip to tip 85.

Typi cal locali ty, Juba Valley, East Africa ; range from NorthernUganda southwards across the Uas inGi shu Plateau to the sou thernshores of the Vi ctoria Nyanza . It has also been found along theTana andSabaki ri vers .

w 29 December , 1 902 . Near Londi ani,Ravine

D i stri ct , Kenya Col ony.

8 0 - 8 1 —1 06 . January, 1 902 . Near Londi ani , RavineD i str i ct, Kenya Col ony .

8 2—8 3 - 1 08 . Ua sin Gi shu Pl ateau , Ua s in Gi shu Di s

tri et, Kenya Col ony .

D ama l z’

scu s korr z’

gum se l ou s i , descr ibed by Lydekker 3“from a

head presented to the Mu seum in 1 907 by Selou s, shot at the same

locali ti es as Nos . 1 9 . 7 . 1 5 . 1 04—1 06 , appears to have beenfounded

onone of the many colou r vari ati ons to whi ch thi s race i s subject .

Dama l i scu s corr i gu/m sal ou s i , Lydekk er , Fi el d , vol . cx . p . 250, 1 907 ;

Game Animal s ofAfri ca , p . 1 1 7, 1 908 .

T H E SELOUS COLLECT ION.

GNU , onW I LDEBEEST .

CONNOCH JETE S GNU .

B 0 8 gnou ,Z imm ermann,

Sp ec . Zoo l . Geogr . p . 372 , 1 772 m i s sp e l t.

Anti l op e gnu ,Gme l in,

Linn.

’

s Syst. Nat . vo l . i . p . 1 89 , 1 788 .

Gomwchze tes gnu ,Gray

, Cat. Ungu l ata Bri t. Mu s . p . 1 1 9 , 1 852 ; Ann.

Mag . Nat. H i st . ser . 4 ,vo l . i v . p . 29 1

,1 869 ; Cat . a imants Br i t.

Mu s . p . 43 , 1 8 72 ; H and - L i st Rum inants Br i t.Mu s . p . 1 1 3 , 1 873 .

I n the m embers of th i s genu s the horns are not uni ted ina

comm onped i cle , be ing m ore as in the B ufi’alo with an expandedbasal reg ion. A well - developed mane i s present onthe neck . TheSou th Afr i can Gnu i s d i st ingu i shed from the other members of

the genu s by i ts Wh i te ta i l , short snout , large orb i ts , andthe shapeOf the horns , Wh i ch in the adu lt cu rve forward anddownward andthen u pwardandbackward . T here i s no marked shou lder hump ,b u t the h ind quarters are very prom inent . He ight at shou lder

abo u t 4 6 inches . Dorsa l verteb rm fou rteen in numbe r. Groodhorns m easu re from 23 to 265,

i inche s onthe front curve .

Be st horn m easurement (No . 1 9 . 7 . 1 5 . 1 1 1 ) z— length overcu rve 262 w idth of palm in strai ght l ine spread from tip to

tipType local i ty , Cape Colony ; form erly th i s spec ies was w idely

d i stributed over Afr ica sou th of the L impo po , but i s now practi callye xterm inated inthe w i ld state .

84 —8 5 —1 9 . 1 09—1 1 0 . May ,1 895 . Mahemfonte in,

OrangeRi ver Co l ony .

1 9 . 7. 1 5 . 1 1 1 . Skull andhorns . Ca l edon, Cap e Col ony.

7 . 1 5 . 1 1 2—1 1 7 (sexe s not re corded). H orns . OrangeRi ver Col ony.

B R I NDLED GNU , on B LUE W I LDEBEEST .

CONNOCH JETE S TAUR I NUS TAUR I NUS.

Anti l ope ta u rina , Burche l l , T rave l s inS. Afri ca ,vol . 1 1 . p . 278 , 1 824 ;

Li st Quadr . p re sented to Bri t .Mu s . p . 7, 1 825 .

Ca tobl epa s ta u r inas , H . Sm i th, Gri ffith’

s Anima l K ingdom ,vol . i v . p . 369

,

vol . v . p . 368 , 1 8 27.

Catobl epas gorgon, H . Sm i th, Gri ffi th ’

s Animal Kingdom , vo l . i v . p . 371 ,

vol . v . p . 369 , 1 827.

Connochaetes gorgon, Gray , Cat . Ungu l ata. Bri t.Mu s . p . . 1 21,1 852 .

Gorgonfa sc i a tus , Gray , Cat . Rum inants Bri t. Mu s . p . 43 , 1 8 72 ; H andLl st Rum inants Bri t.Mu s . p . 1 1 4

,1 873 .

THE SELOUS COLLECTION.

Connochaetes tau r ina s , Sc l ater , Li st Anim . Zool . Gardens , p . 1 50, 1 883 ;

Proc . Zool . Soc . 1 900, p . 771 , p l . xl vi i i .Conu ochwtes tau rinu s tau r inu s , Lydekker andBl a ine , Cat. Ungul ate

Mamm . Br i t.Mu s . vol . i i . p . 56 , 1 91 4 .

S i ze larger than in C’mznoc lzce z‘es gnu shou lder - he ight from 5 1

to 52 inches , h ind quarters sloping m ore as inA l ce l ap ku s . Hornsnarrower at base andd i rected outwards to start w i th , then cu rvingupwards andinwards . No long fringe between fore legs , su ch as

occurs in 0 0 7l 720 072a9f8 8 gnu . Genera l colou r considerably greyer,wi th a sugge sti on of dark stripes on neck andshoul ders . Ta i ltuft browni sh black . Snou t long, anddorsal vertebrae th i rteen innumber . D i st ingu i shed from the wh i te - bearded race by the throatfringe be ing very dark brown in colour .

Best horn m easu rem ents (No . 1 9 . 7 . 1 5 . 1 1 8) z— outs ide

w idth 3021; ins ide w idth 265; length over cu rve 27 w idth of

palm in stra ight l ine 5 spread from ti p to tipTyp i cal local i ty

,Bechu analand ; range extends northwards as

far as the Zambes i andN Rhode sia .

Selou s gi ve s the follow ing account of the d i stribu tionof theBlue -Wi ldebeest in South Afri ca in 1 8 8 1 Th i s animal i s m et

wi th on the westernborders of Gri qualand West anda l l along theeastern ridge of the Kalahar i Desert

,anda l l over Sou th Central

Afri ca wherever I have travel led from the Limpopo to theZambesi , andfrom theMashuna country to Lake Ngam i it i s to bemet wi th inthose d i stri cts that are su i table to its hab i ts . Like theTsessebe i t i s partial to opendowns devoi d of bu sh , or opengladesin the forest, andi s never m et w i th in h i lly countri es . OntheMababe flat i t congregates inimm ense herds during thedry season.

I n the Mani ca country, north of the Zambe s i , Ididnot see any

Blu e Wi ldebeest but the nat i ve s told me that to the west of theriver Kafukwe

,in the country of theMashuku l umbwe , they were

plenti fu l

9 3 Ap r i l , 1 888 . North Ka l ahari , Khama ’

s

Country , Bechuana land .

—1 9 . 26 October , 1 879 . Mahab i Pla in,Khama

’

s

Country , Bechu anal and .

— 1 9 . 7. 1 5 . 1 20. 1 4 ‘ November , 1 883 . Near Umni ati R iver ,Mashonal and , SouthernRhodes ia .

”t Proc . Zool . Soc . 1 88 1 , p . 765 .

TH E SBLOUS COLLECTION.

WHITE - BEARDED GNU .

CONNOC H JET E S TAUR I NUS ALB OJUBAT US.

Connochaetes tau r inu s a l boju ba tu s , Thoma s,Ann.Mag . Nat. H i st. ser . 6 ,

vol . i x . p . 388 , 1 892 .

S i ze as inthe typ i cal race ; di st ingu i shed by the throat fr ingebe ing yellow i sh wh i te in colour ; genera l body colour abou t thesam e , sometimes rather paler.

Horn measurem ents (1 9 . 1 2 1 ) z— outs i de w idth 28 ;

ins ide wi dth 2321

; length over cu rve w idth of palm in

stra i ght l ine spread from tip to tip 1 4 .

Typ i cal locali ty, Ath i Pla ins , Kenya Colony ; range from FortHal l andsouth of Mt. Kenya across the Ath i Pla ins sou thwardsto Ki limanjaro andTanganyi ka Terri tory . A c losely all i ed race ,Connockce tes tau r ina s mearns i , has been descr ibed byfrom the Lo i ta Pla ins , Kenya Colony . Th i s form i s sa id to berather smaller in s i ze anddarker onthe legs ; i t occupi e s the areafrom the Lo ita Pla ins sou thwards into Tangany ika Terri to ry , westof the region inhab ited by a l boj uba tu s . Connochcetes tau r ina s

726 0765, de scribed by Neumanni‘

,i s probably only a colou r var iati on

of a l boju ba tu s .

9 6 —9 7 —1 9 . 7. 1 5 . 1 2 1—1 22 . Kenya Co l ony .

S ubfam i ly CEP H ALOP H I NZE .

NATAL DUIKER .

CEPH ALOPH US NATALENSI S NATALENSI S.

Cepha l ophu s nata l ens i s ,A. Sm i th , S. Afri canQuart . Journ. vol . 1 1 . p . 2 1 7,

1 834 ; I l l u str . Zool . S. Afri ca ,Mamm . p l . xxxi i . , 1 841 .

Cepha l ophu s na ta l ensi s na ta l ens i s , Lydekker andBla ine , Cat. Ungu lateMamm . Br i t.Mu s . vol . i i . p . 69 , 1 9 1 4 .

S i ze m edi um ,shou lder - he i ght about 1 7 inches . Genera l colou r

above chestnu t redw i th grey patch onback of neck . Horns short

andthi ck .

Gorgon a l boju batu s m earns i , H e l l er , Sm i thson. Mi sc . Col l ect . vo l . l xi

no . 1 7, p . 1 .

1 C’onnochaetes hecki , O . Neumann, Si tzb er . Ge s . nat . Freunde , 1 905, p . 96 .

TH E SELOU S COLLECT ION . 27

The horns of the m ale spec im en (No . 1 9 . 7 . m ea su re7

as follows z— length 2T0

6 ,spread from ti p to ti p

Typ i ca l locali ty, Natal . The Transvaal R edDu iker has beenseparated by

'

W roughton as a d i st inct race under the nam e

0 . na ta lmzs z’

s ama mu s ,'

an(1 that from Portuguese East Afri ca hasbeendescribed by Rothschi ld 1” as another di st inct form ,

0 . na ta l

ens z’

s r ober z‘s i . The typ i cal race wou ld appear to be confinedtoNatal .

9 8 - 1 9 . 7. 1 5 . 1 23 . June , 1 895 . Durban, Natal .9 9 1 9 . 7. 1 5 . 1 24 (fema l e). June , 1 895. Durban, Natal .

RAV INE RED DUIKER .

CEPHALOPHUS NATALENSI S I GNI FE R .

Cepha l ophu s i gnifer , Thomas , Proc . Zool . Soc . 1 903 , vo l . i . p . 226 .

Cepha l ophu s nata l ens i s i gnifer , Rooseve l t andH el l er , L i fe -hi stori e s of

Afri canGam e Anima l s , vol . i i . p . 530, 1 9 1 5 .

A larger animal thanthe Natal Du iker andrather br ighter incolou r, there not be ing so mu ch black m ixedup w i th the chestnu tredtint of the dorsal surface . Ears andsku ll considerably larger .

The only spec imen in the Collecti onhas the follow ing hornm easu rements - length 25 ; spread from tip to tip 2 . It wasobta ined near the typi cal locali ty

,the type com ing from E ldoma

Ravine , Rav ine D i stri ct, Kenya Colony . Th i s Duiker i s foundthroughou t the h igh fore st areas of Kenya Colony fromMt . KenyatoMt. E lgon.

1 00 1 9 . 1 25. Ravine D i stri ct, Kenya Colony.

BLUE DUIKER .

CEPH ALOPH US (GUE VE I ) MONTICOLA .

Cap ra m ontfico l a , Thunberg , Rei se , vo l . 1 1 . p . 66 , 1 789 .

Cepha l ophu s cwru l eu s , A. Sm i th, S. Afr i canQuart. Journ. vol . 1 1 . p . 2 1 6 ,

1 834 .

Am i .Mag . Nat. H i st . s er . 8 , vo l . vi i i . p . 277, 1 9 1 1 .

f Proc . Zool . Soc . 1 906 , p . 69 1 .

THE SELOUS oo tm c'noN.

Cepha l ophu s monti col a , Gray, Ann. Mag , Nat. H i st. s er . 1, vol . xvi i i .

p . 1 67, 1 846.

Guevei m ontz’

col a , Poco ck , Proc . Zool . Soc . 1 9 1 0, p . 8 70.

Cepha l ophu s (Gnavet) m onti col a ,Lydekker andBl a ine , Cat. Ungul ate

Mamm . Br i t .Mu s . vol . i i . p . 1 00,1 9 1 4 .

A very sma ll spec i es , stand ing only abou t 1 3 inche s at theshou lder horns qu i te small

,rare ly exceed ing 2 inches in length ,

the horns of the females but l ittle shorter than those of the male s .Genera l colou r slaty brown, pal er on unde rparts legs br ightrufou s from the knees andhooks to the hoofs .

O i the ma le spec im ens No . 1 9 . 7 . 1 5 . 1 28 has the best horns2 inche s in length w i th a tip to t ip interval of I g inches . Thebest of the female s has horns 1 2

1 inches long .

Typi cal loc al i ty, Cape Colony, the range extend ing over thegreater part of Sou thAfrica from Angola to Portugue se EastAfri ca , andas far'

north as SouthernRhode s ia .

1 0 1 —1 03 — 1 9 . 7. 1 5 . 1 26 - 1 28 . June , 1 895 . Durban, Nata l .1 04 —1 06 — 1 9 . 7. 1 5 . 1 29—1 3 1 (fema l e s). June , 1 895 . Durban

,Nata l .

DUIKE R - BOK , on COMMON DUIKER .

CEPHALOPHUS (SYLV I CAI ’RA) GR IMMI GR IMMI .

Capra grimm i a , Linn. Syst. Nat . ed. 1 0, vol . i . p . 70, 1 758 .

Ant'i l ope (Cepha l ophu s)p l atous , H . Sm i th , Gri ffith’

s Ani mal Kingdom ,

VOl . iv . p . 260, vo l . v . p . 344 , 1 827.

Cepha lophu s gri mm i a , Gray, Know sley Menageri e , p . 8 , p l s . i . and1 850 Cat. Ungu lata Bri t.Mu s . p . 78

,1 852 .

Cepha l ophu s grimm/i , Thomas , Proc . Zoo l . Soc . 1 892, p . 428 ; 1 893 ,

p . 504 .

Syl vi cap ra gr imm'i,Poco ck

,Proc . 2 0 0 1 . Soc . 1 9 1 0

, p . 874 .

Cepha l ophu s (Syl vi cap ra ) grimm i , Lydekker andBla ine , Cat . UngulateMamm . Br i t .Mu s . vol . i i . p . 1 07, 1 9 1 4 .

Cepha l ophu s gr imm i gri mm i , Lydekker andBl a ine , Cat . Ungu late Mamm .

Bri t .Mu s . vol . i i . p . 1 1 0, 1 9 1 4 .

S i ze larger than in the forego ing spec i e s,shou lder - he ight 23 to

25 inches . Horns slender andof cons iderable length,occas i onally

exceeding 6 inche s . Genera l colou r pale greyi sh bu ff speckledw i th black ; face reddi sh brown wi th dark brown m ark ing along

nose .

The horns of the followi ng seri es are not of except i onal s i ze ,

30 THE SELOUS COLLECTION

Subfam i ly OR EOTR AG I NE .

KL1 P SP R I NGE R .

OREOTRAGUS onmor aa e u s OREOTRAGU S .

Anti top e oreotragu s , Z immermann,Geogr . Geschi chte , vol . i i i . p . 269 ,

1 783 .

Oreotragu s typi ons , A. Sm i th, S. Afri can Quart . Jou rn. vol . 1 1 . p . 2 1 2 ,

1 834 .

Oreotragu s oreotragu s , Jentink , Cat. Oste ol . LeydenMu s . (Mu s . PaysBa s , vol . ix .) p . 1 3 1 , 1 88 7 ; Cat. Mamm . LeydenMu s . (i bid . vol . x i .)

p . 1 60 , 1 892 .

Oreotm gu s oreotm gu s oreotm gu s , Lydekker andBl a ine, Cat. Ungula te

Mamm . Bri t .Mu s . vol . ii . p . 1 26 , 1 9 1 4 .

He ight at shou lder abou t 20 inches . The harsh pe lage, com

posed of coarse , flattenedha i rs , imm edi ately d i stingu i shes theKl ipspringer from a l l other African Antelopes . Horns in theform of short sp ikes . Sku l l short andvery broad , w i th well1narked lachrymal dep ress i ons . Ta i l reduced to a smal l stump .

The three heads in the Collectiona l l have horns of abou t thesame s i ze ; m easu rements of No . 1 9 . 7 . 1 5 . 1 38 length 45 ;c i rcumference spread from tip to tipTyp i cal locali ty, Cape Colony range extends into Rhodes ia as

far north as the Zambe s i .

1 1 3 —1 9 . 7. 1 5 . 1 38 . Augu st, 1 889 . Ma z oe Ri ver , Portugu ese E astAfr i ca .

—1 9 . 7. 1 5 . 1 39 . 1 8 85 . Mashonal and, Sou thernRhode s ia .

1 9 . 7 . 1 5 . 1 40. 1 88 7. We stern Matab i l i l and, SouthernRhodesia .

S ubtam i ly NEOTR AG I NZE .

ORIBI .

OUR EB I A OUREB I .

Anti l op e om eb i , Z immermann,Geogr . Ge s chi chte , vol . i i i . p . 268 , 1 783 .

Anti LOp e scop a ri a , Schreb er , Saugthi ere , p l . cclxi . , 1 785 .

Oureb i a scop a r i a ,Sc l ater andThoma s , Book of Antel op es , vol. ii. p . 1 5 ,

fig . 23 , 1 895 .

Ou rebi a ou rebi , qu ote d by Lydekk er , Gam e Ani mal s of Afr i ca , p . 1 69 ,

footnote , 1 908 Lydekk er andBla ine , Cat. Ungu late Mamm . Br i t .

Mu s . p . 1 33 , 1 91 4 .

T H E SELOU S COLLECT ION . 3 1

The Oribi s are read i ly d i stingu i shed from the other m embers of

the subfam i ly by thei r larger s i ze andthe presence of a bare patch ofsk inbelow each ear . The knees are tufted, andsmall latera l hoofsa lways present . The Cape Ori bi stands abou t 24 to 26 inches at

the shou lder . Genera l colour yellowi sh rufou s w i th a dark mark ing

on forehead . Horns ingood spec im ens m easure from 5 to 7 inches

in length basal porti ons ind i stinctly r inged .

The horns of the ser i es inthe Collecti on are of average si z eonly

,No . 1 9 . 7. 1 5 . 1 42 m easur ing as follows — length 45 spread

from tip to ti p 35.

Typ ica l l ocal i ty, Cape Col ony range extends northwardsthrough Sou thern Rhode s ia across the Zambes i into NorthernRhode s ia andthe Congo .

1 1 6 — 1 9 . 7. 1 5 . 1 4 1 . 2 Sep tember , 1 8 80. Umfu l i River,Ma shona

l and , Sou thernRhodes ia .

24 De cember , 1 8 77. Mani ca Pl ateau,North

of juncti on of Kafu e andZamb e s i , North- E ast Rhode s i a .

1 1 8 — 1 9 . 7. 1 5 . 1 43 . Ju l y, 1 880 . Ma shona l and,Sou thernRhodes i a .

1 1 9 — 1 9 . 7 . 1 5 . 1 44 . Novemb er,1 892 . Pungwe Ri ver

,Mo zambi qu e .

1 2 0—1 2 2 — 1 9 .— 1 4 7. October , 1 892 . Pungwe Ri ver , Mo z am

bi qu e .

1 9 . 7. Augu st, 1 892 . H anyani Ri ver,Mashona l and

,

Sou thernRhode s i a .

POWELL - COTTON ’S ORIBI .

OUR E B I A MONTANA COTTONI .

Onrebi a cottoni , Thomas , Ann .Mag . Nat. H i st. ser . 8 , vol . 1 . p . 1 78 , 1 908 .

Ou rebi a montana cottoni,Rooseve l t andH e l l er , L i fe -hi stor i e s of Afri can

Gahne Anima l s,vol . i i . p . 560, 1 91 5 .

Genera l colour br ight.

tawny dark frontal mark ing ei ther

ent i rely absent or very ind i st inctly developed . Horns w i th ratherm ore d i st inct r idge s than inthe Cape Oribi .

Of the follow ing seri es the finest horns

m easu re 55 inches in length , andhave a tip to tip interva l of 25.

Typical loca li ty, Uas in G i shu Plateau , Kenya Colony . Th i sOr ibi inhab i ts the country from the sou thernshores of the Vi ctor iaNyanz a northwards toMt. E lgonandtowards Lake Rudolf .

1 2 4 —1 2 5 — 1 9 . 7. 1 5 . 1 49—1 50. Jannary, 1 903 . Lond i ani,Kenya

Col ony.

1 2 6 —1 33 - 1 9 . 7. 1 5 . 1 51 —1 58 Uas inGi shu Pl ateau ,Kenya Col ony.

32 T H E SELOUS COLLECTION.

NILE ORIBI .

OUR EB I A MONTANA E QUATORIA .

Ou rebi a m ontana aequ a torfi a

,H e l l er , Sm i thson. Mi sc . Col l ect. vol . 1x .

no . 8 , p . 1 2 , 1 9 1 2 .

I n th i s race the horns are smal ler andle ss heav i ly ringed thanin cottoni .

The greatest horn- length in the follow ing ser i e s i s 4 T9‘

6’ inches

(No . 1 9 . 7. 1 5 . w i th a t ip to tip interval of 2 1375“

Typ ical locali ty , Lado Enc lave ; range extends over a largeporti onof the Sudan, from Lake No andthe Sobat R i ver inthenorth , through the Bahr - e l - Ghaza l , andreaches a s far south as theAlbert Nyanza .

1 34: 1 9 . 7. 1 5 . 1 59 . Rumb ek ,Bahr - el - Gha zal .

1 3 5 —1 9 . 7. 1 5 . 1 60. B arlgerut , Bahr - el - Gha zal .1 3 6—1 3 7 — 1 9 . 7. 1 5 . 1 6 1 — 1 62 . Bahr - e l - Gha zal .

CAP E STE INBUCK .

RAPHICERUS (u nr s s rm s CAMPE ST B I S.

Cap ra gr immi a ,Thunb erg

,Re i s e

,vol . 1 1 . p . 8 , 1 789 , nee L inn.

Anti l op e camp estr i s , Thunberg,M61 1 1 . Ao . Sc i . St. P etersb . vol . i i i . p . 31 3,

1 8 1 1 .

Anti l op e (Raphi cerus) a c u ti corni s , H . Sm ith, Gr i ffith’

s Animal K ingdom ,

vol . i v . p . 252,vol . v . p . 342 , 1 827.

Anti l op e (R aphi c emw) su bu l a ta ,H . Sm i th, Gri ffith’

s Animal Kingdom,

vol . i v . p . 253 , vol . v . p . 342 , 1 827.

Ca l otragu s camp estm'

s,Gray , Cat . Ungul a ta Bri t .Mu s . p . 71 , 1 852 .

R aphi ceru s camp estri s , Sc later andThoma s,Book of Ante l op es , vol . 1 1 .

p . 4 1 , p l . xxvi i . fig . 1 , 1 896 ; vol . i v . p . 225,1 900 .

R aphi ci

e rus camp estr i s camp estm’

s,Lydekker andBl a ine

, Cat . Ungul ate

Mamm . Br i t. Mu s . vol. i i . p . 1 49,1 9 1 4 .

Cons iderably smaller than the O r ibi s , andw i thou t the barepatch below the ear or tufts on knees . Horns slender andverysharply po inted , basal ha lf sl ightly r idged . Ta i l short . Latera lhoofs absent . Genera l c olour yellow i sh ru fou s , rather darker on

head , crownu su ally dark brown.

Horn m easu rem ents (No . 1 9 . 7 . 1 5 . 1 63) — length 35; spread

from tip to tip 1 .

Typi ca l locali ty, Sou th Afri ca ; the Cape Steinbu ck appears to

b e confinedto Cape Col onv andthe Orange R i ver Colony . The


other Sou th Afr icanSte inbucks inthe collect i onhave beenreferredto the Transvaal race , R . c . capm

’

corms (mafi a).

1 38 November , 1 8 75 . Gr i qua T own, Gr i qua'

land We st .

TRANSVAAL STE INBUCK .

RAPHICERUS CAMPESTRIS CAP RICORNI S .

R aphi ceru s neumanm’

cap r i corni s , Thomas andSchwann, Proc . Zool . Soc .l 906 , p . 584 .

R aphi ceru s camp estri s capr icorni s , Lydekker , Game Anima l s of Afri ca ,p . 1 8 1 , 1 908 .

Closely all ied to the typ i cal race ; the dark coronal mark ingvery indi st inct .

The best horns inthe seri es are those of No . 1 9 . 7. 1 5 . 1 67

length 45; spread from tip to tip 2 .

Typ i cal local i ty , Kle inLetaba , Transvaal .

1 3 9 1 9 . 1 64 . Augu st,1 892 . E ast Mashona l and

,Sou thern

Rhodes i a .

1 9 . 7. 1 5 . 1 65 . Ju l y,1 895 . Sa l i sbury

,Sou thern Rhodes i a .

30 Sep temb er , 1 884 . Sode Gara,North

Ka l ahar i,Bechu ana l and .

1 9 . 7 . 1 5 . 1 67. Augu st, 1 892 . H anyani Ri ver,Mashona

l and,Sou thernRhodes i a .

1 9 . 1 68 . 30 Sep temb er , 1 884 . Mets i bu tl uku ,North

Kal ahar i,Bechu anal and .

EAST AFRICAN STE INBUCK .

RAPHICERUS CAMPESTRI S NEUMANNI .

P edi otm gu s neumanm},Matschi e , Si tzb er . Ge s . na t. Freunde , 1 894 ,

p . 1 22 ; Saugeth. Deutsch - Osta fr ika , p . 1 20, 1 895.

R aphi ceru s nanmunni , Sclater andThomas , Book of Antelopes , vol . 1 1 .p . 4 7, 1 896 .

R aphi ceros camp estm’

s (P)neumanni , H unter inBryden, Great andSmal l

Game ofAfr i ca , p . 253 , 1 899 .

General colour mu ch as inthe typi cal form,the wh i te fac ial

mark ings rather more prom inent andthe dark coronal patchu sually very ind i st inct or absent . Horns sl ightly larger .

T H E SELOUS COLLECTION .

No . 1 9 . 7 . 1 5 . 1 69 has the longest horns of the seri e s z— length55, spread from tip to tip 1 5.

Typ i cal local i ty, Mount Guru i , NorthernUgogo , Tangany ikaTerr i tory range extends throughou t the greater part of KenyaColony from Tangany ika Terr i tory to as far north as Mounts E lgonandKenya .

1 4 4 1 69 . 1 9 December , 1 902 . Ender i t Ri ver , southof Lake Naku ru ,

Kenya Col ony .

1 70. 3 1 January, 1 903 . Ender i t Ri ver , southof Lake Nakuru

,Kenya Col ony.

—1 9 . 1 7 1 . 1 February, 1 903 . Near Lake Naku ru ,

Kenya Co l ony .

1 4 7—1 4 9 — 1 9 . 7 . 1 5 . 1 72—1 74 . Ua s inG i shu Pl ateau ,Kenya Co l ony .

GRYSBOK .

R AP H I C E R OS (No r ornae u s) MELANOT IS .

Anti l op e m e l anoti s , Thunb erg ,Mém . Ao . Sc i . St. P ete rsb . vol . i i i . p . 31 2,

1 8 1 1 .

R aph'i ceru s me l anoti s, Sc la ter andThomas

,Book of Ante l op e s , vol . 1 1 .

p . 35 , p l . xxvi i . fig . 2 , 1 896 .

R aphi ceros m e l anoti s , Lydekker , Great andSmal l Game of Afr i ca , p . 249 ,

1 899 ; Gam e Anim a l s of Afr i ca, p . 1 78 ,

1 908 .

Nototra g'

us m e l anotis,Thoma s andSchwann

,Abstr . Proc . Zool . Soc . 1 906

,

p . 1 0 Proc . Zoo] . Soc . 1 906,vol . i . p . 1 68 .

Raphi c eros (Nototragns) m el anoti s , Lydekk er andBl a ine , Cat. Ungu l ateMamm . Br i t.Mu s . vol . i i . p . 1 55 1 9 1 4 .

The pre sence of late ral hoofs , large s i ze of ears , andsmal lerhorns read i ly d i stingu i sh th i s spec ie s from the Ste inbu ck . He ight

at shou lder abou t 22 inches .The horns of the m ounted head (No . 1 9 . 1 75) m easure

as follows — length 3 -9 spread from ti p to ti p 1 5.

1 6

Typ i ca l loca l i ty ,Cape Colony the spec i es i s found as far north

as the Zam bes i .

1 50 — 1 9 . 7 . 1 5 . 1 75 . 3 Novemb er , 1 896 . H outs Ri ver Val l ey,

T ab l eMt . ,Cap e Col ony .

— 1 9 . 7. 1 5 . 1 76 . H orns . De cember , 1 891 . Umvukwe H i ll s

near H anyani R i ver , Mashonal and , SouthernRhodes i a .

— 1 9 . 7. 1 5 . 1 77. H orns . Octob er , 1 8 78 . Machab i H i l l s,

Mashonal and , SouthernRhodes ia .

THE SELOU S COLLECT ION . 35

KENYA PIGMY ANTELO PE .

NE SOTRAGUS MO SCHATUS AKE LEY I .

Nesotragu s m oschatu s akel eyi , H e l l er , Sm i thson. Mi sc . Col l ect. vol . lxi .

Very closely related to the Zanz ibar Pigmy Antelope , Nego

tragu s mos cha tus mos ckatus ; general colou r rather darker, theupper parts being che stnu t brown. Wh i te of throat d iv i ded by a

fu lvou s band . S i ze as in typ i cal form , abou t 1 3 to 1 4 inches at

shou lder .

Hornmeasu rements — length 25 spread from ti p to tip 1 13?

Typ i cal locali ty,Mt . Kenya , Kenya Colony . I n the“L i feh i storie s of Afr i can Gam e Animals by Roosevelt andHeller(vol . i i . p . 55 1 , 1 9 1 5) the range i s g iven as

“h ighland forest areaof Mt . Kenia, the Aberdare Range, andthe Kikuyu E scarpmentsou th as far as Na i robi andNgong .

”

1 53 1 9 . 7. 1 5 . 1 80. Kenya Province , Kenya Col ony .

DESE RT PIGMY ANTELOPE .

NE SOT RAGUS MO SCHATUS DE SERTICOLA .

Nesotragu s moscha tu sdeserti col a,H e l l er

,Sm i thson. Mi sc . Col lect. vol . l x i .

no . 7, p . 2 , 1 9 1 3 .

D istingu i shed from the typi cal race andI V. m . ake l ey i by thel ighter colour of the pelage . The whi te onthe throat i s sai d to bealmost cont inuou s

,broken only by a narrow fu lvou s band .

Hornm easu rements (No . 1 9 . 7 . 1 5 . 1 78) — length 35 spreadfrom tip to tip 1 5.

Typ i ca l local i ty, Maj i ya Chumv i , Taru‘

De sert range i s

g iven as the Desert country of the coastal area from the - TanaR iver sou thward to the Tangany ika Terri tory border .

— 1 9 . 7. 1 5 . 1 78 . Skul l andhorns . Dar - es - Salam,T anga

nyi ka T err i tory.

1 9 . 7 . 1 5 . 1 79 . H orns . Dar - es - Sa l am , T anganyika T erri tory .


ZULULAND PIGMY ANTELOPE .

NESOTRAGUS LI V I NGST ONI ANUS ZULUENSI S.

Nesotragu s l i vingstoni anu s zu l u ens i s , Thomas, Ann . Mag . Nat. H i st.

s er . 7,vol . i i . p . 3 1 7

,1 8 98 .

S i ze rather larger than in mos c izafu s , he i ght at shou lder 1 4 to1 5 inche s . Horns relat i ve ly long, m ore d i st inctly r idged than in

moscka tu s , andstouter than in the typi cal l i r ings tom’

anus .

General colou r greyer .

Horn m easurem ents (No . 1 8 1 ) — length 5 ; c i r

cumference 2 spread from tip to tipTyp ical local i ty

, Umkuja Va lley , Zu lu land ; mnge extends asfar north as Tette , Mo zam b iqu e .

1 56—1 57 - 1 82 . H orns . T embe R iver , near Del agoa

B ay ,Lorenqo Marque s .

Su bfam i ly MADOQUI NJE .

CAVENDISH ’

S D IK - DIK .

R H YNC H OT R AGUS KIRKI cavnNm sm .

Madoqu a ca vendi shi,Thoma s

,Proc . Zool . Soc . 1 898 , p . 278 .

Rhynchotragu s cave ndi shi . Lonnb erg , Ark i v Zool . vol . i v . no . 3, p . 2

,1 907.

Madoq -

ua (Rhynchotragu s) cavendi shfi , Lydekk er , Gam e Anima l s ofAfr i ca ,

p . 1 93 , 1 908 .

Rhynchotragu s ki rki ca r endi shi , Roo s eve l t andH e l l er , L i fe -hi stor i e s ofAfr i canGame Anima l s

,vol . i i . p . 632 , 1 9 1 5 .

All the m embers of the subfam i ly Jlfadogu inw are of smal ls i ze , the shou lder he ight varying from 1 1 5 to 1 5 inche s thefema le s are larger than the m a les . I n the present race the genera lbu i ld i s rather heav i er than in the two follow ing form s ; héight atshou lder about 1 5 inche s . Genera l colou r dark redd i sh fawn suf

fu sed w i th grey on the h ind quarters a r i ch bu ff colour separates

the darker dorsa l reg ion from the l ight underparts . Probosc i s butl i ttle developed , the na sa ls not m arkedly d im ini shed in s i ze .

Best horn m easurem ents (No . 1 9 . 7 . 1 5 . 1 85) — length 3spread from tip to ti p 1 5.

I n the or ig ina l de scr iption the typ i cal local i ty was gi ven as

probably the Lake Rudo lf d i str i ct . I n vi ew of recent di scoveri e s

38

1 75—1 7 6

1 77—1 7 8

TH E SELOUS COLLECTION .

—201 . Skins,mounte d . February , 1 9 1 2 .

NorthernGu aso Ny i ro , Kenya Col ony .

—1 9 . 7. 1 5 . 202—203 (femal e s). Sk ins,mounte d . 1 9 1 2 .

NorthernGuaso Nyiro , Kenya Co l ony .

NYIKA DIK - D IK .

R H YNC H OT RAGUS KIRKI NY I KJE .

Rhynchotragu s ki rki nyi kae, H e l l er , Sm i thson. Mi sc . Coll ect. vol . l xi .no . 7, p . 3 , 1 9 1 3 .

General colour rather ri cher than in the Guaso Nyiro race ,approach ing that of ca vendz's lz i , but w i thou t the dark speckling .

D i st ingu i shed from the typi cal form by i ts larger size , equa ll ingthat of R . k . l l z

'

nde i he i ght at shou lder 1 3 inches .

The best horns in the follow ing serie s (No . 209)measure 25 inche s in l ength , andthe interva l betweent ips 1 5.

Typ i cal local i ty , Ndi , near Vo i , Ta i ta andTaveta D istri ct ,Kenya Colony . The range i s g iven by Rooseve lt andH el l efi

‘

as

extending from the easternandnortherns lopes ofMt. Ki limanjaro

northward to tho Tana R i ver .

1 79 1 9 . 7. November,1 9 1 5 . Vo i , Ta i ta andT aveta

Di str i ct, Kenya Co l ony .

1 9 . 7. 28 Dec ember , 1 9 1 5 . Maungu,T a i ta andTaveta

D i str i ct, Kenya Co l ony .

1 9 . 7. 2 1 Janua ry, 1 9 1 6 . Maungu , T a i ta andT aveta D i str i ct , Kenya Co l ony .

207. H ead - skin andskul l . 28 December , 1 9 1 5 .

Manngu , T a i ta andT aveta D i stri ct, Kenya Co l ony .

1 9 . 7. 1 5. 208 . 1 9 1 5—1 6 . T a i ta andT aveta D i str i ct, KenyaCo l ony .

1 9 . 7. 1 5 . 209 . Sk in,mounted . 1 9 1 5—1 6 . T a ita andT aveta

D i stri ct, Kenya Co l ony .

1 9 . 7 . 1 5 . 2 1 0 (femal e). Skin,m ounted . 1 9 1 5—1 6 . Ta i ta

andTaveta D i stri ct, Kenya Col ony .

SMITH ’S D IK - D IK .

R H YNCH OT RAGUS GUENT H E R I SMI T H I .

Madoqua gnenther i sm i thi , Thomas, Proc . Zool . Soc . 1 900, p . 804 .

Rhynchotm gu s guenther i sm i thi , Lonnberg , Arki v Zool . vol . i v . no . 3,

p . 2 , 1 907.

L i fe -hi stor i e s of Afri canGame Ani ma l s , vol . i i . p . 630, 1 9 1 5 .

TH E SELOUS COLLECTION . 39

Si ze cons iderably larger than in the other D ik - d iks inhab i tingthe valley of the NorthernGuaso Ny i ro

,w i th the probosci s greatly

e longated,the nasals be ing extrem ely short . No lateral rufou s

mark ing , the grey i sh - buff dorsa l colorat ion pass ing d i rectly intothe wh i te of the underparts .Horn m easu rem ents of No . 1 5 . 2 1 1 —length 3 ; Spread

from tip to tip 1 5.

Typi cal locali ty, Lake Stephani e d i stri ct range from theNorthernGuaso Ny i ro andnorth bank of the Tana R i ver northwards through the Lake Rudolf andLake Stephani e reg ions toSou thernAbyss inia .

1 8 6 1 9 . 7 Feb ru ary , 1 9 1 2 . Nor thernGuas o Ny i ro ,

Kenya Col ony .

1 9 . 2 1 2 . 5 Ap r i l , 1 9 1 2 . Northern Guaso Nyi ro ,

Kenya Col ony .

1 9 . 7 . 5 Febru ary , 1 9 1 2 . Northern Gua soNyi ro

,Kenya Co l ony .

1 9 . 7. 1 5 . 2 1 4 . Skin,

m ounte d . 26 Feb ru ary , 1 9 1 2 .

NorthernGuaso Nyi ro,Kenya Co l ony.

1 9 0 - 1 9 1 —1 9 . 7 . 1 5 . 2 1 5 - 2 1 6 . Sk ins, mounted . February and

Ap r i l , 1 9 1 2 . NorthernGu aso Nyi ro ,Kenya Co l ony .

1 9 2—1 9 5 —1 9 . 7. 1 5 . 2 1 7—220 (fem a l e s). Skins , m ounted . Feb ru aryandMarch, 1 9 1 2 . NorthernGua so Nyi ro ,

Kenya Co l ony .

1 9 6 - 1 9 7 1 9 . 7. 1 5 . 221 —222 (femal e s ). Skins , mounted . 1 9 1 2 .

NorthernGua so Nyi ro ,Kenya Co l ony .

S ubfam i ly R EDUNC I NZE .

VAAL RHEBOK .

P ELEA CAP REOLU S .

Anti l op e cap reol u s , Bechste in, Ueb er s i cht vi erfu s s . Thi ere,vol . i . p . 98 ,

1 799 ; vol . i i . p . 64 6 , 1 800.

R edwnca cap reol u s , A. Sm i th, S. Afr i can Quart. Journ . vol . 1 1 . p . 2 1 1 ,

1 834 .

P el ea. cap reol us , Gray , Cat. Ungul ata Br i t. Mu s . p . 90,1 8 52 ; Cat .

Rum inants Bri t .Mu s . p . 29 , 1 8 72 ; H and - Li st Rum inants Br i t . Mu s .

p . 99 , 1 873 .

The only genu s of the subfam i ly R e cluncz'

nw in wh i ch footglands are found , occu rr ing on al l fou r l imbs ; ingu inal glands


absent . S i ze m ed i um , he i ght at shou lder 29 to 30 inche s . Hornsa lmost vert i cal, sharply po inted , andw ith we ll - marked rings on

the ba sa l port i on; good horns are from 8 to 1 1 5 inches in length .

Coat woolly genera l colour grey i sh fawnw i th dark patch on ch in.

The horns of the m ounted head in the Collecti on m easu re

85 inche s in length , and281 inches from tip to tip .

Typ i cal local i ty , Cape Colony the spec i e s i s fa i rly widelyd i stri bu ted in Sou th Afr ica , extend ing into Sou thernRhodes ia , buti s not found north of the Zambe s i .

1 9 8 1 9 . 7. 1 5 . 223 . Ap r i l , 1 895 . Fa i rfie ld, near Ca l edon, Cap eCo l ony .

1 9 . 7. 1 5. 224 . H orns . Ca l edonD i str i ct, Cape Col ony.

R I E TBOK , on R E EDB I TCK.

REDUNCA (E LEGT RAGUS) ARUND I NUMAR UNDI NUM.

Anti l ope a rundinum , Bodda e rt , E l enchu s Anim . p . 1 4 1 , 1 785.

Anti l ope e l eotragu s , Schreb er , Saugthi ere , p l . cclxv1 . , 1 78 7 .

Anti l op e (Redunca ) el eotragns , H . Sm i th, Gri ffith’

s Animal K ingdom ,

vol . v . p . 337, 1 827 .

Redunca el eotm gus , A. Sm i th, S. Afr i can Quart. Journ . vol . 1 1 . p . 2 1 0 ,

1 834 .

E l eotragtw i sa bel l inu s , Gray, Li st Mamm . Br i t .Mu s . p . 1 65 , 1 843 .

El eotragus a r undhmceus,Gray

,Ann .Mag . Nat. H i st . s er . 1 , vol . xvi i i .

p . 232 , 1 846 ; ser . 2 , vol . v i i i . p . 1 44,1 85 1 ; L i st Osteol . Br i t . Mu s .

p . 57, 1 847 ; Knows l ey Menager i e , p . 1 2 , 1 8 50 ; Proc . Zool . Soc . 1 850,p . 1 26 ; Cat. Ungu lata Br i t .Mu s . p . 9 1 , 1 852 ; Cat . Rum inants Bri t.

Mu s . p . 1 8 , 1 872 ; H and - L i st Rum inants Br i t.Mu s . p . 88 , 1 8 73 .

Cervi capra a rundinacea ,Se l ou s , Proc . Zoo l . Soc . 1 8 8 1 , p . 758 ;

A H unter’

s Wander ings inS. Afr i ca , p . 2 1 6 , 1 8 8 1 .

Cervi cap ra. ammdinum ,Fl owe r andLydekker , Stu dy of Mamma l s

, p . 340,

1 89 1 .

Redunca a rundinum ,T rou e ssart , Cat. Mamm . ,

Suppl . p . 721 , 1 905 .

R edunca (E l eo tragu s) arundinum ,Lydekker andBl a ine , Cat. Ungul ate

Mamm . Bri t.Mu s . vol . 11 . p . 203 , 1 9 1 4 .

Redunca a rundinum a rundinum , Lydekk er andBl a ine , Cat. Ungu l ateMamm . Br i t.Mu s . vol . 1 1 . p . 206 , 1 9 1 4 .

The larger s i ze andlonger andmu ch heav i er horns di stingu i sh

th i s sp ec i es from al l the other m embers of the genu s R edunca .

He ight at shou lder abou t 36 inches . Horns in fine spec imens,from 1 5 to 1 75 inches in length .

TH E sELoUs COLLECTION. 4 1

No . 225 possesse s the best horns of’

the seri e slength 0 11 front curve 1 5 1 c i rcum ference 6 ; spread from tip to

t i p 1 1 5.

Typ i cal local ity , Cape Colony . Th i s Reedbu ck i s very w i delyd i str i buted , extend ing northwards across the Zambes i andpenetrating as far north as the Bahr - c l - Ghazal . It i s probable that,whenfurther material i s ava i lable for exam inati on, several di stinctraces w i l l have to b e recogni z ed . At present, the only otherform known i s the Fort JacksonReedbu ck , R edunca arundinumocc identa l i s wh i ch difi ers from the typ i cal la ce 1 11 being ratherpaler andgreyer in colour, andin possess ing horns that appearstou ter andless cu rved .

200 — 1 9 . 7. 1 5. 225. 30 December , 1 877. Near Si tanda ,sou thof

Luk anga Ri ver , No rth- E ast Rhode s ia .

— 1 9 . 7. 1 5 . 226 . 3 October , 1 882 . Near Umfu l i River ,Mashonal and , Sou thernRhodesi a .

- 1 9 . 227. Sep tember , 1 880. Near Umful i Ri ver ,Ma shona l and , Sou thernRhodes i a .

1 9 . 7. Sep tember , 1 896 . Usutu R i ver , Map u to ,

SouthMo z amb i qu e .

1 9 . 229 . Augu st,1 892 . Sou rce of Um senga i s i Ri ver

Mashonal and , SouthernRhode s 1 a .

De cember , 1 89 1 . H anyani Ri ver , Mashonal and

,Sou thernRhode s i a .

—1 9 . 23 1 . Augu st, 1 892 . H anyani Ri ver , Ma shonal and

,Sou thernRhodes i a .

1 9 . 7 . 2 Dec e inb er , 1 880. T ati Ri ver, Tati

D i str i ct, Sou thernRhode s i a .

233 . 1 Novemb er , 1 8 79 . Santa Outl et, Chob eRi ver , NorthBechu anal and .

1 9 . 7. 5 November,1 879 . Southbank of Chobe

Ri ver , beyond Sunta Outl et, North Bechuanal and .

W ARD ’

S REEDBUCK .

REDUNCA REDUNCA W ARD I .

Cervi cap ra. bohor , Sc l ater , Li st Anim . Zool . Gardens , p . 1 44 , 1 883 .

Cervi capm redunca wardi , T homas , Ann.Mag . Nat . H i st. ser . 7, vol . v i .p . 304 , 1 900.

Redunca r edunca wa rdi , T rou essart, Cat . Mamm . ,Suppl . p . 722 , 1 905 .

Rothschi l d , Proc . Zool . Soc . 1 907, p . 237.

42 TH E SELOUS COLLECTION.

Ward ’s Reedbu ck i s“very closely a ll i ed to the Abyssinian

Bohor, the ch i ef d i stingu i sh ing character be ing the greater s i ze ofthe horns , wh i ch have the po ints turned inwards m ore than 1 1 1 theAbyss inian race . Good horns m easu re from 1 0 to 1 35} inches inlength ; the best in the fo llowing seri e s i s No . 239 :

length 0 11 front cu rve 1 05; c i rcumference 6 ; spread from tip to

tip 65.

Typi cal local i ty,Mau Plateau ,Kenya Colony ; found through

out the greater part of Kenya Colony ,in the south reach ing

Tanganyi ka Terr i tory andextend ing northwards into Uganda .

2 1 0—2 1 4 - 1 9 . 7. 1 5. 235—239 . Uas inGi shu Pl ateau , Kenya Co l ony .

2 1 5—2 1 7 - 1 9 . 7. 1 5 . 240—242 . Uas inGi shu Pl ateau , Kenya Co l ony.

R 0 0 1 RHEBOK .

REDUNCA F ULV OB UFULA F ULVORUFULA.

Anti l ope fu l vor uful a ,Afz e l i us , Nova Acta Soc . Up sal . vol . vii . p . 250,

1 8 1 5 .

C'ervi cap ra fu l vor ufu l a , Sc l ater andThoma s , Book of Ante l ope s , vol . 1 1 .

p . 1 75 , p l . xlv 1 8 97.

Redunc a fu lvorufu la ,T roue s sart , Cat . Mamm . ,

Suppl . p . 722 , 1 905 .

Oreodorca s fu l vorufu l a , H e l l er , Sm i thson. M i sc . Col l ect. vol . 1 11 . no . 8 ,

p . 1 3 , 1 9 1 2 .

Redunca fu l vorufu l a ful vor ufu l a , Lydekker andBlaine , Cat . Ungul ate

Mamm . Bri t.Mu s . vol . 11 . p . 222 , 1 9 1 4 .

D i st ingu i shed from Ward ’s Re edbu ck by the smaller andtra i ghter horns ; good horns measu re from 7 to 85 inches inlength . The largest horns of the serie s (No . 1 9 . 7 . 1 5 . 243)m easure as foll ows —length on front cu rve 75 c i rcum ference 4 ;spread from ti p to tip 25 .

Typi cal locali ty, Ea sternCape Colony ; the range includes thegreater part of Sou th East Afri ca sou th of the Zam be s i .

2 1 8—2 1 9 —1 9 . 7 . 1 5 . 243—244 . Jannary , 1 88 7. Near Mol i p o l o l i ,Be chuanal and .

- 1 9 . 7. 1 5 . 245 . H orns . October , 1 8 71 . Near Co l esberg,Cap e Co l ony.

—1 9 . 7. 1 5 . 246 . October , 1 8 71 . Near Orange R i ver ,betweenCo l e sberg andPhi l i p p ol i s , Cap e andOrange Ri verCo l oni e s .

TH E SELOUS COLLECTION.43

CH ANLER’

S REEDBUCK .

REDUNCA F ULV ORUFULA CH ANLE R I .

Cervi capm chanl er fé, Rothschi l d , Novi t. Zool . 1 1 . p . 53 , 1 895 .

Cervi cap ra fu l vorufu l a. chanl er i , Jackson inBryden, Great andSmal l

Gam e ofAfr i ca , p . 3 1 7, 1 899 .

R edunca chanl en'

,T rou es sart, Cat . Mamm . , Suppl . p . 722 , 1 905 .

Redunca fu l vorufu l a chanl er i , Roo seve l t, Afr i can Game T rai l s , p . 487,

1 9 1 0.

Rather smaller than the typi cal race andpaler in colou r ; adark nose stripe is som et im es present .

Be st horn measurem ents (No . 1 9 . 7 . 1 5 . 249) —length on

front curve 6 c i rcumference 35 spread from ti p to ti p 4 .

Typ i cal locali ty,Mounta ins East ofMt . Kenya ,Kenya Colonyrange includes the greater part of Kenya Colony from theTanganyi ka Terr i tory border along the R ift Valley to LakeRudolf andSou thernAbyss inia .

2 2 2 - 2 2 5 - 1 9 . 7. 1 5 . 247—250. Kenya Co l ony.

W ATERBUCK .

KOB U S ELL I P SI P R YMNUS.

Anti l op e el l i p s i p rymnu s , Ogi lby , Proc . Zool . Soc . 1 833 , p . 4 7.

Kobu s el l i p s i p rymnu s , A. Sm i th, I l l u str . Zool . S. Afri ca , Mamm . p t. x 1 1 .

p l s . xxvi i i . andxxix . , 1 840 .

S i ze large , he i ght at shou lder from 48 to 53 inche s . Genera lcolou r browni sh grey, underparts wh i te ; a we ll -definedwh i tee ll iptical band 0 1 1 rump, extending down 0 11 each s ide to flanks .

Horns large andvery d i stinctly r inged, good horns measuringfrom 30 to 365 inches in length .

Best horn measurements (No . 1 9 . 7 . 1 5 . 252) — length 0 11

front cu rve 305 c ircumference 1 0 spread from tip to ti p 22 .

Typ i cal locali ty, between Latuku andthe we st coast, SouthAfr i ca

:The spec i es i s found throughou t the greater part of

South Afri ca north of the Limpopo . The Common Waterbu ckalso occur s as far north as Somal i land andKenya Colony severalgeograph i cal races have been de scr ibed from Kenya Colony andTanganyika Terri tory, andno doubt the East Afri can spec imens


in the Collect ion represent one or m ore of the se form s, bu t thed i stingu ish ing characters are so very sli ght that i t i s imposs i blewhendea l ing w i th m ounted heads only, andno exact loca l iti es , todec ide to whi ch of the se races or so - cal led race s these spec im ensbelong .

2 2 6 — 1 9 . 1 7 Sep tember , 1 880 . H anyani R iver ,Ma shona land


1 9 . 252 . 6 Ap r i l , 1 885 . Umfu l i R iver , Ma shona l and ,Sou the rnRhode s ia .

2 2 8—2 2 9 —254 . October,1 892 . Pungwe River , Mo z am

b iqu e .

2 30—23 1 —256 . October , 1 892 . Between Lake SangweandPungw e R iver , Mo z ambi que .

2 3 2—2 33 —264 . 1 9 1 2 . Northern Guaso Nyi ro , KenyaCo l ony .

Sku l l andhorns . Northern Guaso Nyiro ,

Kenya Col ony .

DEFASSA, on S ING - S ING .

KOB us DEFAS SA Nz oms.

Kobusdefassa nzoi w,Matschi e , Si tzb er . Ge s . nat. Freunde , 1 9 1 0 , p . 4 1 7.

S i ze andhorns mu ch the same as in the CommonWaterbuck ;general colour rather ri cher andthe e l lipt i ca l wh ite rump mark ingreplaced by a large whi te patch . A great many loca l race s ofdefas s a have beendescribed , b ut the d i stingu i sh ing characters are

unsati sfactory ; andWi thou t large seri es of spec imens from thevari ou s type lo ca li t i es i t i s imposs ible to dete rm ine the exactsystemati c va lue of su ch d ifferences .Best horn m easu rements (No . 1 9 . 7 .

— length on

front curve 265 c ircum ference 73 spread from tip to ti p 1 8 .

Typ i cal local ity, Uas inG i shu Plateau ,Kenya Colony .

2 3 5—24 0 — 1 9 . 7 . 1 5 . 257—262 . Kenya Colony .

LECH W E, OR LECHE .

KOB US (ONorna e u s) LECH E .

Kobu s l eche , Gray , Knows l ey Menager i e , p . 23,1 850 .

Onotragu s l echee , Gray , Cat . Rum inants Br i t . Mus . p . H andl i st Rum inants Br i t.Mu s . p . 88

,1 8 73 .

Oobus l ecchi , Buckl ey , Proc . Zool . Soc . 1 8 76 , p . 291 .


far east as Mt . E lgon andthe Uas in G i shu D i stri ct, andas far

we st as Ruwenzori . I nthe north i t appears to reach the southernlim i ts of the Whi te - eared Kob onthe Sudanboundary .

24 4 1 9 . 7 . 23 June,1 909 . Nz o ia Ri ver

,Ua s in Gi shu

D i str i ct, Kenya Co l ony.

24 5—24 8 —1 9 . 7. 1 5 . 1 909 . Nz o i a River,Ua s inGi shu D i str i ct

Kenya Co l ony .

WH ITE - EARED KOB .

ADENOTA KOB LE UCOT I S.

Anti l op e l encoti s , L i chtenste in andPete rs,Monatsb er . Ak . Berl in 1 853 ,

p . 1 64 ; Abh. Ak . Berl in, p . 9 6, 1 854 .

Kobu s l eu coti s , Gerrard , Cat . Bone s Mamm . Br i t.Mu s . p . 239,1 862 .

Adenota l e twoti s , H engl in, Nova Acta Ao . Cass . LeOp .

- Car . vol . xxx . p t. 2,

p p . 1 2 and1 3, p l . 1 . fig . 4 , 1 863 .

Cobu s (Adenota ) l e ucoti s . Rev i l l i od , V erb . nat. Ge s . Bas l e , vol . xxiv.

p . 2 1 0,1 9 1 3 .

Adenota kob l e u coti s , Roo s e ve l t andH e l l e r , L i fe -hi stor i c s of Afri canGam e Anima l s

,vol . 1 1 . p . 5 1 4 , 1 9 1 5 .

S i ze andhorns as in fl zoma s z’

. General colou r of adu lt pelagevery dark , almost black , the fu lvou s colorat ion ex i st ing, as a ru le ,only 1 1 1 imm ature male s andfemale s at a l l ages .

I n the following ser ie s the colou r variat ions are well shown;som e of the fu lvous colou red spec im ens are qu ite adu ltBe st horn m easu rem ents (No . 1 9 . 7 . 1 5 . 278) —length on

front cu rve 2 1 j c i rcum ference 65 spread from tip to tip 1 0 .

Typ i cal loca l i ty , swam ps of the Wh i te N i le , abou t 60 mi le ssou th of Khartum . The Wh ite - eared Kob i s fo imdover a con

iderab l e part of Bahr - cl - Gha zal , extending eastwards as far as theAbyss inianborder .

1 9 . 7 . 1 5 . 274 . 5 Mar ch, 1 9 1 1 . Naam R iver , near Rumb ek ,Bahr - e l - Gha z a l .

2 50—2 55 —280. 1 9 1 1 . Ge l ] Ri ve r,near Rumbek , Bahr

el - Gha zal .

THE SELOUS COLL ECTION . 47

PUKU .

ADENOTA VAR DONI VARDONI .

Anti l op e r a rdom ’

,I dvm gstone , Mi s s i onary T rave l s S. Afr i ca , p . 256 and

p l . 9 , p . 71 , 1 857.

Cobu s va rdom'

,Se l ou s , Proc . Zool . Soc . 1 8 8 1 , p . 759 , p l . l xv A H unter

’

s

Wander ings inS. Afri ca , p p . 1 1 1 , 1 4 7, and2 1 9 , p l . 1 88 1 .

Kobu s va rdom ’

, Ni col l s andEgl ington,Sp ortsman in S. Afri ca , p . 43

,

1 892 .

Adenota va rdoni,Mats chi e

,Saugethi ere Deutsch- Ostafr ika , p . 1 26

,1 895 .

Cobu s va rdom'

typ i ons , Sel ou s , Great andSma l l Game of Afr i ca , p . 294 ,

1 899 .

Kobu s (Adenota) r a rdoni , Lydekker andBla ine , Cat . Ungu l ate Mamm .

Br i t.Mu s . vol . 11 . p . 268,1 9 1 4 .

Kobu s vardonfi vardom ’

, Lydekk er andBla ine , Cat. Ungu late Mamm .

Br i t.Mu s . vol . 11 . p . 269 , 1 9 1 4 .

General colou r mu ch as in thomas i wh i te orb i tal m ark ings lessprom inent, backs of ears reddi sh brown, tips black . No blackmark lngs on legs . Horns short andstou t

,good spec imens from

1 8 to 2-05 inches in length .

The two heads inthe Collecti onhave horns of moderate lengthonly, No . m easu ring as fo l lows z— length on frontcurve 1 6 ; c ircum ference 65 spread from tip to ti p 65.

Typi ca l locali ty, Chobe Valley range extends from theZambes i andChobe through Northern Rhode s ia as far as LakeB angweol o .

I n the Proceed ings of the Zoolog i cal Soci ety for the year1 88 1 (qu oted above) Selou s gi ves the follow ing account of thedi stribu ti on of th i s Antelope —“The only place where I myselfm et w i th th i s Ante} ope was ina smal l tract of country extend ingalong the sou thern bank of the Chobe for abou t si xty m i leswestwards from i ts juncti onwi th the Zambes i .

They are never found at m ore than200 or 300 yards from ther i ver, andare u sual ly to be seen cropping the short grass along thewater’s edge, or ly ing in the shade of the tree s andbu shesscattered over the al lu vi a l flats wh i ch have been formed here andthere by the sh i ft ing of the r iver’s bed . Now andthen a few

mu st wander eastwards along the sou thernbank of the Zambes i asfar as the V i ctoria Falls , as I saw my fri end Mr . J L.

Garden


shoot one in 1 874 wh ich was standing on the very brink of theprec ip i ce . Th i s , however, i s the only one I have ever seen to theea st of Umpar i ra , thou gh I have been severa l t im es backwards andforwards along the r i ver ’s bank between that place andtheVi ctor ia Falls s ince . Along the Upper Zambes i from Sesheke tothe B aroutse Valley the nat i ve s report them common. Why thePookoo doe s not extend its range fu rther westwards along thesou thernbank of the Chobe I . am at a los s to understand , as theredoes not appear to be any change in the character of the countryor vegetation to account for i t.

”

Fu rther informati on i s gi venby Selou s inhi s account of thePuku in The Great andSmall Gam e of Afri ca I n 1 877 I

vi s i ted the Chobi R iver a second t im e,andhunted for several

months along i ts sou thern bank , but although th i s was only threeyears after my first v i s i t, when I found pookoo antelopes so

numerou s , these animals hadalready become excessively scarce in

fact, hadalmost ceased to ex i st . The exterm inat ionof the pookooin th i s part of Afr i ca wasdue to a pol it i ca l convul s ion amongstthe B arots i tribe onthe Upper Zambes i , as , during the year 1 876 ,shortly after the assass inat ionof Sipopo , the ch ief of the B arotsi ,large num bers of nat ive s fl edfrom the ir home s on the Zam be s i ,crossed the swamps of the Chob i , andcamped al l along thesouthernbank of that r iver, j u st inthe pookoo groundDu ring th i s per iod of persecu t ionno pookoos moved e i ther fartherwestwards along the Chob i , or eastwards along the Zambes i towardsthe Vi ctor ia Falls , for a lthough I found a few

‘

o i the se antelope sst i ll survi v ing in the ir old haunts in 1 8 77 , there were absolutely

none e i ther to the east or the west of the sma l l tract of country in

wh i ch they hadbeen so plent ifu l 1 11 1 874

2 56 — 1 9 . 28 1 . 7 Ju l y , 1 8 74 . Sou thh‘ank of Chobe Ri ver,

near juncti onwi thZambe s i .1 9 . 7. 1 5 . 282 . 1 2 Au gu st, 1 8 74 . Southbank of Chobe Ri ver ,near juncti onw i thZamb e s i .

p . 295 , 1 899 .

T H E SELOUS COLLECT ION . 49

Subfam i ly E P Y CER OT I NJE .

PALA, on IMPALA .

ZEP YCER o s MELAMPUS MELAMPU S

Anti l op e mel amp u s , L i chtenste in, Re i se , vol. 1 1 . p . 544 , p l . iv. , 1 8 1 2

Mag . nat. Freunde , vol . vi . p . 1 67, 1 8 1 4 .

E p yceros m el amp u s , Sundeva l l , K. Svenska Vet. -Ak . H andl . 1 845, p . 271 ,

1 847.

E p ycefros m el amp u s mel ampu s , Lydekk er andBla ine

, Cat. Ungul ate

Mamm . Bri t.Mu s . vol . 1 11 . p . 8 , 1 91 4 .

I nthe Sou th Afr i canPala the horns are of m ed ium s i ze onlyandcons iderably m ore slender than in the East Afri can race .

General colou r bri ght reddi sh brown; no dark blaze on face ,a character that d i st ingu i shes the typ i cal form from the Angolan

p ete rs i , inwh i ch the m u zzle i s marked w ith a black i sh blaze .

Of the four heads inthe Collecti on the largest horns are thoseof No . 283 — length on front cu rve 245 ; strai ght l inefrom po int to base 20 ; c i rcum ference 55 ; spread from tip toti p 1 25.

Typ i ca l local i ty, Kl ipfonte in, L i ttle Namaqualand rangeextends northwards as far as the Zambes i .Selou s gi ve s the following account of the d i stribu ti onof the

Pala in 1 88 1 z—“Thi s Antelope I first m et w i th on the Mari coanfl Notufini ri vers , two tr ibutar ies of the Limpopo andfromthere northwards i t i s to be found along the banks of every r i verandstream wherever I have‘ been, except inthose place s where thenat i ves have exterminated or dri venthem away . They are nowhere

m ore plenti fu l than a long the Chobe, andmay often be seen 1 11herds of from twenty to a hundred together .

2 58 1 9 . 7. 1 4 Augu st, 1 879 . Sou thbank of ChobeRi ver , west of Santa Outl et, NorthBechuana l and .

1 9 . 7. 1 5 . 284 . 29 Ju l y, 1 877. Southbank of Chobe R iver ,west of Sunta Outl et, NorthBechuana land .

1 9 . 7 . 1 5 . 285 . Sep tember , 1 874 . South bank of ChobeRi ver

,near juncti onw i thZambe s i .

- 1 9 . 7. 1 5 . 286 . 27 Augu st, 1 8 74 . South bank of ChobeRi ver , near junct ionwi thZambe s i .

Proc . Zool . Soc . 1 88 1 , p . 757.


JUBALAND IMPALA .

ZEP YCER o s MELAMPUS R END I LI s .

E p yceros mel amp u s rendi l i s , Lonnberg , K. Svenska Vet.-Ak . H andl .

vol. xl vi i i . no . 5 , p . 1 64 , 1 9 1 2 .

Larger thanthe Sou th Afri can Impala w i th longer andstou te rhorns

,good horns m easur ing on cu rve from 28 to 3 1 5 inche s in

length . Genera l colour br ighter . The best pai r of horns intheCollect ion (No . 287) m easure as fol l ows z— length on

curve 285; stra ight l ine from po int to base 2 1 5; c i rcumference

55; spread from tip to ti p 1 2 .

Type local i ty, Northern Gu aso Ny i ro , Kenya Colony . Th i s

rac e i s apparently d i stribu ted over a large part of Kenya Colony ,from the NorthernGuaso Ny i ro andTurkwe l R i ver inthe north ,so u thwards towards the Tanganyika Terr i tory boundary , where i tprobably m erge s w i th the clo sely all ied race 3 1mm descr ibed byMatschi e from the Ki l imanjaro D i str i ct . It may b e , that when

more material i s ava i lable for exam inat ion, i t w i ll be found that theKi l imanjaro andNorthernGuaso Ny i ro Impala s repre sent one raceonly, inwh i ch case the nam e g iven by Matschie wou ld have to

be adopted for the Impala of Keny a Co lony andTangany ikaTerrito ry .

2 6 2 1 9 . 7. 1 5 . 28 7. 1 8 De c emb er,1 902 . Ender i t River

, southendof Lake Naku ru ,

Na i vasha D i str i ct, Kenya Co l ony .

- 1 9 . 7. 1 9 De c ember , 1 902. Ender i t R i ver , sou thendof Lake Naku ru ,

Na i va sha D i str i ct, Kenya Co l ony.

1 9 . 7. 1 5 . 289 . 3 1 January,1 9 03 . Ender i t R i ver , sou thend

of Lake Nakuru ,Na i va sha D i str i ct , Kenya Col ony .

—1 9 . 7, 1 5 . 290. 2 February , 1 903 . Ender i t R i ver , sou th endof Lake Naku ru ,

Na iva sha D i str i ct, Kenya Co l ony.

1 9 . 29 1 . 1 2 December , 1 902 . Ender i t R i ver , sou thendof Lake Nakuru ,

Na i va sha D i str i ct , Kenya Co l ony.

— 1 9 . 2 Janu ary , 1 903 . E ldoma Ravine Stati on,

Kenya Co l ony .

2 6 8—2 73 — 1 9 . 7. 1 5 . 293 —298 . 1 91 2 . Northern Gua so Nyi ro , KenyaCo l ony .

2 74 —275 - 1 9 . 299—300. Kenya Province , Kenya Col ony .

Streps i ceros su ara ,Mats chi e

, Si tzb er . Ges . nat . Fr eunde , 1 892 , p . 1 35,

p artim .

E p yceros su am ,Matschi e , Sauge th. Deu tsch - Ost -Afrika , p . 1 29 , 1 895 .


Subfam i ly ANT I LOP I NJE .

THOMSON’S GAZELLE .

GAZELLA THOMSONI TH OM SONI .

Ga ze l l a thomsom’

, G iinther , Ann .Mag . Nat. H i st. ser . 5, vol. xiv. p . 427,

1 884 .

Ga zel l a thomson'i thom soni , Rooseve l t andH el l er , Li fe -hi stori es ofAfri canGame Anima l s , vol . 11 . p . 601 , 1 9 1 5 .

S i ze m ed i um ,he ight at shou lder about 25 inches . Horns long

andnearly para llel , good horns measure from 1 5 to 1 65 inches in

l ength . No dark patch onnose , a feature wh i ch di stingu i shes thetypi cal race from nasa l i s .

The only spec imenof the Ki l imanjaro thomsoni inthe Collecti oni s one obtained in 1 91 5—1 6 . The horns of th i s head are almostparallel measurements —length on front cu rve 1 25 c i rcumfer

ence 35 ; spread from tip to tip 25.

Typ i cal local i ty , K i limanjaro D i stri ct range extends fromK i l imanjaro sou thwards to the Irangi D i stri ct in Tangany ikaTerr i tory .

276 1 9 . 7. 1 91 5—1 6 . T a i ta andT aveta D i str i ct, KenyaCo l ony.

BLACK - SNOUTED THOMSON ’S GAZELLE .

GAZELLA THOMSONI NASALI S .

Gazel l a thomsoni nasa l i s,Lonnberg, Sjéstedt’s Ki l imandjaro -Meru E Xp ed.

p . 4 6 , 1 908 .

Close ly re lated to the typi cal race , d i stingu i shed by the hornsbe ing less paral lel andthe presence of a dark black i sh spot onnose .

Lydekker andBla ine cons idered the Thom son Gaze lle from theh ighlands of Kenya Colony as i dentical wi th the typ i cal form fromKi l imanjaro . There has ev idently been a m i stake made

,as the

au thors state that the absence of the nose - spot,upon wh i ch th i s

supposed race was founded , doe s not appear to be a constantcharacter of the Gazelle s of th i s d i str i ct .

”The race was founded

1. Cat. Ungul ate Mamm . Br i t.Mu s . vol . i i i . p p . 83 and85, 1 91 4 .

E 2


onthe pre sence of a dark nose - spot, a character that is qu i te wellmarked inthe follow ing seri e s .

Of the spec imens obtained in 1 902—3 the best pa i r of hornsare those of No . 1 9 . 7 . 1 5 . 301 , wh ich m ea su re as follows —length

onfront cu rve 1 41 ; c ircumference spread from tip to ti p 53.

The average tip to tip inte rva l of the ser ies i s 4% inches .

Typi cal local i ty ,“Northern Uganda andLado .

” The Blacksnou ted Thom sonGazelle i s found over a ve ry large area , inhab i ting

the country from Mak indu in the east to the southern shore s ofthe V i c toria Nyanza in the we st

,andnorthwards throu gh the

Nai va sha D i stri ct to north of Lake Baringo andeast of Mt .

Kenya .

2 7 7 — 1 9 . 7. 9 Janu ary , 1 903 . E lmente i ta Stati on, Na i

va sha D i stri ct, Kenya Co l ony .

302 . 22 De cemb er , 1 902 . Pl a in near E lmente i ta

Stati on,Nai va sha D i s tri ct , Kenya Co l ony .

1 9 . 7. 1 5 . 303 . 1 7 Dec ember , 1 902 . Enderi t R iver , south endof Lake Nakuru , Na ivasha D i str i ct, Kenya Co l ony .

1 9 . 7. 1 5 . 304 . 20 De c emb e r , 1 902 . Enderi t Ri ver , southendof Lake Naku ru , Na i va sha D i str i ct, Kenya Co l ony .

1 9 . 25 De c ember , 1 902 . Near Lake E lmente i ta ,

Na i va sha D i str i ct, Kenya Co l ony .

1 9 . 7. 1 5 . 306 . 3 1 Janua ry , 1 903 . Be twe en E lmente i ta

StationandEnder i tR iver ,Na i va sha D i str i ct , Kenya Co l ony .

1 9 . 7. 3 Febru ary , 1 903 . Between E lmente i ta

Station andEnderi t Ri ver , Na ivasha D i stri ct, KenyaCo l ony .

1 9 . 7 . Kenya Province,Kenya Co l ony .

1 9 . 7. H ead - sk in. Kenya Provinc e,Kenya Co l ony.

TYPICAL GR ANT GAZELLE .

GAZELLA GRANTI GRANTI .

Anti l ope saemm er r ingi i Grant, Pro c . Zool . Soc . 1 8 63, p . 3

, nee

Cretz schmar .

Ga ze l l a granti , Brooke , Proc . Zool . Soc . 1 8 72 , p . 601 , p l . xli . ; 1 8 73 ,p . 550 ; 1 8 78 , p . 723 .

Ga zel l a grantj typ i ca , A. H . Neumann, Great andSma l l Game of Afr i ca,

p . 355,1 899 .

Ga zel l a granti granti , O . Neumann, Si tzb er . Ge s . nat. Freunde

,1 906

,

p . 243 .


24 December,1 902 . Between E lmente i ta

Stati on andLake E lm ente i ta ,Na i vasha D i str i ct, Kenya

Col ony .

1 9 . 7. 1 5 . 31 5 . 1 7 December , 1 902 . E lmente i ta Stati on,Na iva sha D i str i ct, Kenya Co l ony .

1 9 . 7. 1 5 . 3 1 6 . 1 7 January,1 903 . Near S imba Stati on, Ul u

D i stri ct, Kenya Co l ony.

1 9 . 7 . 1 5 . 3 1 7. 20 Dec ember , 1 902 . Sou th endof LakeNaku ru , Na i va sha D i stri ct, Kenya Col ony .

1 9 . 7. 1 5 . 31 8 . 1 7 De cember , 1 902 . Near Gi l -Gil Sta ti on,

Na i vasha D i stri ct, Kenya Co l ony .

—1 9 . 7. 1 5 . 3 1 9 (femal e). 23 Dec ember , 1 902 . Near LakeE lmente i ta

, Na ivasha D i stri ct, Kenya Colony .

1 9 . 7. 1 5 . 320. Kenya Prov ince,Kenya Co l ony .

RAI NEY’

S GRANT GAZELLE .

GAZ ELLA GRANTI BAI NEY I .

Ga ze l l a granti ra ine y i , H e l l er , Sm i thson. M i sc . Collect. vo l . lxi . no . 7,

p . 6 , 1 9 1 3.

Most nearly al l ied to Gaz e l l a granti br igkti described byThomas from the Lado d i str ict ; d i stingu i shed by the presenceof a dark pyga l band to the wh i te rump - pa tch . He ller states , in

hi s original descript ion, that the genera l colou r of the upper partsi s darker. Horns larger andmore w idely spread . From rooseve l ti

this race i s d i st ingu i shed bv the horns be ing smaller andm oreparallel . The horns of th i s ser ie s average la ther shorter andmarkedly le ss w ide ly spread than in the spe c imens referred toroose ve l ti .

Be st horn measurements (No . 1 9 . 326) — length on

front curve 255 ; o l rcumference 65 ; spread from ti p to tip 1 05.

The average ti p to tip inte rval of the two seri e s i s as follow s

roose'

ve l ti (8 spec imens) 1 3 inches, andm iney i (7 spec imens)8 inches .

Typi cal local i ty , junction of NorthernGuaso Nyiro andI s io laR ivers . D i stribu ted over a large area of the northern part of

Kenya Colony, ranging from the north bank of the Tana R i ver

Proc .- Zoo l . Soc . 1 900, p . 805.

T H E SELOU S COLLECTION .

andnorthern slopes ofMt. Kenya , northwards across the NorthernGuaso Ny i ro Vallev towards Lake Rudolf .

2 9 9—3 05 — 1 9 .

—330. January andFebru ary,1 9 1 2 . Northern

Gua so Nyi ro , Kenya Co l ony .

SPRINGBUCK .

ANTIDORCAS MAR SUP I AL I SMAR SUP I ALI S.

La Ga zel l e Er, bou rse su r te dos , Al l amand, Schne i der ’

s ed. B ufi on’

s

l l i sto i re Nature l l e , Suppl . vo l i v . p . 1 42, p l . 1x . ,

1 778 .

Anti l op e m arswp i a l i s , Z immermann, Geogr . Ge schi chte

, vo l . i i . p . 427,

1 780.

Anti l op e eu chore , Forst., Z imm ermann

, op . c i t . vol . i i i . p . 269 , 1 783 .

Ga ze l l a. eu chore , A. Sm i th, S. Afr i canQu art. Jou rn. vol . 1 1 . p . 1 9 1,1 834 .

Antidorca s euchore , Sundeva l l , K. Svenska V et .-Ak . H andl . 1 845, p . 271 ,

1 847.

Antidorcas marsu p i a l i s , E l l i ot, Cat. Mamm . Fi eldMu s . (Fi e l dMu s". Zoo l .Pub . no . 1 1 5 , vol . vi i i .)p . 75 , 1 907.

Antidorca s m arsu p i a l i s m a rsup i a l i s , Lydekk er andBl a ine , Cat. Ungu l ateMamm . Bri t. Mu s . vo l . i i i . p . 1 1 1 , 1 91 4 .

D i stingu i shed from the Gazelle s by the presence of a large

evertibl e dorsa l gland extend ing from m iddle of back to rump, andlined w i th long wh i te hai rs , the absence of ingu inal glands , andpre sence of only two pa i rs of lower premolars . Horns of m edi ums i ze (from 1 4 to 1 95 inche s in length in good spec im ens), sub

lyrate , with incu rved tips .

Be st hornm easu rem ents (No . 1 9 . 7 . 1 5 . 33 1 ) — length on frontcurve 1 35 ; c i rcum ference 6 ; spread from tip to tip Of thefemale spec im ens No . 1 9 . 7 1 5 . 334 has except i onal ly long horns,m easu ring 1 05 inche s in lengthw i th a tip to tip interval of

55 inches .Typ i cal local i ty, probably sou thernCape Colony ; range includes

the Orange R iver Colony andBechuanaland, extend ing westwardsinto Angola .

Selou s gi ves the follow ing account of the d i stribu ti on of theSpringbu ck in Sou th Afr i ca in the year 1 88 1 —“The Spr ingboki s sti ll found in the north - we stern porti ons of the Cape Colony

,

andthroughou t the Free State , Transvaal, andGri qualand West,Proc . Zool . Soc . 1 88 1 , p . 757.


where i thas not yet been exterm inated . Along the borders of theKalahari desert it i s common in many parts , andon the saltpansbetween the B otl etl i e R i ver andthe waggon- road leading fromBamangwato to the Zambe s i , i t i s also plenti fu l . I n commonw i th the Gem sbu ck andHartebeest , however , i ts northernrange i sbounded by the th i ck forests wh ich runeast andwest

,sou th of the

Mababe rive r. I believe that to the west of Lake Ngam i it has a

more extens i ve range northwards .

3 06 1 0 January,1 8 72 . Gri qua land We st, South

Afr i ca .

1 9 . 332. 20 January,1 8 77. Mar i tsani Ri ver , Bech

uanaland.1 9 . 7. 1 5 . 333 . 20 Sep tember , 1 884 . Near Mets i butl uku ,

NorthKa lahar i , Khama ’

s Country .

(fema l e). 1 0 January , 1 88 1 . Chwai Saltp an,Be chuana l and .

3 1 0 - 3 1 2 —337 (females). May ,1 895 . Dre i fonte in,

Orange Ri ver Co l ony .

GERENUK .

LI TH OCRANI US W ALLE R I .

Gazel l a wa l l eri , Brooke , Proc . Zool . Soc . 1 878 , p . 929 , p l . l vi .

Mt[h]w rani us (Ga z el l a)wa l l er i , Kohl , Ann. H ofmns . Wi en, vo l . i . p . 79 ,

p l . 5 , fig . 3 , andp l . 6 , fig . 1 , 1 886 .

Li thocrani u s ma l l er i , T homa s,Proc . Zool . Soc . 1 89 1 , p . 207.

D i stingu i shed from the Gaze lle s andSpringbu ck by the greatelongat ion of the ne ck andl imbs, the presence of fou r teats, andofa bare glandu lar area be low each eye .

‘Lower premolars, as in

Gaz e l l a , three pai rs . Inguinal glands absent . Horns pre sentonly inmales

,sub lyrate in type w i th t ips curved forwards ; good

horns from 1 4 to 1 7 inchesOf the sevenheads in the Collect i onNo . 1 9 . 7 . 1 5 . 339 posse sse s

the longest horns z— length on front curve 1 4 c i rcumference 5 ;spread from t ip to tip 45.

Typ i cal local i ty, Juba Va lley . The range i s very great, extend ing from Somal i land andsou thern Abyss inia sou thwardthrough Jubal and, across the Northern Guaso Nyi ro Valleyinto the Tana landProv ince , andfrom thence through Ta i ta

TH E sELoUs COLLECTION. 57

andTaveta D istr i ct to north - east of Mt. K i l imanjaro, pass ing

sou thwards along the R i ft Valley into Tanganyika Terri tory .

3 1 3 1 April , 1 9 1 2 . Northern Gua so Nyi ro D i s

tr i c t, Kenya Col ony.

1 0 March, 1 9 1 2 . Northern Gua s o Nyi roD i str i ct, Kenya Co l ony .

1 9 . 340. Janu ary . 1 9 1 2 . Northern Guaso Nyi ro Di str i ct , Kenya Co l ony .

1 9 . 7. 1 5 . 34 1 . 30 March, 1 9 1 2 . NorthernGua so Nyi ro D i str i ct, Kenya Co l ony .

—1 9 . 7 . 1 5 . 342 . 1 5 March, 1 9 1 2 . NorthernGua so Ny i ro Di str i ct, Kenya Co l ony .

- 1 9 . 7. 1 5 . 343 . 1 3 March, 1 9 1 2 . NorthernGua so Nyi ro Di str i ct, Kenya Co l ony .

1 9 . 7. 1 5 . 344 . 1 4 February, 1 9 1 2 . NorthernGua s o Nyi roD i stri ct, Kenya Col ony ,

Subfami ly OR YG I NE .

GEMSBUCK .

ORYX GAZELLA .

Cap ra ga zel l a ,Linn. Syst . Nat. cd. 1 0, vol . 1 . p . 69 , 1 758 ed. 1 2 , vol . i .

p . 96 , 1 766 .

A'nti l ope oryx , Pa l l a s , Sp i c i l . Zoo l . fasc . x i i . p p . 1 6 and61 , 1 777.

C'erophorus (Oryx) oryx , B l a invfl l e , Bull . Soc . Phi l om . 1 8 1 6 , p . 75 .

Onyx onyx ,Gray , Medi cal Rep o s i tory, vo l . xv. p . 307, 1 821 , m i spr int for

Orymoryx .

Oryw oryx ,Jardine , Natura l i st’

s Libr . , Mamm . vol . x i . p . 204 , 1 835 .

Oryzc cap ens i s , Ogi l by, Proc . Zool . Soc . 1 836 , p . 1 39 .

Orym ga zel l a ,Gray , Li st Mamm . Br i t. Mu s . p . 1 56 , 1 843 ; Ann. Mag .

Nat. H i st. ser . 1 , vol . xvi i i . p . 232 , 1 846 Proc . Zool . Soc . 1 850, p . 1 34 ;

Knowsl ey Menageri e , p . 1 7, 1 850 ; Cat. Ungulata Br i t. Mu s . p . 1 05 ,

1 8 52 Cat. Rum inants Br i t .Mu s . p . 35, 1 8 72 H and - Li st Rum inantsBri t.Mu s . p . 1 04 , 1 8 73 .

The Gem sbu ck i s the largest m ember of the genu s, the he ightat shou lder abou t 48 inche s . Hair long andrough , very differentto the short - hai red coat of the East Afr i canBe i sa . Dark mark ings

onface very prom inent, the frontal or nose - patch communi cat ingw i th dark eye

- stripe andcontinu ed on to throat ; dark throatmark ing w ithou t any med ian light patch or stripe, su ch as alwaysoccurs in 0 . (um e c z

‘ens . Horns longer than in the East

58 T H E sELoUs CoLLE CT i oN.

Afr i canBe i sa andstra i ghter ; fine horns m easure from 43 to 4 75inche s in length .

The be st horns inthe Collecti on(No . 1 9 . 7 1 5 . 348 )m easu re as

follows — length on front 425 c i rcum ference 7 spread from ti p

to ti p 1 95. Of the m ale s No . 1 9 . 7 . 1 5 . 349 has the longe st horns ;m easu rements —length on front 37 c i rcum ference 8 spreadfrom tip to ti p 1 85.

Typ i cal locali ty, som e part of the de sert areas of sou th - western

Afri ca,between Bechuanaland andMossamede s the spec i es i s

found as far north as E lephant B ay, Bengu ella , Angola .

It was not unt i lMay 1 1 th, 1 879 , that Se lou s secu red hi s first

Gem sbu ck , an immature cow shot near the B otletl i e R i ver . Afew days late r (May 1 5)he k i lled anadu lt female , wh i ch carried

42 - inch horns , at the same local i ty .

3 20 1 9 . 7. Apri l , 1 888 . North of Makari - kar i Sa ltpan,

Nata R iver , North Ka lahar i .3 2 1—32 3 - 1 9 . 7. 1 5 . 346 - 348 (fema l e s). April , 1 888 . North ofMakar i

kar i Sa l tpan, Nata R i ver , North Ka l ahar i .21 June , 1 884 . Nea r Mets i butluku ,

NorthKal ahar i , Khama

’

s Country.

— 1 9 . 7. 1 5. 350 (fema l e). 23 June,1 884 . Nea r Mets i butl uku

,

NorthKa lahari , Khama’

s Country .

—1 9 . 7. 1 5 . 351 (femal e). 22 Sep tember, 1 884 . Near Mets i

butluku , North Ka l ahar i , Khama ’

s Country.

—1 9 . 7. 1 5 . 352 (femal e). 1 1 May ,1 879 . Botl etl i e Ri ver ,

Khama ’

s Country.

1 9 . 7. 1 5 . 353 (fema l e). 1 5 May ,1 879 . Botl etl i e River ,

Khama’

s Country .

1 9 . 7 . 1 5 . 354 . 1 6 Sep tember , 1 884 . Sode Gara Vl ey , NorthKalahari .

330—3 3 1 - 1 9 . 7 .

—356 . H orns . Be chuana land .

I B EAN BE ISA .

ORYX B E I SA ANNE CT ENS.

Oryw annectens , H oll i ster , Smi thson. Mi sc . Collect. vol . lvi. no . 2 , p . 7,

1 9 1 0.

Oryw bei sa annectans , Ward, Re cords of B ig Game , ed. 6 , p . 293, 1 91 0.

S i ze smaller than in the Sou th Afri canGem sbu ck , wi th smaller

andless w i dely spread horns ; good horns measure from 34 to

39 inches in length . Face markings mu ch as in 0 . gaz e l l a , but

TH E SELOUS COLLECT ION. 59

the nose - patch i s narrower andnot connected w i th the eye- stripes ;

no fringe or tu ft on throat . Th i s race appears to be interm ed iatebetween the Abyss inian Oryx be z

’

sa ga l l aru inandthe Ki limanjaroFringed - eared Bei sa , Oryx be i sa ca l l otz

’

s . It i s very m u ch greyerin colou r thanthe Abyss inian form , andmay be di stingu i shed at

once from ca l l oti s by the absence of the long dark ear - fringes .Best horn m easu rem ents (No . 1 9 . 7. 1 5 . 359) — length on

front 34 c i rcum ference 65 spread from ti p to tip 95.

Typi ca l loca l ity,Laik i pia Plateau , Laik ip ia D i stri ct, Kenya

Colony . Range extends from the north bank of the Tana R i veracross the northern slopes of Mt . Kenya to Lake Baringo, andnorthwards across the Northern Guaso Ny i ro andalong theT urkwe l ‘ R i ver to Lake Rudolf andtowards the Abyss inianborder .

33 2—3 34 - 1 9 . 7.—359 . 1 9 1 2 . Northern Guaso Nyi ro D i str ict,

Kenya Col ony .

1 9 . 7. 1 5. 360 (femal e). 1 9 1 2 . NorthernGuaso Nyi ro D i stri ct,Kenya Co l ony .

33 6—34 0 - 1 9 . 7. 1 5. 361 —365 (sex not re corded). 1 9 1 2 . NorthernGu aso Nyi ro D i str i ct, Kenya Col ony .

34 1 - 34 2 —1 9 . 7. 1 5. 366 - 367 (sex not recorded). Sungar i Ronga i Ri ver ,Kenya Province , Kenya Col ony.

ROAN ANTELOPE .

HIPPOTRAGUS EQUI NUS EQUINUS .

Anti l op e equ ina ,De smarest, NouV . D i et . H i st. Nat . vol . xxi v . p . 4 , and

T abl . p . 32 , 1 804 ; Mamma l ogi e , vol . i i . p . 4 76 , 1 822 .

Ai goceros barbata , A. Sm i th, S. Afri can Quart . Journ. vol . 1 1 . p . 1 8 6 ,

1 834 .

Ai goceros equ inu s , A. Sm i th, op . c i t. p . 1 8 5 , 1 834 .

H i ppotragu s equ inu s , Sundeval l , K . Svenska Vet.-Ak . H andl . 1 844 ,

p . 1 97, 1 846 .

H i p p otm gu s equ inu s typ i ons , Sclater andThomas , Book of Antel op es ,

vol . iv . p . 1 3 , 1 899 .

H i p p otragu s equ inu s equ inu s , Lydekk er andBl a ine , Cat. Ungu latc

Mamm . Bri t.Mu s . vol . i i i . p . 1 36 , 1 9 1 4 ,

S i ze large, he ight at shou lder occas i onally as mu ch as 60 inches .Horns stou t, comparat i vely short , cylindr i cal, andheav i ly ridged ;good horns from 30 to 34 inches in length . General colour

60 TH E SELOUS COLLECT ION.

grey i sh m i xed w i th redd i sh brown ; face vandyke brown with

prom inent wh i te patches above andextending in front of eye s , thewh i te ha i rs inanterior ‘

part of cons iderable length . L ight mark ingbehind eye s . Mu zzle , s ides of nose , andch inwh i te .

Horn m easurements (No .

— length on frontcurve 32 ; c i rcum ference 95 ; spread from tip to tip 1 2 . Thehorns of the females are not nearly so heavy, the large st of theseri e s (No . 1 9 . 7 7 measuring as follows —length on frontcu rve 305 ; c ircumference 7 spread from tip to ti p 75.

Typ ica l loca li ty, Sou th Afri ca north of the Orange R iver, therange extend ing as far

i

northas NorthernRhodes ia .

Selou s g i ves the follow ing account of the d i stribu ti on of theRoan Ante lope inSo u thAfrica du ring the period 1 871 —1 88 1 .“I have twice met w i th the Roan Ante lope to the south ofBamangwato— once on the L impopo andonce on the Notuani .I n the ne ighbourhood of the Tati insouth - weste rnMatabele Landi t is not uncommon, andal l a long the road from there to theZambe si it may be met W i th , though nowhere plenti fu l . As far

as I have been along the Chobe it i s to be found sparing ly, andalso in the Mababe country . Throughou t theMashuna country iti s tolerably plentifu l, andin the Mani ca country north of theZambe si I saw a good many . I n fact it i s to be found over a

vast extent of country inCentra l Sou th Afri ca, but is nowhere to

be met w i th in large numbers .

34 3 1 9 . 7 . 1 5 . 368 (femal e). 3 June , 1 882 . Um zwe swi Ri ver ,Mashonal and , SouthernRhode s ia .

1 9 . 7. 1 5 . 369 . 28 Ju ly,1 8 83 . Upper Umfu l i Ri ver ,Mashona

l and , Sou thernRhode sia .

34 5- 3 4 6 —1 9 . 7. 1 5 . 370—371 . June , 1 885 . Up per Umfu l i Ri ver ,Ma shonaland , Sou the rnRhode s ia .

1 9 . 7. 1 5 . 372 . 1 1 Ju ly ,1 883 . H anyani Ri ver , Mashona l and ,

SouthernRhodes ia .

1 9 . 7. De cember , 1 89 1 . H anyani Ri ver , Mashonal and


1 9 . 7. 1 5 . 374 . Octob er , 1 88 7. Near H anyani River , LoMagondi ’

s Country , Ma shona l and, Southern Rhode s i a .

1 9 . 7 . Au gu st, 1 892 . Near H anyani Ri ver , not farfrom Sali sbury , SouthernRhode s ia .

Proc . Zool . Soc . 1 88 1 , p . 756 .

62 THE SELOUS COLLECT ION .

Writing in 1 88 1 as Selou s makes the follow ing statem ent abou tthe d i stribu t ion of the Sable Ante I Ope z

—“At the present daya few Sable Antelopes are sti ll to be found in Sou th - westernMatabele Land, inthe ne ighbou rhood of R am okwebani Shashani ,andSamookwe ri vers (tr ibu tar ie s of the Shashe). Along thewaggon- road lead ing from Tati to the Zambes i i t may be

m et w i th here andthere , b ut i s dec idedly scarce . All alongthe Chobe ri ver

,as far as I have been, I have m et w i th th i s

Antelope , though spar ingly . I n the Mababe country , andontheroad lead ing from there to Bamangwato , I ne ither saw a SableAnte lope nor the spoor of one , anddo not th ink i ts range extendsso far to the we st . I n the broken country to the sou th of theVi ctoria F al ls , in the ne ighbou rhood of the P endamatenka andDaka ri vers , i t i s not uncommon, but i ts true hom e i s the h igherport ions of theMashuna country to the north - east of the Matabelecountry Ou the Mani ca plateau

,north of the Zambes i ,

Sable Antelopes are also to be met w i th .

”

3 53 —1 9 . 7. 1 5 . 3 78 . 30May , 1 882 . Umniati River , Mashonaland ,SouthernRhode s ia .

- 1 9 . 7. 8 Sep tember , 1 878 . Um zwesw i Ri ver , Ma sh ~

onal and, SouthernRhode s i a .

1 9 . 7. 1 5 . 380 (female). Um zwesw i R i ver , Ma shonaland ,Sou thernRhode s ia .

1 9 . 7. 1 5 . 38 1 . 22 Sep tember , 1 880. Umfuh' Ri ver,Mashona

l and , SouthernRhode s ia .

1 9 . 7. 1 5 . 382 . 1 6 October , 1 880. Umfu l i R iver,Mashona

1and,Sou thernRhodes ia .

1 9 . 7. 1 5 . 383 (fema l e). October , 1 880 . Umfu l i River,

Ma shonal and , Sou thernRhode s ia .

1 9 . 1 5 . 384 (fema l e). 30 June,1 8 83 . Umfu l i R i ver

,

Mashona l and , Sou thernRhode s i a .

1 9 . 7. 1 5 Jul y, 1 8 79 . Southern bank of ChobeRi ver , we st of Sunta Outlet, NorthBechuanaland,

1 9 . 7. 1 5 . 386 . Augu st, 1 883 . H anyani Ri ver , Ma shonaland,

‘

SouthernRhode s ia .

1 9 . 7. 1 5 . 38 7. 6 Sep temb er , 1 8 83. H anyani Ri ver,Ma shona

land , SouthernRhode s i a .

1 9 . 7. 1 5 . 388 . Ski n , mounted . Jul y ,1 892 . H anyani Ri ver

,

Mashona l and , Sou thernRhode s i a .

4“Proc . Zool . Soc . 1 8 8 1 , p . 756 .

THE SELOU S COLLECTION . 63

1 2 October , 1 8 83 . Near source of H anyaniRi ver ,Ma shongfland, SouthernRhodes i a .

1 9 . 7. 1 5 . 390. October , 1 880. Mashonal and , SouthernRhodes i a .

1 9 . 7. 1 5 . 391 ; Sep tember , 1 89 1 . Near Ma z oe Ri ver , Northeastef'nMashonal and , SouthernRhodes i a .

1 9 . 7. 1 5 . 392 . Novemb er , 1 89 1 . Near Ma z oe Ri ver , NortheasternMashonal and , Sou thernRhode s i a .

1 9 . 7. 1 5 . 393 . April,1 892. Matoko ’

s Country, Mangwendi ,EasternMashonal and, SouthernRhodes i a .

Subfam i ly TR AGELAP H I NZE .

H IGH LAND BUSHBUCK .

TRAGELAPHU S SCRIPTU S DE LAME B E I .

Tragel aphu sdel amerei , Pocock , Ann .Mag . Nat . H i st. ser . 7, vol . v . p . 95 ,

1 900.

Tragel aphu s scr i p tu s del am erei,Lydekker , Game Animal s of Afr i ca ,

p . 324 , 1 908 .

A large Bu shbu ck , in the adu lt stage very ri chly colou red .

Head ands i des of face br i ght ru fou s - bu ffw i th dark nose - stripe

across the latter there som et im e s occu rs a wh i te chevronmark ing .

Two well -definedwh i te spots below eye . General colou r darkbrown sprinkled w i th buff. Ind i stinct wh i te stripes onfl anks andspots onhaunche s . The type of th i s race i s an immature female ,the colou r of the coat be ing cons iderably paler than in the adu ltphase . Ne i ther of the two heads in the Collect ionhas the wh i techevron mark ing on the face . Horns fa irly large

,good horns

m easuring 1 6 inches in length .

Hornm easurements —No . 1 9 . 7 . 1 5 . 394 length onfront curve

1 25 ; c i rcumference 55 spread from ti p to ti p 65. No .

395 : length on front curve 1 55 ; c i rcumference 6 ; spread fromti p to ti p 7 .

Typ i cal local i ty, Sayer, north - east of Laik ipia Plateau , KenyaColony . The range i s extensi ve , includ ing the greater part ofKenya Colony from Lake Rudolf andnorth - we stern Ugandasou thwards to the sou thern shore s of the V i ctor ia Nyanza inTan

ganyika Terr i tory, andeastward to Ki limanjaro . Th i s race does

64 THE " SELOU S COLLECTION.

not extend to the coast, the Bu shbuck of the Sey idi e andTana landProvinces be ing separated as a di st inct race under the nam eTrage l aphus s cr ip tu s o l i va ceu s

From exam inat ion of the mater ial in the Mu seum Collect i onandv i ews expressed by recent observers in the fieldi t appears thatthe form s described under the name s {j eeder z} brunxneu s , ande l cl omce mu st be regarded as hav ing been founded merely on

vari ou s colou r phases of de l ame re i . The type loca l i ti e s of thesethree form s are only a short d i s tance from Sayer, the type local i ty

ofde l amere z’, the d i stances vary ing from 70 to 1 20 m i le s .3 6 9 5 Janua ry, 1 903 . Londi ani Stati on, Uas in

G i shu D i stri ct, Kenya Co l ony .

1 9 . 395 . 1 9 1 2 . NorthernGuaso Nyi ro , Kenya Co l ony .

CH OBE BUSHBUCK .

TRAGELAPHUS SCRIPTU S ORNATUS .

Tragel aphus scr iptu s orna tus , Poc ock , Ann.Mag .Nat . H i st. ser. 7, vol . v .

p . 94 , 1 900.

S i ze about as in the typical race , smaller thande l amere i withshorte r horns . Genera l colour above redd i sh brown, darker below

s ix to e ight ind i st inct transverse wh i te bands on s ides of body .

Longi tud ina l wh i te stripe s absent, but spots below transvers ebands tend to form a lower longitud ina l stripe , b ut not a well

definedl ine as i s found in the Senega l s cr ip tu s . A numbe r oflarge wh ite spots on haunche s andthree or fou r on shou lders .

Face mark ings mu ch as inde l ame re i , the wh ite chevronmark in

front of eye s may be e i ther we lldefinedor ent i re ly absent . Shorthai red collar andwh ite che st band as inde l ame rm’

. A fema lespec imen in the Mu seum Collect ion, shot by Selou s at L inyant i ,the ty pe local i ty, has only three very indi stinct wh ite bands on

the s ide s andnot nearly so many wh i te spots on the haun’

ches

as the adu lt male s have.Horn m easurements (No .

— length on frontcurve 1 25 ; c i rcum ference 55 spread from tip to tip 65.

Typi ca l local i ty , L iny ant i , Chobe Valley,Bechuanaland . Range ,Chobe andZambes i valleys extending sou thwards into Mashona

land .

H el l er , Sm i thson.Mi sc . Col l ect. vol . lxi. no . 1 3 , p . 1 , 1 9 1 3 .


Se lou s inhi s account of the Bu shbu cks of Sou th Afri ca 1“states as follows I n speak ing of th i s antelope , I include al l theBu shbu cks that I have m et w i th indifi erent parts of the country ,andwh i ch , althou gh those found on the banks of the Chobe are

very d i fferent at first s ight, both as regards s i ze andcolou r, fromthose m et w i th in the Cape Colony, I bel i eve to be al l spec ifical ly

i denti cal .Th i s Antelope i s found everywhere inthe belt of bu sh running

a l l a long the coast - l ine of the Cape Colony and. Natal , andwh i chin som e places extends to a considerable d i stance inland . Al ongthe L im popo andsom e of i ts tributari e s it i s al so found, bu t doe snot extend i ts range far up the latter . Thenif we cross the watershed between that river andthe Zambe s i , we aga inm eet wi th i t on

the banks of the latter r i ver andon the lower part of som e of i tstribu tarie s, such as the Gwa i andSanyat i . I ncertaind i stri cts alongthe sou thernbank of the Chobe i t i s m ore comm on thananywhereelse . It i s, however, never m et w i thexcept inplaces where densebu sh com es r i ght down to the water’s edge , andon the Chobe ,where I have seen most of these Antelope s , I have never foundone at a d i stance of 1 00 yards from the ri ver . From the CapeColony to the Chobe al l the Bu shbucks I have seenhave a bareplace round the neck

,as if they hadworna broad collar, that had

rubbed off al l the long hai r, 1eav ing noth ing but a soft ve lvetydown. It i s worthy of remark that the North - Afr i canBu shbu ck (Trage l aphu s scm

’

p l us) has not thi s bare place roundthe neck . I n the Cape Colony the adu lt Bu shbu ck ram s are of adeep dark browni sh - black colour , wi th only two or three smal lwh i te spots on the haunch andone or two onthe shou lder . The

adu lt females are of a l ight redd i sh brown,w i th whi te spots onthe

haunches, andsometimes a few between the shou lder andthefl ank . The young ram s are of a reddi sh brown

,m ore or less

spotted . Onthe L impopo the adu lt i am s are of a browni sh gray,

oftenw i thout a s ign of any spots, andthe adu lt female s of a darkred, w i th a few wh i te spots . The hai r of the ram s i s longer thaninthe Colony

Thi s i s'

the Bu shbu ck wh i ch GordonCumm ing cons idered tobe a new anduncl escribedspec i es andnamed the ‘Ante l op us

Proc . Zool . Soc . 1 8 8 1 , p . 752 .

TH E SELOUS CO LLE CT I ON.

rou a l eyne i ,’

or‘Bu shbu ck of the L impopo .

’ The se Bu shbu ck sare smal ler than those found in the Cape Colony If wenow take the Bu shbu cks found on the bank s of the Chobe , wefindthat the adu lt m ale i s of a very dark redcolou r, inplacesmerg ing into a deep browni sh black , m ost beau t i fu lly spotted w i thlarge wh ite Spots , there be ing as many as fifty on each s ide in

som e ind ividuals , andin some cases as many as e ight well -definedwh i te stripe s bes ide s . There i s al so a mane of wh i te hai r runninga l l down the back from the shou lder to the ta i l , abou t 3 inches inlength , andwh i ch the animal cane rect at pleasure

The Cape Bu shbu ck descr ibed in the above i s the animal nowknownas Trage l ap b z/s s cr ip l u s syl va ti cus .

- 1 9 . 7. Octob er , 1 887 . Lo Magondi ’s , Ma shonaland ,Sou thernRhode s ia .

1 9 . 7. 1 5 . 397 . Sep tembe r , 1 8 8 7. River Angwa ,North

Mashonaland , So u thernRhode s i a .

337 3—374 —1 9 . 7. 1 5 . 398—399 . Ju l y,1 8 79 . Southbank of Chob e R i ver .

CAP E BUSHBUCK.

TRAGELAPHU S S CRIPTU S SYLVAT I C L’

S.

Anti l op e syl ra ti ca , Sparrman,Act . Holm . 1 780, p . 1 97, p l . vn Re i sen

Gu ten H ofi'

nung , p . 5 1 7, p l . 1 784 ; Engl i shT rans ] . (Voyageto Cap e of GoodH ope , etc .) vol . 1 . p . 270, vol . 11 . p . 220

, p l . vi . , 1 786FrenchT rans l . vol . 1 . p . 293

, p l . 11 1 .

Tragelaphus syl va ticu s , Bla inv i l l e , Bull . Soc . Phi l om . 1 8 1 6 , p . 75 .

Tragel aphus scr ip tu s sytt'

a tiC i cs , Thomas,Proc . Zoo] . Soc . 1 89 1 , p . 389 .

S i ze as in orna fu s , horns longer . General colou r darker,

black i sh brown above andw i thou t long itud inal or transverse wh i testripes on s ide s ; a few smal l wh i te spots on haunche s andshou lders . Short - ha i red collar - band andface -mark ings as in theChobe race .

Be st horn m easu rem ents (No . 1 9 . 400) — length on

front cu rve 1 55 ; c i rcum ference 55 ; spread from tip to ti p 45.

Typi cal local ity, Groot Vadersbosch d i stri ct, Cape Colony ;range include s Cape Colony , Orange R i ver Colony, Transvaal ,Natal, andparts of Portugu e se East Afr i ca .

Th i s race i s referred to by Selou s inhi s paper publ i shed in the


Proceed ings of the Zoolog ica l Soc i ety for 1 88 1 , anextract from

wh i ch i s qu oted above .

375 — 1 9 . 7. 1 5 . 400 . April,1 896 . Near East London, Cap e Col ony .

3 76—3 77 —1 9 . 7. 1 5 . 401 —402 . March, 1 8 76 . Near Al goa B ay , CapeCo l ony.

NYALA, on INYALA .

T RAGELAPHUS ANGASI .

Tragel aphu s anga s i , Angas , Proc . Zool . Soc . 1 848 , p . 89 , p l s . i v. andv .

E u ryceros anga s i , Gray, Cat. Rum inants Br i t.Mus . p . 48 , 1 8 72 H andl i st Rum inants Bri t.Mu s . p . 1 1 9

,1 873 .

Nya l a. anga s i , H el l er , Sm i thson. Mi sc . Col l ect. vol . 1x . no . 8 , p . 1 6 , 1 91 2 .

Considerab lv larger than the Bu shbucks ; he ight at shou lderabou t 42 inches . Horns heav i er andlonger, good spec im ensm easu ring from 27 to 3 1 5 inches in length . I n the adu lt male a

heavy dark fr inge of long ha i rs extends from the throat down theneck on to the che st andbelly . General colour grey i sh brown,dorsal crest wh i te ; abou t fourteen ind i st inct wh i ti sh bands on

s ides of body anda few faint wh i te spots on haunches . Facemark ings of the Bu shbu ck pattern; suborb i ta l chevron present

,

but' incomplete . Lower part of legs bright buff, with wh itepatches dark black i sh mark ings above hocks and

‘

knees . Femalebright rufou s in colou r w i th dark dorsal crest andeleven well(l efinedtransverse wh ite bands on s ides of body . Face wi th darkbrown nasal mark ing . Mane , long fringe , andblack marks on

l imbs absent .Best horn m ea surements (No . 1 9 . 7 1 5 .

- length on

front cu rve 285; in strai ght l ine from po int to base 24 ; c i rcumference 8 spread from tip to tip 1 05.

Typ i cal local i ty,St. Lu c ia B ay, Zu lu land, The range of the

Nyala extends from Northern Nata l through Mozamb iqu e andNyasa landto Lake Mweru . I n 1 896 Se lou s made a specialj ourney to T ongalandto obta in spec im ens of th i s rare antelope .

I naddi t ion to the '

two heads andtwo pai rs of horns m enti onedbelow, he also obtained two entire spec im ens andpresented themto the Mu seum , where they are now on exh ibi ti on. (EM. Nos .


3 7 8—3 79 —1 9 . 7. 1 5 . 403 - 404 . October , 1 8 96 . Usu tu R iver , T ongal and,Natal .

3 8 0—3 8 1 —1 9 . 7 . 1 5 . 405—406. H orns . Sep tember , 1 896 . Juncti on of

Pongo l a andUsu tu Ri vers , T ongal and, Nata l .

ZAMBES I SITATUNGA

LIMNOT R AGUS SELOUSI .

Tragel aphu s sp eke i , Scla te r , Proc . Zool . Soc . 1 864 , p . 1 03 , p l . x 1 1 . ; 1 890 ,

p . 590, p l . xlvii .

Tragel aphu s se l ou s i, Rothschi l d , Novi t. Zool . vol . V . p . 206 , 1 898 .

Limnotm gu s sel ou s i , Sc late r andThomas , Book of Ante l op es , vol . iv.p . 1 57, p l . xciv .

,1 900.

D i stingu i shed from the Bu shbucks andNya la by the greate longat ion of the hoofs . S i ze alm ost equal to that of the Nyala .

Horns from 30 to 355 inches in length . Ears smaller than inZhage l aphus ( mga s i . Coat long andrather coarse . Genera lcolour d irty ye llow - ochre , w i thout the wh ite body str ipes of theNyala T. Face mark ings somewhat s im i lar, a large incompletewh i te suborb i ta l chevronandan ind i stinct wh ite spot be low eyes .

Th i s spec i es i s eas i ly d i st ingu i shed from the other members of thegenu s L inm oh'

agus by the fact that the two sexes are al ike ingeneral colou r, whereas in sp e ke i from the V i ctoria N ranza andsp eke z

'

gm tu s from the Gabunthe sexes are ofdifi erent colou rs .Best horn m easu rements (No . 1 9 . 7 . 1 5 . 409) —length on

front curve 325 ; in stra ight l ine from po int to base 2 7 ; c ircum

ference 75; spread from t ip to ti pTyp i cal local ity , Zambe s i Val ley ; range , Zambes i Valley and

northwards through NorthernRhodes ia into the southern part ofthe BelgianCongo .

3 8 2 5 Augu st, 1 879 . Lower Chobe R i ver,near

L inyanti .H orns . K i l l ed by nati ves in swamps of

Chobe Ri ver , near L inyanti (Augu st,H orns . K i l l ed by Leop ard in swamp s of

Chobe Ri ver (Au gu st,

Al so sp el t S i tutunga .

1" Se l ou s re cords (Proc . Zool . Soc . 1 88 1 , p . 753)having seen a foeta l

sp ec imen in 1 877, andstate s that i t wa s str i p ed andsp otted l ike the ChobeBu shbu cks .

1 0 TH E SELOUS COLLECT l ON.

Dama l i s (Strep si c eros) strep si cem s , H . Sm i th, op . c i t . vol . v . p . 365 , 1 827.

Strep s i ceros strep s i ceros , Smuts , Enum . Mamm . Cap . p . 92 , 1 832 .

Strep s i ceros strep s i ceros strep s i ceros , Pocock , Proc . Zool . Soc . 1 905 , vol . 1 .

p p . 1 40, 1 4 1 .

S i ze very large,he i ght at shou lder 50 to 52 inche s . D iffers

from the Le sser Kudu in hav ing a we ll - developed fr inge on throat

andche st,andmu ch larger horns , ingood spec imens from 55 to

64 inche s along cu rve . Gene ra l colour of body grey i sh brown,som etimes blu ish grey or t inted w i th rufou s ; nine or ten transverse

wh ite str ipe s on s ide of body . I n the East Afri can andSudanraces the body stripe s are less num erou s .

The Collect i on conta ins a very fine ser ie s of th i s handsome

Ant i lope . No . has the be st horns z— length ou

cu rve 605 in stra ight l ine from po int to base 455 ; c i rcumference

1 1 5 ; spread from tip to ti p 33 . Anothe r good headNo . 1 9 . 7 . 1 5 . 420, wh i ch has the fo llow ing hornm easurementslength on cu rve 635 ; in stra ight l ine from po int to ba se 4 1 ;

c ircum ference 1 0 ; spread from t ip to t ip 235. The sp ie adof thehorns i s very variable ; the max im um tip to tip inte rva l in th i s

seri es occu rs in No . be ing as mu ch as 43 inche s .

The m inim um spread from t ip tx) tip i s 1 6 inche s (No .

The female head (No . 1 9 . 7 . 1 5 . 4 1 9) i s a very exceptiona l spec imen

as i t posse sses we ll - deve loped horns , one of wh i ch measure s as

mu ch as 305 inches from po int to base . Se lou s”“wri ting inhi sd ia ry of th i s spec imenmake s the follow ing statement z I rode

on to the carcase of th i s Koodoo cow ju st afte r i thadbeenk i lledby w i ld clogs

,wh i ch I drove ofi , when near Bamangwato in

Kha ina’

s country inMarch , 1 8 88 . Altoge ther I have seen manyhundreds of female Koodoos , but th i s i s the only one I ever saww i th horns .Typ i cal local i ty, Cape Colony range extends northwards across

Zambe s i into Northern Rhode s ia . Wri t ing in 1 88 1 1’

on thedi stri bu ti on of the Kudu in Sou th Afri ca, Se lou s makes thefoll ow ing remarks A few Koodoos st i ll linger in the CapeColony , andinpa lt s of Gri qualand West they are not uncommon.

Cat. E xh ibi ts Br i t. Secti on Internati ona l Shooting andFi e l d SportsE xhib i t. Vi enna , 1 91 0, p . 1 7, 1 91 1 .

1“Proc . Zool . Soc . 1 88 1

, p . 751 .

TH E SELOU S COLLECTION . 7 1

From the Limpopo to the Zambes i , however, andinthe Mani cacountry to the north of the Zambes i , i t i s found inthe ne ighbou rhood of every r iver I have v i s i ted except in those place s where thenati ve s have exterm inated i t . It i s u sually partial to h i lly countrycovered w i th dense th i ckets bu t h i lls are by no m eans necessaryto i ts exi stence , as i t i s comm on in the th i ck bu sh a long bothbanks of the r i ver Chobe , Where there are no h i lls whatever, andi t i s also plenti fu l in the wa i t - a - bit thorn- jungle on the lowerMolapo ,

ju st on the edge of the fl at andsandy Kalahari De sert

1 5 . 4 1 3 . 22 Jul y , 1 882 . Near H anyani River ,Mashonal and


3 8 9—3 90 — 1 9 . 7. 1 5 . 4 1 4—1 5 . Octob er , 1 8 80. Near H anyani Ri ver ,Mashona l and , SouthernRhodesi a .

—1 9 . 7 . 1 5 . 4 1 6 . May ,1 890. LowerMac l ou ts i Ri ver , Khama

’

s

Country.

3 9 2—3 9 3 — 1 9 . 7. 1 5 . 4 1 7—4 1 8 . May ,1 890. Near Lower Mac l ou ts i

Ri ver , Khama’

s Country .

1 9 . 7. 1 5 . 4 1 9 (fema l e). March,1 888 . Bamangwato ,

Khama’

s

Country .

1 9 . 7 . 1 5 . 4 20. 1 Sep temb er , 1 8 80. Near Umfu l i R iver ,Ma shona l and , SouthernRhode s i a .

1 9 . 42 1 . 1 July ,1 8 74 . Near Vi ctor ia Fa l l s , Zamb es i .

1 9 . Skull andhorns . June , 1 890. Near LowerMac l ou ts i R i ver , Khama

’

s Country .

1 9 . 7. Skul l andhorns . 1 886 . Near Mahalap s iRi ver

,Khama

’

s Country .

1 9 . 7. H orns . June , 1 890. Shashi Ri ver,Western

Matab i l i l and, Sou thernRhodes i a .

1 9 . 7. 1 5 . 425 . H orns . November , 1 886 . Near Limp op oRi ver .

H orns . November , 1 886 . Upp er Limp op oRi ver .

1 9 . 7. 1 5 . 427. H orns . January, 1 889 . Notwani Ri ver,Khama

’

s Country.

—1 9 . 7. H orns . 1 887. Near B atl anarma, Khama

’

s

Country .

1 9 . 7 . 1 5 . 429 . H orns . November , 1 884 . Up p er Tati Ri ver ,T ati D i stri ct, SouthernRhode s i a .

H orns . 1 887. Near juncti on of NotwaniandLimp op o River s .


MASH ONALAND ELAND .

TAUROTRAGU S oa y x SE LOUSI .

Orea s canna , Se l ou s , A H unter’

s Wander ings inS. Afr i ca , p l . i . figs . 1

and3 , 1 88 1 .

Tau rotragu s oryx sel ou s i , Lydekk er , Ward ’

s Records of B ig Game , ed. 6 ,p . 328 , 1 9 1 0 ; cd. 7, p . 330, 1 9 1 4 .

E lands are characteri sed by the ir very large size andthepresence of horns inboth sexes , those of the female s longer andm ore slender than in the ma le s ; horns w i th a large keel , andintheform of a screw - l ike sp i ral . The Mashonaland E land i s c loselyallied to the typi cal race, Ta u rotmgus oryx mym, d i st ingu i shed by

the presence of a number of l ight body - stripe s , wh ich are wel ldefinedin immature spec imens“, but tend to become very ind i stinct

in old age . I nyoung andsub - adu lt spec imens a wh ite suborb i ta lstreak i s pre sent ; inold male s th i s mark ing d i sappears , the wholeforehead andupper part of nose be ing covered by a dense tu ft - l ikegrowth of brown 11

The male head w i th the best horns i s No . 1 9 .

length from po int to base 3 1 5 c ircumference 1 3 ; spread from tip

to ti p 1 2 . A cons iderable amount of variat ion i s found in thespread of the horns of th i s ante lope ; in one spec imen (No .

1 9 . 7 . the tip to ti p interval i s as mu ch as 205 inches .

The largest female horns (No . 1 9 . 7 . 1 5 . 437)measure as followslength from po int to ba se 32 ; c ircum ference spread from tip

to t ip

Typ i cal local ity, Umfu l i R i ver, Mashonaland, Sou thernRhodes ia . Se lou s wri t ing in 1 88 1 on the d i stribu tion of theSou th Afri can E lands , sta te s as follows —“The E land i s nowext inc t inthe Cape Colony, Natal , the Orange Free State , Gr iqualand We st, andthe Transvaal , anda lmost so in a l l the countri eswatered by the tri bu tari es of the L impopo , to the we st of theMatabele country . I nthe Ka lahari Desert to the west of Sechel i ’sandBamangwato i t i s plent ifu l , b ut never now com e s as far east

waidas the waggon- road between the two places . North ofBamangwato , along the roads lead ing to the Lake Ngami , andtothe V i c tori a Fa lls of the Zambes i , there are always a few E lands to

5? Proc . Zool . Soc . 1 88 1 , p . 749 .

TH E SELOUS COLLECT ION . 73

be found, though they are u sual ly very scarce . I nal l thecountry between the B otl etl i e andChobe ri vers, E lands are sti llto be found ingreater or l esser numbers , andI have often seenherds of over a hundred together . I n the dry desert countrythrough wh i ch the Chobe runs they are parti cu larly plent i fu lBetweenthe Chobe andZambes i ri vers I found E lands plentifu l , andso far as I went to the north of the Zambes i I also found them .

The charac'

ters that have been u sed to di stingu i sh the vari ou sraces or so - called race s of Sou th Afr i can E land are very unsati s

factory, andi t seem s h i ghly probable that in th i s area only twoform s canbe r ecogni zed— (l ) the extinct Cape E lam]

,the typ i ca l

race ; and(2) the Zambes i or Mashonaland race . If su ch be thecase the pre sent form wou ld have to be called l z

'

vz

'

flgstone i , a nam e

bestowed by Sc later onthe Zambes i E land in andthe nam es

se l ous i , ni edi e ck i , andkaufmam z i wou ld becom e synonym ou s .The absence of the wh i te suborbi tal mark ing andextreme deve lop

m ent of the dark frontal tuft are s igns of old age ; the shape andextent of these wh i te su borb i ta l mark ings andfronta l tufts are

obv i ou sly characters a ssoc iated w i th sex andage , andcannot beu sed for systemati c diagnosi s . The same i s true of the almostcomplete di sappearance of some of. the Whi te body - stripes

,wh i ch

in old age appear to get very ind i st inct, although never ent i relyabsent as they are inboth the young andadu lt .of . the typ i ca l racefrom the Cape .

I n th i s connect i on i t i s of interest to see what Se lou s ’ v iewwas in 1 88 1 whenhe wrote the paper for the Zoologi cal Soc i etyqu oted above .

The sk ins of E lands that I have seenfrom the Kalahari deserthave no s igns of a stripe upon them

,andthe dark mark above the

knee onthe ins ide of the fore l eg i s e i ther very faint or altogetherwanting . I n Apri l 1 879 I shot several E land cows abou t sixtym i le s north of Bamangwato , on the road to Lake Ngam i . Ilooked at a l l of them very carefu lly, bu t cou ld not detect thefaintest s ign of a stripe , though som e of them hadthe patches onthe ins ide of the fore legs of a l ight gray colou r . Du r ing the

Oreas l i vingstoni i , Sc l ater , Proc . Zoo l . Soc . 1 864 , p . 1 05 .

Tau rotm gu s oryx l i vingstone i , Se l ou s , Great andSmal l Game of Afr i ca,

p . 421 , 1 899 .


follow ing months I shot many E lands on the easte rnbank of theB otl etl ie river, on the Mababe , andon both s ides of the Chober ive r . Every one of the se E lands was m ore or le ss striped , som e so

fa intly as to be bare ly percept ible , som e very pla inly . I n theMashuna country, aga in, to the north - east of the Matabelecountry

, every E lancl cow is very pla inly str iped , many of them

hav ing the stripe s qu i te as pla inas they are ona Koocl oo , andthepatches on the ins ide of the fore legs of a deep black . The one

B land (a cow) wh ich I shot to the north of the Zambes i wasbeautifu lly marked , hav ing nine broad wh i te str ipe s on each s ide ,anda broad black l ine down the centre of the back . E lands thatare much str iped oftenhave a wh i t i sh mark across the nose , in thesam e place as inthe Koodoo .

Old E land bul l s have very l i ttle ha i r onthe i r sk ins,andlook a

dark sla ty - blue colou r, ow ing to the colour of the sk in showingthrough the scanty ha i r, andon the se old animals , naturally

enough , no s ign of stri pe s can be pe rce ived . O ld cows a lso tu rn

to a slate co lou r from the same cau se . I n every large herd ofE lands , cows are to be seen of every shade of colou r from pa lefawn to blu i sh gray . The refore you r old hunter, who knows offour spec ies of L i ons , ands ix or sevenRh inocero ses , says that the reare two or three di stinct spec i es of E lands, the blue , the ye llow,

andthe str iped4 0 6 5 Novembe r , 1 8 78 . Umful i R iver , Mashona

l and , SouthernRhode s ia . Cotype .

— 1 9 . 7 . 1 5 . 432 . 5 October , 1 880. Umfu l i River , Ma shonaland, SouthernRhode s i a . Cotyp e .

—1 9 . 7. (femal e). 3 Sep tember , 1 8 74 . South bank of

Chob e Ri ver , NorthBechuana land .

1 9 . 7. 1 5 . 434 . Sep tember , 1 885. Near H anyani River ,Mashonaland, SouthernRhode s ia .

1 9 . 7. 1 5 . 435 (femal e). September , 1 8 85 . Near H anyaniRi ver , Ma shona l and , SouthernRhode s ia .

— 1 9 . 7 . 1 5 . 436 (fem al e). 6 August, 1 8 83 . Near H anyaniRiver , Ma shonal and, SouthernRhodes ia .

1 9 . 7 . 1 5 . 437 (fema l e). August, 1 885 . Near H anyani Ri ver ,Mashonal and , SouthernRhodes ia .

— 1 9 . 7. 1 5 . 438 . Sep tember , 1 8 85 . Near Mount H ampden,Mashonal and , SouthernRhodes ia .

—1 9 . 7. October , 1 885 . Near Upper H anyani Ri ver ,Ma shona land, SouthernRhodes ia .

TH E sELoUs COLLECTION. 75

EAST AFR ICAN ELAND .

TAUROTRAGU S oa r x P AT T ER SONI ANUS.

Ta u rotragu s orym p a ttersoni anu s , Lydekker , Fi el d , vol . cvi i i . p . 579 ,

1 906 ; Novi t. Zoo l . vo l . xiv . p . 325 , p l . i . , 1 907.

Very c losely alli ed to the foregoing race ; general colour rather

darker,w i th a darker mane . As in the case of the Mashonaland

race the wh i te suborbi tal rharkings are only present inanimals not

very advanced inage , ands im i larly the gradua l increase of si ze ofthe fronta l tuft from a dark central streak to a broad long - ha i redgrowth i s also a change brou ght abou t by age .

The only spec imen of th i s E land inthe Collect ioni s a bu l l w ithhorns m easu ring as follows — length from po int to base 24 c i rcum

ference 1 02; spread from tip to tip 1 05.

Typ i cal local i ty, Laik ip ia Plateau ,Nai vasha Prov ince , Kenya

Colony ; range include s the greater part of Kenya Colony, the raceextend ing as far north as the Northern Guaso Nyi ro Valley, andpenetrat ing northwards from the typi cal local i ty into Uganda . Ita lso occurs in Tanganyika Terri tory andfurther south probablymerge s wi th the Mashonaland form .

4 1 5 1 9 . 440. Si rgo i t H i l l s , Uas in Gi shu D i str i ct, KenyaCol ony .

SUDAN DERBY ELAND .

TAUROTRAGU S DE R B I ANUS GIGAS .

Ta u rotm gu s (B osel aphu s) area s , H eugl in, Nova Acta Ao . Caes . Leop .- Car .

vol . xxx . p . 1 9 , 1 8 63 ; Re i se We i s s . Ni l, p . 3 1 9 , 1 869 , nee Anti l op e

area s , Pal l as .

Tau rotragu s (B osel aphu s)gi ga s , H eugl in, Nova Acta Ao. Cae s . Leop .- Car .

vol . xxx . p . 1 9 , p l . i . fig . 2 , 1 8 63 ; Re i se We i ss . Ni l , p . 3 1 8 , 1 869 .

Tau rotragu s gi ga s , Baker , Wi l d Beasts andthe i r Ways , vol . i i . p . 1 89 ,

1 890.

Tau rotragu s oryx gi gas , Scl ater andThoma s,Book of Antel op e s , vo l . iv.

p . 1 98 , 1 900.

Tau rotragu s derbi anu s gi ga s , Rothschi l d , Novi t. Zool . vol . x 1 1 . p . 447,

p l . x i i 1 905 ; Ann .Mag . Nat. H i st. ser . 8 , vo l . x i i . p . 575 , 1 91 3 .

Closely all ied to the typ i cal form from W est Afri ca , d i stin

gu i shedby the adu lt males be ing lighter in colou r andhaving

76 TH E SELOUS COLLECT I ON .

cons iderably less dark ha ir on neck andthroat . The G iant orDerby E lands are qu i te d i st inct from Tau r otm gus oryx ,

hav inglarger horns , andmu ch broader ears, w i th black band oninner s ideof h ind marg ins . Genera l colou r ri cher, forehead in femaleschestnu t - red; in old bu lls a tu ft - like growth of darker ha i r deve lop s . Wh i te suborbi ta l mark ings d i st inct, in the form of twonarrow wh i te streaks

,separated by a dark brown nose - stripe .

Wh i te Spo ts ons ide s of face andwh ite bar across lower throat,wh i ch i s fringed w i th a narrow mane of dark brownhai rs .The only spec imen of th i s E land in the Collecti on i s a female ,

the horns of wh i ch mea sure a s follows —length from po int to base28 7} c ircumference spread from tip to t ip 1 34. I n subadu ltspec imens the horns are u sually longer

,as in old age the horns get

worndown very cons iderab l v . The record horn- length from po intto base i s 4 1 inche s .Typi ca l loca l i ty we st of the Wh i te N i le , Bahr - e l - Ghaza l P ro

vince , inabou t 7° N lat . the race appears to be confined to theBahr - el - Ghaza l andLado Prov ince s , Sudan.

4 1 6 1 9 . 7. 1 5 . 44 1 (fema l e). Near W au,Bahr - e l -Ghaza l Province ,

Fam i ly GI RAFF I DI E .

RET I CULATED GIRAFFE .

GIRAF FA RETICULATA .

Gi rafa cam e l op a rda l i s retic u l ata ,de Winton,

Ann.Mag. Nat. H i st . s er . 7,

vo l . iv . p . 2 1 1 , 1 899 .

Gimfia reti cu l a ta , Thomas , Proc . Zool . Soc . 1 901 , vol . i i . p . 476 .

S i ze rather less than in the other East Afri canG i raffes . D i s

tingu i shedfrom came l op ardq l i s by the genera l colour pa ttern, thebody be ing redd i sh brown w i th a wh i te network superimposed,the dark body - colou r thu s be ing cut u p into a number of large

reddi sh - brown rec tangu lar patches . Onthe head the reti cu lati ons

are cons iderably smaller andare cont inu ed. forwards over thecheeks as far as the ch in. Anteri or horn large andvery stou t .Typ ica l local i ty, Lorogai Mts . , north of Lai k ip ia D i stri ct ;

78 THE s e ro u s COLLECTION .

SOUTH AFRICAN GIRAFFE .

GIRAF FA CAMELOPAR DAL I S CAP ENSIS.

Camel oparda l i s a u stra l i s , Swa inson, Geogr . andC la ss i f. Anim . p . 95 , 1 835 .

Came l op a rda l i s capens i s , E . Geoffr oy (P), teste Gray ; Ogi l by, Proc . Zoo l .Soc . 1 836 , p . 1 34 , nom . nudum ; Le s son, Nouv . T ab ] . Regne Anim .

p . 1 68 , 1 842 , ex Le Va i l lant, Voyage Inter . Afr i qu e , p l s . vi i i . andi x1 790.

Gi rafi'

a cap ens'i s

,de Winton, Proc . Zool . Soc . 1 897, p . 277.

Gi rafla cam elop a rda l i s cap efrm

'

s,Major

,Proc . Zool . Soc . 1 902

, vo l . 1 1 . p . 77 .

S ize equa l to that of rotks chz’

ldi . Anterior hornreduced to aninconsp i cuou s lump . Colou r pattern mu ch the sam e , groundcolou r dirty bufi ,

andblotches dark brown, rather more indi stinctthan inr oths chz

’

ldi shanks deep tawny andspotted to hoofs . I n

rotbschi l cl z'

the spots on the legs do not extend beyond the hocksandknees , andthe ground colour of the shanks is ahnost wh i te .

Typ i cal local ity , Sou th Africa , north of the Orange R i ver.

Selou s g ive s the fo llow ing informat ionon the d i str ibutionof th i sG i raffe in the year 1 88 1 “Th i s animal, though i ts range hasbeen sadly reduced s ince the days of GordonCumm ing, is neverthe l ess st i l l to be found incons iderable numbers over a vast extentof country to the south of the Zambe s i r iver . I n parts of theKalahari desert it is sa id to abound , andin a l l the dry sandyd i strict be tweenBamangwato andLake Ngami , andthence to theMababe , Chobe , andZambes i ri vers , i t i s also very nu merou s .Along porti ons of the B otl etl ie r iver, andin the waterless butfore st - clad sand - be lts on the sou thern bank of the Chobe , it i sparti cu larly plenti fu l . I n the country betwe en the Chobe andtheZambe s i , the G i raffe i s also found, in the ne ighbourhood ofLinyant i but i t i s not nearly so num erou s there as onthe otherside of the form er ri ver . Imm ed iate ly north of the Zambe s i it i sunknown, though i t appears to be plenti fu l inparts of Centra l andEasternAfri ca . I n som e parts of the Matabe le country i t i s al socomm on, bu t unt i l the last few years was never found eastwards of

the r i ver Gwelo , though i t was always very plent i fu l inthe sandbelts to the we stward of that r i ver

A H unter’

s Wanderings inAfri ca , p . 230, 1 88 1 .


The Sou th Afri canGirafi e i s sti ll to be found in the NorthernKalahari andparts of ex - German South -West Afri ca .

4 1 9 1 9 . 7. 1 5 . 446 . December,1 880. Near Tati River , T ati D i stri ct,

SouthernRhodes ia .

Fam i ly SUIDE .

NATAL W ART - HOG .

P H ACOCH mRUS E TH I OP I CUS SUNDEVALL I .

P hacochoeru s sundeva l l i , Lonnberg, Sjostedt’s Ki l imandjaro -Meru E xp edMamm . p . 54 , 1 908 ; Proc . Zoo l . Soc . 1 908 , p . 937.

Phacochoeru s wthi op i cu s sundeva l l i , Lydekker , Gam e Animal s of Afr i ca ,Suppl . p . 23, 1 9 1 1 .

D i st ingu i shed from the typ i cal race by the sku ll be ing narrowerandm ore elongated in the postorb i tal regi on, andw i th the interorb i ta l constr i cti onm ore marked .

Typ i cal local ity, Natal . Th i s race wou ld appear to inhab i t thecountry from Nata l northwards to Sou thernRhodes ia .

4 20 1 9 . Sep tember , 1 887. Near H anyani R iver ,Mashonal and

,SouthernRhode s ia .

MASAI W ART - H OG .

P H ACOCH CER US E T H I OP I CUS MASSA I CUS

P hacochoem s ma ssa i cu s,Lonnberg , Sjostedt’s Ki l im andjaro -Meru E xp ed. ,

Mamm . p . 54 , 1 908 Proc . Zoo l . Soc . 1 908 , p . 937.

Pha cochceru s aethi op i cu s ma ssa i cu s , Lydekker , Gam e Animal s of Afri ca ,Suppl . p . 23, 1 9 1 1 .

I nth i s race the postorbi tal region i s not except i onal ly narrow

or elongated andthe interorb i tal w idth relat i vely great.Ty pe local i ty, Ki l imanjaro -Meru D i str ict .

4 2 1 —4 2 3 - 1 9 . 7. 1 5 . 501 —503 . Ua s inGi shu Plateau,Kenya Col ony.

80 T H E SELOU S COLLECTION .

Fam i ly H I P P OP OTAMI DIE .

HIPPOPOTAMUS .

H I P P OP OTALI US AMP H I B I US AMP H I B I US

H i p p opotamu s amphi bi a s , Linn. Syst . Nat. ed. 1 0, vol . i . p . 74 ,1 758 ;

cd. 1 2 , vol . i . p . 1 01 , 1 766 .

H ip p op otamu s amphi b i a s ambhi bi u s , Schwar z , Ann . Mag . Nat. H i st .

ser . 8 , vol . x i i i . p . 3 1 , 1 9 1 4 .

Represented in the Collect ion by a s ingle sku ll wh i ch i s

prov i s ionally referred to the typ i ca l race . The crania l charactersthat have beenu sed ind i fferent iat ing the var iou s races of H ippo

potam u s are such as canonly be rel ied u ponif supported by evidencefrom large series of spec imens the mater ial in the Mu seum 00 1

lecti on is not su ffic ient to perm it of anydefinite dec i s i on be ingmade .

Typ ical locality, N ile Valley .

4 24 1 9 . 7 . Sku l l . Lower R uenya R i ver , 20 m i l es southof T ette , Mo z amb iqu e .

Fam i l y EQUIDE .

GR EVY’

S ZEBRA .

EQUU S (DOL I CH OH I P P US) G R EV H .

Equ u s grevyi , Ou sta l et, La Nature , vol . x . p . 1 2 , figs . 1 and2,1 882.

Do l i chohi pp u s grevy i , H el l er,Sm i thson. Mi s c . Co l l e ct . vol . l x . no . 8

, p . 1 ,

1 9 1 2 .

Equu s (Dol i chohi p p u s) gre ’

vyi , Lydekk er , Cat . Ungul ate Mamm . Br i t.

Mu s . vol . v . p . 1 7 , 1 91 6 .

D i st ingu i shed from a l l the other Zebra s by i ts mu ch largerhead , the sku ll being elongated w i th a long diastema between thecheek - teeth andinc i sors, andthe greater s i ze of the ears . Bodycolorat ioncons i sts of a ser i es of browni sh black andbu ff or wh i ti shstripes of a lm ost equa l w i dth except on the neck where the darktripes becom e broader . The stripes of the body are al l transverse,eventhose onthe ru mp .

Typi cal local i ty , Abyss inia range extends from north bank ofthe Tana R i ver northwards across the Northern Guaso Nyi ro as


far north as Lake Zwa i inAbyss inia . I n the West i t reache s theeastern shores of Lake Rudolf

, andin the East penetrates i ntoSomali land . The Somali land Grevy Zebra has been descr ibed as a

d i st inct race by Pocock 3“onacco unt of the rather pa ler colorat ion.

4 2 5—4 2 6 —506 . 1 9 1 2 . Northern Guaso Nyi ro , KenyaCol ony.

CUNI NGH AME ’

S ZEBRA .

EQUUS QUAGGA CUNI NG I I AME I .

E qu u s qu agga cuninghamei , H el l er,Sm i thson. Mi sc . Co l l ect . vol . l x i .

D i stingu i shed from gr e v‘y i by i ts smaller head andlesse longated sku ll . Ears smaller andnarrower . Dark stripes on

body W ider than l ight ones ; the str ipe s on rump d iagona l,not

transverse . The general ground co lou r i s darker than in thefollow ing race , ochraceou s bu ff rather than cream colou red , andthe dark str ipes are a trifl e paler .

Typ i cal loca l ity,NorthernGuaso Ny i ro Valley, Kenya Colony,

rang ing from the north bank of the Tana R i ve r northwards ac rossthe NorthernGuaso Ny i ro towards Lake Rudolf .

4 27 - 4 2 8 —508 . 1 9 1 2 . Northern Guaso Nyi ro ,Kenya

Co l ony .

MASAI ZEBRA .

EQUUS QUAGGA GRANTI .

E qu u s bu rchel l i granti ,de Winton, Ann .Mag . Nat . H i st. ser . 6 , vol . xv i i .

p . 31 9 , 1 896 .

Equ u s qu agga. granti , Pocock , Ann .Mag . Nat . H i st. ser . 7,vol . x . p . 306 ,

1 902 ; vol . xiv . p . 3 1 5 , 1 904 .

Closely re lated to cuningkame i , d i ffering in the gene ral groundcolour be ing wh i ter andthe dark stripes darker .

Typi ca l local i ty, Th ika - Th ika Valley , upper Tana Valley,Kenya Colony range from SouthernAbys s inia southwards through

Equ u s gr e vyi berberens i s , Pocock , Ann .Mag . Nat . H i st. ser . 7, vol . x .

p . 308 , 1 902 .


Uganda, Kenya Colony (exclud ing the Northern Guaso Nyi rod i stri ct

,TanalandandSeyidi e Prov ince s)to Tanganyika Terr i tory .

4 2 9 1 9 . 7. 1 5 . 509 . 26 December , 1 902 . E lmente i ta Stati on,Na ivasha D i str i ct, Kenya Colony .

1 9 . 7. 1 5 . 5 1 0 (femal e). 26 December , 1 902 . E lmente i ta

Stati on, Na i vasha D i stri ct, Kenya Colony .

Fam i ly RH INOCEROT I DIE .

TYPICAL B LACK RHINOCEROS .

R H INOCEROS (D i cE R o s) B I CORNI S B ICORNI S .

Rhinoceros b i corni s , L inn. Syst. Nat . cd. 1 0 , vol . i . p . 56 , 1 758 ; cd. 1 2 ,

vol . i . p . 1 04 ,1 766 .

Di ceros bi cornis,G ray ,Med. Re p o s i to ry , vol . xv . p . 306 , 1 8 2 1 .

Rhinoceros (D i ceros) bi corni s , Ward,Records of B ig Game , cd. 6 , p . 46 7,

1 9 1 0, cd. 7, p . 466 , 1 9 1 4 ; Lydekk er , Cat . Ungiul ate Mamm . Br i t .Mu s .

vol . v . p . 52,1 9 1 6 .

Rhinoceros bi corni s bi corm'

s , Lydekker , Cat. Ungu l ate Mamm . Br i t.Mu s .

vol . v . p . 54 , 1 9 1 6 .

I n s i ze very l i ttle inter i or to the Wh i te or Square - mouthedRh inoceros

,d i st ingu i shed by the shorter head , the sku ll be ing con

s iderably shorte r andnot e longated poster i orly beyond condyles ;seven cheek - te eth on each s ide

,the first premolar rema ining

throu ghou t l ife . Front horn w i th rounded base . Upper l ip

po inted andhook - shaped . The prom inent hum p on the neck , socharacteri st i c a featu re of s z

’

m us i s absent . The typ i cal race i svery l ike the Som al i form , s i ze rather larger, andw i th sku llsli ghtly m ore c oncave dorsally .

Typ i ca l locali ty, Cape Colony . The range at one t im e extendedfrom the Cape northwards to Uganda ; at the present t im e theBlack Rh inoc eros i s qu i te ext inct inCape Colony andi s only foundina few local i t i es south of the Zambe si . I nEa st Afr ica th i s racei s not found in the de sert reg i ons of the Northern Guaso Nyi ro or

east of the Tana R i ver , where i ts place i s taken by the Somal iform . It appears that the Black Rh inoceros was exterm inated inCape Colony andthe Orange R i ver Colony by the year 1 853 .

THE SELOUS CO LLE CTION . 8 3

Se lous g i ves the follow ing account of the d i str ibut i on of t lu s

Rh inoceros during the peri od 1 8 72 to 1 88 1 . I now com e to

the Prehens i le - l ipped Rh inoceros (R . b i corne’

s), of wh i ch I m a in

ta in there i s but one true spec i e s , in sp ite of whatever m ay be sa idby old Dutch hunters or nat i ve s to the contrary . Th i s anima l i sst i ll fai rly num erou s in many d i stri cts of Sou th - Eastern Africa ,

a lthough, l ike i ts congener, the Square - m outhed Rh inoceros , i t hasbeen alm ost exterm inated in the m ore westerly port ions of thecountry . I n 1 879 there were st i ll two or three dr ink i ng in theUpper Chobe , to the north - west of the Sunta ou tlet . Betweenthe Chobe andthe Zambes i the re are none

, andaccord ing to thenati ve s there never were any there , even when the Mako lo lo first

came into the country ; but d i rectly the Zam be s i has been crossedthey are aga in found, andextend apparently through a l l Centra lAfri ca r ight up to Abyss inia . The Prehens i le - l ipped Rhinoc e i osl i ves exclu s i ve ly upon bu sh androots , eating not only the youngleave s as they sprou t from the endof a twi g

,bu t a lso chew ing up

a good deal of the twig i tself . I t i s ow ing to the fact that th i sspec i e s l i ves uponbush that i ts range i s verv m u ch m ore ex tendedthanthat of the Square - m outhed Rh inoceros for there are manylarge di stri cts of country in the ne ighbou rhood of the Zambes ito the eastward of the V i ctoria Fa lls covered a lmost ent i re ly w i th

an endle ss su ccess i onof rugged h i lls , a lmost devo id of grass , though

wel l wooded , inal l of wh i ch d i stri cts the Prehens i le - l ipped Rh inoceros i s num erou s , a s i t thr i ves we ll u pon the scrubby bu sh w i thwh i ch the h i ll - s ides andvalleys are covered ; whereas the squarem outhedspec i es , though comm on in the forest - c lad sand - be lts andbroad grassy va lleys wh ich always sk i rt the h i lls

,i s se ldom or

never found am ongst the h i lls them selves , wh i ch i s doubtle s sbecau se the pasturage i s too scanty to enable them to exi st .

It was in the sam e paper that Se lou s very clear ly showed that

Rhinoceros ke i tl oa T was s im l a var i et of bz’

cov'ni s .P .Y .1

1 9 . 7. 1 5 . 51 1 . Skul l andmom s . Augu st, 1 883 . Um senga i s i

Ri ver , Ma shona land , Southern Rhode s i a . Lengthof frontborn on ou ts i de curve 21 2 c i rcumference at ba sel engthof rear b orn on s i de 1 2 c i r cumference at ba se 1 9 .

Proc . Zoo l . Soc . 1 88 1 , p . 728 .

1" A. Sm i th, Cat. Mamm . S. Afr i canMu s . p . 7, 1 837


—1 9 . 51 2 (femal e). H orns . November , 1 885 . Umful i

Ri ver , Mashona l and , SouthernRhode s i a . Length of fronthorn on ou ts i de curve 1 54 ; c i rcum ferenc e at base 1 8 ;

l engthof rear hornon s i de 1 7§ c i rcumference at base 1 9 .

—1 9 . 7. (femal e). H orns . Sep tember , 1 8 85 . H anyaniRi ver , Mashona l and , Sou thernRhodes i a . Lengthof fronthorn on outs i de curve 20 c i rcum ference at ba se 1 8 §length of rear horn on s i de 1 5 } c i rcumference at base

—1 9 . 7. H orns . Augu st, 1 8 74 . South bank of ChobeR iver . Lengthof front hornonouts i de curve 24 c ircum

ference at ba se 1 9 l ength of rear born on s i de 1 63c ircum ference at base 22 .

—l 9 . 51 5 (female). H orns . Sep tember , 1 8 73 . Juncti onof Gwa i andT changani Ri vers , Matab i l i l and, SouthernRhode s i a . Lengthof front horn on ou ts ide cu rvec i rcumference at ba se 1 75 l engthof rear hornons i de 1 2c i rcum ference at ba se 1 8 .

—1 9 . 5 1 6 . H orns . November , 1 874 . Thamma Sots i,

b etweenT ati andV i ctor i a Fa l l s . Length of fronthornon

ou ts i de cu rve 2 1 ; c i rcum ferenc e at ba se 1 75 ; l engthof

rear b ornon s i de 82 c i rcumferenc e at ba se 1 7.

—1 9 . 7 . (fema le). H orns . Sep tembe r , 1 880 . BetweenUmful i andUm zwe sw i Ri ver s , Ma shona l and , Sou thernRhode s i a . Lengthof front horn on outs ide cu rve 28

c i rcum ferenc e at ba se 1 8 l engthof rear b orn on s i de 8 3}c irc umference at ba se 1 8g.

- 1 9 . Horn. 1 8 73 . Matab i l i land, Sou thern Rhode s i a . Length on front curve 302 c i rcumference at

base 1 6 .

SOMALI B LACK RHINOCEROS .

R I I I NOCE R O S (D i cE R o s) B ICO RNIS SOMALIENSI S .

Rhinoceros bi corm’

s soma l i ens i s , Potock i , Sp ort inSoma l i l and, p . 82

,1 900

Lydekker , Cat . Ungu l ate Mamm . Br i t .Mu s . vol . v . p . 55,1 91 6 .

Di ceros bicorni s soma l i ens i s , Al l en,Bul l . Am er .Mu s . Nat . H i st. vol . xxxi i i .

p . 340, 1 9 1 4 .

Rhinoceros (Di ceros) b i corni -s , Lydekk er , Cat . Ungul ate Mamm . Br i t .Mu s .

vo l . v . p . 52 , 1 9 1 6 .

Rather sm aller than the typ i ca l rac e , w i th dorsa l ou tl ine ofsku ll less concave . Genera l colour of body l ighter ; t ips of earsnot so heav i ly fr inged . Horns abou t the sam e ; the record hornmeasu re s 29 ; inche s in length .

8 6 THE SELOUS COLLECTION.

from Lado ; the latter form d i ffers in hav ing a flatter sku ll andsmaller teeth . The l onge st horn on record of the Sou th Afr i canrace i s 625 inches in length .

Typi ca l local i ty, Cape Colony range form erly extended over the

greater part of Afri ca sou th of the Zambe s i . As a w i ld animalthe Sou th Afr icanWh i te Rh inoceros i s now ext inct, a few st i llsu rvi ve ina sem i - w i ld state under Governm ent protect ion.

Wr i t ing in the year 1 88 1 concerning the Wh ite Rh inocerosSe lou s states as fo llows ’x‘ ° Twenty years ago th i s animalseem s t o have been very plent i fu l in the weste rnhalf of Sou thernAfr ica now, unles s i t i s st i l l to be found between the OkavangoandCunene r i vers , it mu st be alm ost ext inct in that portion ofthe country . Andth i s i s not to be wondered at, when one readsthe acc ounts inAndersson’

s andChapman’

s bo oks of the i r shootingas many as e ight of these anima ls in one night, as they weredr ink ing at a small wate r - hole ; fo r i t mu st be remembered thatthe se i solated wate r - holes

,at the endof thedry season, repre sented

a l l the wate r to be found over an enormo u s extent of country , andthat the refore a l l the rh inoceroses that in happi er t imes weredi stributed over many hundreds of square m i le s were in t imes ofdrought dependent upon pe rhaps a s ingle po ol for the ir supply ofwate r . I n 1 8 77 , during several months

’ hunt ing inthe country tothe sou th of Linyanti , on the ri ver Chobe , I only saw the spoor oftwo Square - ni ou thedRh inocerose s , though in 1 874 I hadfoundthem fa i rl v plent ifu l inthe same d i stri ct ; wh i lst in 1 879 , dur inge ight m onths spent in hunting on andbetween the B otl etl ie ,Mababe

,Machabe , Sunta , andUpper Chobe r i vers , I never saw

the spoor of one of the se animals , anda l l the Bu shmenI met wi thsa id they were fini shed. I n 1 878 and1 880, however, I st i ll foundthem fai rly num erou s ina small tra ct of country inNorth - easternMashuna Land

,between the Umniati andH anyane ri vers . The i r

range , however, i s rather l im i ted towards the north , as they onlyinhab i t the country ly ing to the sou th of the be lt of rough stonyh i lls wh i ch in th i s d i str i c t extend for m ore than a hundred m i le ssouthwards from the banks of the Zambes i r i ver . The i r exterm inati on in th i s porti onof the country may therefore , I am afra i d

,

Proc . Zool . Soc . 1 8 8 1 , p . 725.

TH E SELOU S COLLECTION . 87

be expected wi thin a very few years ; andthe Square - m o '

u thedRh inoceros w i ll thenonly ex i st ina few small tracts of S .E .

‘ Afri ca,

inthe nei ghbou rhood of the r i ver Sab i . ”

4 4 1 1 9 . 7. (fem a l e). H orns . June , 1 8 74 . Thamma Sets i ,

betweenT ati andV i ctor i a Fa l l s . Lengthof front horn on

outs i de curve 33 c i rcumference at ba se 234 ; l engthof

rear horn on s i de 1 3327 c i rcumference at base 20.

1 9 . 522 . Sku l l andhorns . June , 1 8 80. BetweenUmni ati andUm zwesw i Ri vers , Ma shonal and , Sou thernRhodes i a . Lengthof front horn on outs i de curve 373 ;c i rcum ference at ba se 275 l engthof rearhornons i dec i rcumference at ba se 24 .

Sub order P ROBOSC I DEA.

Fam i ly ELEP HANT I DJE.

MASH ONALAND ELEPHANT .

LOXODONTA AF RICANA SELOUSI .

E l epha s afri canu s sel ou s i , Lydekk er , Proc . Zool . Soc . 1 907, p p . 38 7 and783 Game Animal s of Afr i ca , p . 4 , 1 908 .

Lydekker inhi s ori ginal descri pti ongave the following inforti on concerning th i s race —“I th ink I am ju stifiedin regardingthe Mashonaland E lephant as a d i stinct race , for wh i ch the nam e

E . afr i canu s s e l ou s z’

wou ld be appropriate the spec im en in theImperial Insti tu te being regarded as the type .

The race wi ll be characteri sed by the ears be ing of cons i derables i ze

,w i ththe margin rounded, andthe inferi or lappet large ,

pointed , andextending inwards to some extent beneath the lowerjaw andthroat . I n th i s respect they are unl ike those of other

East Afri canE lephantsTyp i cal local i ty, Mashonaland, SouthernRhodesia .

T i i E sELoUs COLLECT I ofi .

The characters that d i stingu i sh se l aus i from cap ens i s do notappear to be of great systemati c va lue ; i t i s probable that thenam e cap ens z

'

s w i ll eventually have to b e u sed for thi s Ma shonaland E lephant, the e lephants from a l l the area south of theZambes i be ing regarded as representing a s ingle race .

4 4 3 523 . T u sks andears . 1 0 September , 1 880. Lo

Magondi ’s Kraa l ,Ma shona l and, Sou thernRhodes i a . Lengthof tu sks onouts i de cu rve 68 and68 -5; c i rcumference 1 6g;we ight of each tusk 52 lh.

TH E SELOUS COLLECT ION . 9 1

ORD E R CARNI VOR A .

Fam i ly CANIDE .

ALASKAN TIMBER W OLF .

CaNI s P AMBASI LEUS.

Cams p am bas'i teu s , E l l i ot , Proc . Bi o l . Soc . Wa shington, vol . xvi i i . p . 79 ,

1 905 .

The genera l colour vari es from alm ost black to a m i xture ofbrowni sh black andwh i te . No . 1 9 . 7 . 1 5 . 5 i s a very dark spec imen,

the enti re coat be ing a deep sooty black ; in No . 1 9 . 7 thecoat i s very mu ch l ighter in colou r, m ore as innu bz

'

lu s

Typ i cal local i ty , Su shitna R i ver , MountMcKinl ey, Alaska .

4 4 4—4 4 5 — 1 9 .—5 . Skins

,mounted . 1 906 . South fork of

MacMi l l anRi ver , YukonT erri tory .

Fam i ly MUSTELIDI E.

S ubfam i ly LUTR I NZE .

OTTER .

LUTRA LUTRA .

Mu ste l a l u tra ,L inn. Syst . Nat. ed. 1 0, vol . i . p . 4 5, 1 758 ; ed. 1 2 , vol . i .

p . 66 , 1 766 .

Lu tra vu lga r i s , E rxl eben, Syst. Regn. Anim . vol . i . p . 448 , 1 777.

Lu tra l u tra , Lata ste , Acte s Soc . Linn . Bordeau x , vol . xxxvi i i . p . 34 , 1 884 .

4 4 6 — 1 9 . 7 . 1 5 . 1 2 (fema l e). Skin,mounted . Augu st, 1 894 . Loch

Sp e lvi e , near Lochbu i e , Is l e of Mul l .

Cam'

s na bi l a s , Say , Long’

s Exp ed. Rocky Mounta ins , Engl i shed. vol. i .pp . 1 55 and333, 1 823 ; Amer . cd. vol . i . p . 1 69 , 1 823 .

92 TH E SELOUS COLLECT ION.

Su bfam i ly MUST EL I NZE .

PINE MARTEN .

MARTE S MAB TES MARTE S .

Mu stel a ma rtes , Linn . Syst .Nat . cd. 1 0, vol . i . p . 46 , 1 758 ; cd. 1 2 , vol . i .p . 67, 1 766 .

Ma rtes ma rtes ma rtes , Mi l l er , Cat. Mamm . We ste rnE urope , Bri t.Mu s .

p . 372 , 1 91 2 .

4 4 7 —1 9 . 7. 1 5 . 1 3 . Skin,mounted . 27 Octobe r , 1 870 . Untersberg ,

Fam i ly FELIDE .

CANADIAN LYNX .

LYNX CANADEN SIS CANADENS IS.

Lynx canadem i s , Kerr , Anim . Kingd. Systemati c Cat . No . 298 , de scr ibedp . 1 57, 1 792 ; T ru e , Proc . US . Nat.Mu s . vol . x . p . 9 , 1 88 7 .

Lynx borea l i s canadensi s , T ru e , Proc . U.S. Nat. Mu s . vol . V 1 1 . (1 884)p . 6 1 1 , 1 885.

Lynx canadens i ls cancdene i s , Mi ller , L i st N. Amer . Mamm . p . 1 1 9 , 1 91 2 .

A long - ha i red l ight - colou red Lynx wi thou t the d i stinct spottedmark ing of the European spec i e s . I n both of the follow ingspec im ens ind i stinct browni sh spots are v i s i ble onthe limbs .Typi cal locali ty, Eastern Canada .

4 4 8 — 1 9. 7. 1 5 . 35 . Skin, mounted . Sep tember , 1 897. Near headof South Fork of Stinking Water Ri ver , Wyom ing .

— 1 9 . 7. 1 5 . 36 (femal e). Skin, mounted. November , 1 898 .

North Fork of Stinking Water Ri ver , Wyom ing .

94 T H E‘ SELOU S C

—

OLLE CT I ON.

—length on front cu rve 255 c i rcumfe rence 85 ; spreadfrom t ip to ti p 75.

Typ i cal local i ty , Sard inia ; the range includes Cors i ca .

4 5 1 —4 54 —1 9 . 7 . 1 5 . 4 5—4 8 . 1 902 . Sardini a .

4 55 1 9 . 7. 1 5 . 49 (sex not recorded). 1 902 . Sardini a .

WILD GOAT, OR PASANG .

CAPRA H I R CUS AEGAGRU S .

Cap ra aagagru s , E rxl eben,Syst. Regn . Anim . vol . i . p . 260

, 1 777.

Capra. hi rcu s var . aegagru s , Fl ower andGarson, Cat . Oste o l .Mu s . R . Coll .Surg. p t . i i . p . 251 , 1 884 .

Cap ra hi rcu s aegagru s , Lydekker , Wi l d Oxen, Sheep ,andGoats

, p . 260,

1 898 Grea t andSma l l Gam e of Eu rop e , etc . , p . 1 5 1 , 1 901 .

I n the follow ing ser ies the hue st horns are those of NO . 1 9 . 7 .

l 5 . 50 z— length on front cu rve 465 ; c i rc umfe rence 85 ; spread

from t i p to ti p 1 85. The horns of the females are cons iderablysmaller, No . 1 9 . 7. m easu ring as fo l lows z— lengthon frontc urve 95 ; c i rcumfe rence 35 ; Spread from tip to t i p 45.

Typ i cal local i ty , Daghestan d i stri ct of the Cau casu s , the rangeextend ing from th is area through As ia M inor andPers ia to

Baluch i stanandS ind .

4 56 - 1 9 . 7. Sku l l andhom e . 6 February, 1 895 . Ma imun

Dagh,As ia Minor .

1 9 . 7. 8 Februa ry , 1 895 . Ma imunDagh, As i a Minor .

1 9 . 7 . 6 Feb ruary , 1 895 . Ma imunDagh, As ia Minor .

1 9 . 53 (fema l e). March,1 89 7 . Ma imun Dagh

,As ia

Minor .

1 9 . 7 . 1 5 . 54 (young ma l e). 27 Sep temb er , 1 894 . Mou sa

Dagh,southcoa st of As i a Mi nor .

1 9 . 7. 1 5 . 55 (fema l e). 22 Se p temb er , 1 894 . Mou sa Dagh,s outhcoa st of As i a Minor .

S ubfam i ly R UP I CAP R I NZE .

CHAMOIS .

RUPICAPRA RUPICAPRA RUP ICAP R A .

Cap ra m p i cap ra , L inn . Syst. Nat. cd. 1 0,vo l . i . p . 1 758

vol . i . p . 95 , 1 766 ,


R up i cap ra amp i cap'ra

,Weber , Saugeti ere , p . 674 , 1 904 .

R up i cap ra rup i cap ra rup i cap ra ,Lydekk er , Cat . Ungu l ate Mamm . Br i t .

Mu s . vol . i . p . 1 81 , 1 9 1 3 .

Of the follow ing ser i es the heads from Bavar ia are two of theoldest spec im ens in the Collecti on, hav ing been shot by Selou s inthe au tumn of 1 870, abou t a year before hi s first vi s i t to Sou thAfr i ca .

The best horns are those of No . 1 9 . 7 . 1 5 . 56 , wh i ch m easure as

follows — length on front curve 1 1 ; c i rcum ference 35 ; spreadfrom tip to ti p 45.

Typi cal locali ty , Swi tz erland ; the range include s the Alps andApennines , eastward through the T i rol , the Carpath ians , andnorthpart of the BalkanPeninsu la to the Cau casu s .

4 6 2 - 4 6 6 —60 . 1 2 Dec ember,1 899 . Mount T omass i

,

Sou thernCarp athi ans , T ransyl vani a1 9 . (fema l e). 1 2 De cemb er

,1 899 .

'

Mount T oma s s i,

Sou thernCarp athi ans , T ransyl vani a .

1 9 . (young mal e). 1 7 October,1 870 . Untersb erg

,

Bavari a .

(fema l e). 28 October , 1 870 . Unter sberg ,Bavar i a .

F ami l y ANT I LOCAP R IDE .

PRONGHORN , OR PRONGBUCK .

ANT I LO CAPRA’

AMERICANA AMERICANA .

Anti l op e am er i cana, 0 rd , Gu thr i e

’

s Geography , 2mdAm er . cd. vol . i i .p p . 292 and308 , 1 8 1 5 .

Anti l ocap m am er i cana,0 rd , Journ . Phys . vol . l xxxvu . p . 1 49

,1 8 1 8

vol . l xxxvi i i . p . 3 1 4,1 8 1 9 ; Oken’

s Is i s,1 8 1 9

, p . 1 1 06 .

Anti l ocapm am er i cana am er i cana,Mi l l er , Li st N. Amer . Mamm . p . 393 ,

1 9 1 2 .

Horns diflcer from those of the B oc idw in be ing forked and,as in the C’er vz

’dce,be ing cast annual ly .

He ight at shou lder abou t 36 inches . The typ i cal race di ffersfrom the Mexi can Pronghorn

,mex i cana ,

in i ts r i cher colou r andlarger mane . The narrowness of the black i sh border of the ears

96 THE SELOUS COLLECT ION .

d i stingu i shes i t from the Cal i forni an form , p enins u l a r i s , inwh ichrace the ears have a deep black border .

The best of the two heads in the Collect i on i s No .

Wh i ch has horns of the following s i z e z— length on outs ide cu rve

1 4 ; c i rcum ference 55 ; spread from tip to tip 1 05.

Typi cal locali ty, the M i ssou ri Plains .

4 7 0 1 9 . 7 . 7 September , 1 897. Near Marquette ,Wyom ing .

1 9 . November , 1 898 . Near Cody , Wyom ing .

Fam i ly CERVIDE .

FALLOW DEER .

DANA DAMA .

Cervusdama , Linn. Syst. Nat. cd. 1 0, vol . i . p . 67 , 1 758 ; ed. 1 2 , vol . i .p . 93 ,

1 766 .

Cer vu s (Dama ) dama ,H . Smi th , Gr i ffith’s Animal Kingdom ,

vol . v .

p . 306 , 1 8 27.

Damndamn, Lata ste ,Acte s Soc . L inn. Bordea u x , vol . xxxix . p . 288 , 1 8 86 .

The best of the three heads i s No . 1 9 . 7 . 1 5 . 447, inwh i ch theantlers m eas ure 26 inches in length on the outs ide c urve ,

w ith a

palm - w idth of 45 inche s .Typ i ca l local i ty, Sweden (introdu ced) ; the range appears to

have been confinedto the Med iterranean countr ies andAs ia M inor,the pre sent extens ion to Western Eu rope hav ing been broughtabou t by the spec i es be ing introdu ced into th i s area .

4 7 2 - 1 9 . 7. 1 5 . 44 7. 5 October , 1 898 . T attonPark , Cheshi re .

4 7 3 1 9 . 7. 4 October , 1 898 . T attonPark , Che shi re .

4 74 1 9 . 7. 1 5 . 449 . H averho lme,L inco lnshi re .

RED DEER .

CE avu s E LAP H US scor rc u s .

Cervu s el aphu s scoti cu s, Lonnberg , Ark iv Zool . vol . i i i . no . 9 , p . 1 1 , 1 906 .

H ornm easu rements of No 1 9 . 7 1 5 . 450 — length onou ts ide

98 THE sm ou s COLLECTION .

s ide curve 48 ; c i rcumference (between be z andtre z t ines) 65 ;w idest spread ins ide 43 ; spread from t ip to tip 4 1 . Po ints 7+ 7 .

Typi cal locali ty, Eastern Canada ; range include s the RockyMounta ins .

4 8 2 1 9 . 457. 30 October , 1 897. Juncti on of Cabin Creekw i ththe SouthFork of Stink ing Water R iver , Wyom ing .

1 8 . 7. 1 5. 458 . 29 Octob er , 1 89 7. Near Cab in Creek , SouthFork of Stink ing Water R iver , Wyom ing .

1 9 . 6 November , 1 897. Rock Creek , near Ishawood

,Wyom ing .

1 9 . 7. 21 October , 1 897. SouthFork of Stink ingWater R iver , Wyom ing.

—1 9 . 7. 1 5 , 4 61 . 2 October , 1 897. Sou th Fork of Stink ingWater River , Wyom ing.

1 9 . 7. 1 5 . 462 . 1 4 November , 1 898 . NorthFork of StinkingWate r R iver , Wyom ing.

7 . 1 8 Octo b er , 1 897. E ast Fork of South Forkof Stink ing Water R iver , Wyom ing.

4 89—4 9 0 — 1 9 . 7. 1 5 . 464—465 . Wyom ing .

MAINE WHITE - TAILED DEER .

ODOCOILEUS V I B G I NI ANUS B OREALI S .

Odocoi l eu s amer icanu s borea l i s , Mi l l er , Bul l . N. York State Mu s . vol .vi i i . p . 83

,1 900 ; L i st N. Am er . Mamm . p . 386 , 1 9 1 2 .

Odoco i l eu s vi rginia-nus bureau

'

s,Stone andCram ,

Ameri can Animal s,

p . 39 ; 1 903 ,

The Whi te - ta i led Deer i s d i stingu i shed from the other m embersof the genu s Odoco i l eus by i ts longer ta i l andsmal ler ears . Thepresent race d iffers from the typi cal one in be ing larger in s i ze andgreyer incolour .

Hornm ea surem ents - length on outside curve 21 greate stw i dth inside 1 7 spread from tip to t ip 1 2 . Po ints

Typ i ca l locali ty, Hancock County,Ma ine ; range from New

England States andCanada to northernNew York .

4 9 1 - 1 9 466 (Immature mal e). 1 7 October 1 900. SnakeLake , We sternQu ebec , Canada .

THE SELOUS COLLECTION : 99

KANSAS WHITE - TAILED DEER .

ODOCO I LEUS V I R GI NI ANUS MACROURUS .

Cervu s * m a crom '

u s , R afine squ e , Amer . Month.Mag . vol . i . p . 436,1 8 1 7.

Odocoi l eu s am er i canu s m acrow '

u s , Mi l l er andRehn, Proc . Bo ston Soc .Nat . H i st. vol . xxx . 13 . 1 4 , 1 901 .

Odocoi l eu s vi rgini anu s macrom'

u s , Stone andCram ,

'

Am er i canAnimal s ,

p . 39 , 1 903 .

Smaller than bor ea l i s andthe typi cal race ; no black on face

or ta i l . Antlers rather sm all .Hornm easu rem ents zfl l engthon ou ts ide curve 1 95 ; greate st

w idth ins ide 1 5 ; spread from ti p to ti p 1 2 . Po intsTypi cal local i ty, Plains of Kansas Valley, Upper Mi ss i ss ippi .

The range i s sai d to include Nebraska , Kansas , andthe Dakotas .

1 9 . 7 . 1 5. 467. 4 November , 1 897. Sou thFork of StinkingWater Ri ver , Wyom ing.

MULE - DEER .

ODOCOILEUS H EMI ONUS H EMIONUS .

C’er vu s hem i onu s , R afinesque , Amer . Month.Mag . vol . 1 . p . 436 , 1 8 1 7.

Cervu s macroti s m ontanu s , Caton,Ante l op e andDeer ofAmeri ca , ed. 2 ,

p . 94 , 1 88 1 .

Mazama. hem i onu s typ i ca , Lydekker , Deer of Al l Lands, p . 275, 1 898 .

Odocoi l eus hem i onu s hem i onus , Mi l l er , L i st N. Amer . Mamm . p . 388 ,

1 91 2 .

D i stingu i shed from the VVhite - ta i led Deer by its rather heav i erbu i ld, large ears, andshorter ta i l, the basa l portion of the unders ide of wh i ch i s naked . Horns fairly large , di rected ou twards andthenupwards, divid ing to form a symm etr ical fork, the branchesof whi ch d iv ide againabou t 6 inche s above the first fork .

Best hornm easurem ents (No . 1 9 . 7 . 1 5 . 471 ) z— length onout

s ide curve 25 ; greatest width ins ide 235 spread from ti p to ti p1 9 . Points 5 +5 .

Typ ical locali ty, S iou x Valley, Sou th Dakota . I nthe Museum

Coll ection there are spec imens of th i s race from Montana andBriti sh Columb ia .

1 ? Mi sp r inted Corvu s .

1 00 TH E SELOUS COLLECT ION.

—1 9 . 7. (Young ma l e). 29 Sep temb er , 1 897 . WindRi ver , Wyom ing .

— 1 9 . 4 69 . 8 October , 1 89 7. Sou thFork of StinkingWater Ri ver , Wyom ing .

1 9 . 7 . 4 Octob er , 1 897. SouthFork of StinkingWater River , Wyom ing .

1 9 . 7. 1 5 . 4 71 . 1 6 November , 1 898 . NorthFork of StinkingWater R iver , Wyom ing .

1 9 . 7 . 1 5 . 4 72 . 20 Novemb er , 1 8 98 . NorthFork of Stink ingWater Ri ver

,Wyom ing .

1 9 . 7. 8 November , 1 898 . Near head of NorthForkof Stink ing Water Ri ver , Wyom ing .

1 9 . 6 November , 1 8 98 . NorthFork of StinkingWater R i ve r , Wyom ing .

AMERICAN ELK , 0 11 MOOSE .

ALCES ALCES AMERICANU S .

Ce rvu s am er i canu s , C l inton,Lette r s onNat . H i st. etc . p . 1 93

,1 822 .

Al c es amer icanne , Jardine , Natura l i st’s Libr . , Mamm . vol . x i . p . 1 25 ,

p l . v 1 835 .

Al ces machi l i s ame r ic anu s , Lydekker , Great andSmall Gam e of Eu rop e ,

etc . p . 46 , 1 901 ,

Al ces a l ces amemlca‘

nus , Lydekker , Cat . Ungu late Mamm . Br i t. Mu s .

vol . i v . p . 234 ,fig s . 36 and37, 1 9 1 5 .

Antlers of the palmate d type body larger than in typ i calrace .

Hornm ea su rem ents (No . 1 9 . 7 . 1 5 . 475) —length of horn tolonge st t ine 355 greate st w idth 4 8 ; breadth of palm 7 spreadfrom ti p to ti p 335. Po intsTyp i cal loca l ity , Easte rnNorth Am er i ca .

50 0 - 1 9 . 4 75 . 1 October,1 900 . Lake K i p p ewa ,

We ste rn

Qu ebe c , Canada .

1 9 . 7. Canada .

ALASKAN MOOSE .

ALCES ALCES GIGAS .

Al ces gi ga s , Mi l l er , Proc . Bi o l .' Soc . Washington, vol . xi i i . p . 57

,1 899

Li st N. Amer . Mamm, p . 39 1 , 1 9 1 2 .

Al ces ma chi l i s gi gas , Lydekk er , Great andSma l l Gam e of Eu rop e , etc .

p . 49 , 1 901 .

1 02 TH E SELOUS COLLECTION.

NEW FOUNDLAND CARIBOU .

RANGIF ER TAR ANDUS T E B B E NOVJE .

Rangifer terrwnovaz,Bangs ,De scr i p t Newfoundland Caribou , Bo ston, 1 896 .

R angifer ta randu s terraeowvae, Al l en, Bul l. Amer.Mu s .Nat. H i st. vol . vi i i .

p . 235,1 896 .

Antlers mas s i ve andmu ch pa lmated , w i th a large number ofpo ints . Genera l colour pa ler than inthe followi ng race .

Among the heads inthe Collect i onthere i s one (No . 1 9 . 7

wi th excepti onally beau ti fu l horns , bear ing no less than40 po intsthe m easu rements of th i s spec im en are as follows — length on

outs ide cu rve 405 c i rcumference 8 ; greate st w idth inside 365spread from tip to tip 285. Po ints 2 1 + 1 9 .

Typ i cal local ity, Newfoundland , to wh i ch Island the race isconfined.

5 1 1 1 9 . 7 . 2 November , 1 900. T erra Nova Lake , Newfoundl and.

51 2 - 51 5 —4 85 . Sep tembe r , 1 901 . St. John’

s Lake ,Newfoundl and .

20 Oc tobe r , 1 905 . King George IV Lake ,Newfoundland .

23 Octobe r , 1 905 . Ll oyds Lake,E xpl o i ts

Ri ver , Newfoundland .

1 9 . 7 . 1 5 . 488 . 1 November , 1 905 . Mount Ram say , E xplo i tsRiver , Newfoundland .

OSBORN ’

S CARIBOU .

RANGIFER T ARANDUS OSB OBNI .

Rangifer osborni, Allen, Bu ll . Amer . Mus . Nat. H i st. vol . xvi . p . 1 49 ,

fig s . 1 and2,1 902 .

Rangifer ta randu s osborm’

,Ward , Re cords of B ig Gam e , cd. 6 , p . 85 , 1 91 0

cd. 7, p . 85 , 1 9 1 4 .

Antlers rather of the Barren- Ground type , but cons iderablygreater in s i ze ; genera l colour darker than inthe Newfoundlandrace .

The fo l lowing ser i es conta ins some very fine heads , the be stbe ing No . 1 9 . 7 . 1 5 . 494 —length of horns on outsi de curve 575

1 1 1 1 : SELOUS COLLECTION . 1 03

greatest w idth ins ide 4754c i rcum ference 7 Spread from tip to

tip 425. PointsI nthe Mu seum Collecti on there i s an enti re mounted spec im en

of thi s Caribou presented by Selou s in 1 907.

Typ i cal local i ty , Cassiar Mounta ins , Bri ti sh Columbia .

5 1 9 1 9 . 7. 29 Augu st, 1 906 . Mounta ins southof Sou thFork of Macm i l l anRi ver

,Yuk onT err i tory.

1 9 . 7. 1 5 . 490. 1 2 Sep temb er , 1 906 . Mounta ins sou thof

SouthFork of Macm i l l anRi ver , YukonT err i tory .

1 9 . 30 Augu st, 1 906 . Mounta ins sou thof Sou thFork of Macm i l l anRiver , YukonT err i tory .

52 2—52 3 — 1 9 . 492—493 . Sep tember , 1 906 . Mounta ins south of

SouthFork ofMacm i l l anRi ver,YukonT err i tory .

1 9 . 7. 1 0 Sep tember , 1 904 . Mounta ins betweenForks ofMacm i l l anRiver , YukonT err i tory .

I NDEX .

abys s ini cu s caudatu s , Colobus , 5 .

Cepha l ophu s (Sy l vi cap ra),gr imm i , 29 .

Ac inonyx jubatu s jubatu s , 1 2 .

venati ons , 1 2 .

a cuti corni s,Anti l op e (Raphi c eru s),

32 .

Adenota kob ,45 .

l eucoti s , 4 6 .

thomas i , 45 .

vardoni vardoni , 47 .

adu stu s , Cani s , 6 .

mgagra , Cap ra hi rcu s , 94 .

ZEpycero s m elamp u s melampus , 4 9 .

p ete rs i , 49 .

rendi l i s , 50 .

8 1mm , 50 .

aequator i a , Oureb ia montana , 32 .

{e thi op i cu s mas sa i cu s,

P haeocheeru s , 79 .

sundeval l i,P haeo

chmru s , 79 .

afr i cana cap ens i s , Loxodonta ,8 8 .

se l ou s i , Loxodonta , 8 7 .

Ajgocero s barbata ,59 .

equ inu s , 59 .

niger , 6 1 .

ake l ey i , Ne sotragu s mo scha tu s , 35 .

a l b i frons , Damal i scu s , 20, 2 1 .

a l b ojubatu s , Connochaete s taur inus ,26 .

mearns i , Gorgon , 26 .

Alcelaphus caama. s e l borne i , 1 7 .

cok e i cok e i , 1 4 .

naku rae,1 5 .

lelwel jack soni , 1 6 .

li chtenste ini , 1 8 .

Alces alces am eri canu s , 1 00, 1 01 .

33 7 3 g l ga’s 3 1 00 ,

am eri cana , Ant1 l ocap ra amencana

95.

Antil op e , 95 .

am er i canu s , Al ces a l ces , 1 00,1 01 .

boreali s,Odocoi l eu s

,98 .

Cervus , 1 00 .

macrouru s , Odoc o i l eu s ,99 .

Amm el aphu s im b erb i s au stra l i s , 69 .

amoenu s,Cephalophus nata l ens i s

,

27.

amphi b iu s amphi b i u s , H i p p op ota

mu s,80.

anga s i , E ury cero s , 67.

Nyal a , 67.

Tragelaphus , 67, 68 .

annec tens , Oryx be i sa , 57 , 58 .

Ante l op e , De sert Pigmy , 35 .

Kenya Pigmy, 35 .

Roan,59 .

Sab l e , 6 1 .

Zulul andPi gmy , 36 .

Ante l opu s roua l eyne i , 65 , 66 .

Anti dorca s eu chore , 55 .

marsup i al i s marsup ia l i s ,55 .

Anti l ocap ra, americana. amer i cana ,95 .

mex i cana ,95 .

p eninsu lar i s , 96 .

Anti l op e a l b i frons,20.

ame r i cana , 95 .

arundinnm,40.

camp estri s , 32 .

cap reo l u s , 39 .

(Cephalophus) p latons ,28 .

dorcas , 1 9 .

e l eotragu s , 40.

e l l i p s i p rymnu s , 43 .

equ ina ,59 .

eu chore , 55 .

ful voruful a ,42 .

gnu ,24 .

l eu coti s , 4 6

l i chtenste im , 1 8 .

lunata , 2 1 .

madoqua ,29 .

mar sup i al i s , 55 .

m elampus,49 .

m e l anoti s , 34 ,oreotragu s , 30.

oryx,57 .

oureb i , 30 .

pygarga ,1 9 .

1 06 INDEX .

Cap ra hi rcu s aegagra , 94 .

monti co l a ,2 7.

rup i cap ra ,94 .

capreolus, Anti l op e , 39 .

Pelea , 39 .

Redunca , 39 .

capri corni s , Raphi ceru s camp estri s ,33 .

Raphi ceru s neumanni,

33 .

Caribou,Newfoundland, 1 02 .

Osborn ’s , 1 02 .

Catob l ep a s gorgon , 24 .

taur ina s , 24 .

caudatus , Colobus abys s ini cu s , 5 .

cavendi shi , Madoqua. (Rhynchotragus), 36 .

m inor , Rhynchotragus

,37.

Rhynchotm gu s ki rki ,36 , 3 7.

Cephal ophus aby ssinicus , 29 .

cwrul eu s , 27.

(Gueve i )monti co la ,27.

madoqua,29 .

nata l ens i s amoenu s , 27.

igni fer , 27.

nata l ens i s ,26 .

roberts i , 27.

(Sy l v i cap ra) gr imm i

aby s sinicus , 29 .

(Sy l vi cap ra) gr imm i

grimm i , 28 .

Ceratother ium s imum, 85 .

Cerophoru s (Oryx) oryx , 5 7.

Cervi cap ra arundinum,40 .

bohor , 4 1 .

fu l voruful a. chanl e r i 43 .

redunca wardi,4 1 .

C ervus amer i canu s , 1 00.

canadens i s cana dens i s , 97 .

(Dama) dama , 96 .

e l aphu s mam ],97 .

s c oti cus , 96 .

hem i onu s , 99 .

macroti s montanus,99 .

macrourus, 99 .

tarandu s,1 0 1 .

Chamois, 94 .

chanl er i , Redunca. ful vorufu l a ,43 .

Cheetah,Sou thAfrican

,1 2 .

Cobus (Adenota) l eu c oti s , 4 6 .

c oba thoma s i , 4 5 .

leche, 45 .

vardoni , 4 7 .

cok e i cok ei , Alcelaphus , 1 4 .

naku raa, Al celaphus , 1 5 .

Colobus abys s ini cu s caudatus,5 .

Connochaete s gnu , 24 ,25 .

gorgon,24 .

becki,26 .

tau r inu s,25 .

a l b ojubatu s ,26 .

mearns i , 26 .

taurinu s , 24 .

corr igura. Jim e l a,Dani a l i scu s

,23 .

tiang , Dama l i scu s , 22 .

cottoni , Ou reb i a montana , 3 1 , 32 .

(Crocotta)gar i ep ens i s , Hyaena, 8 .

Crocuta cro cu ta capensis, 8 .

germ inans , 9 .

3 9 fiSi39 °

ouningham e i , Equus quagga, 8 1 .

Dame. dama , 96 .

Dama l i s al b i frons,20.

jime l a,23 .

lunata ,2 1 .

p ygarga ,1 9 .

(Strep s i ceros) streps i ceros70.

tiang , 22 .

Damal i s cu s a l b i frons,20

,21 .

korr i gum jime l a , 23 .

s e l ou s i, 23 .

tiang, 22 .

lunatus,2 1 .

pygargu s , 1 9 , 20, 2 1 .

s enega l ens i s , 23 .

Deer , Eastern Red , 97.

Fallow,96 .

Kansas Whi te - ta i l ed , 99 .

Ma ine Whi te - ta i l ed , 98 .

Red, 96 .

Wh i te - ta i l ed , 98 ,99 .

Defas sa,44 .

defas sa nz o iw ,Kobus

, 44 .

de lamere i,Tragelaphus scr ip tu s , 63 ,

64 .

de rb ianu s gigas , Taurotragus , 75 .

de serti co la , Ne sotragu s mos chatus ,35 .

(D i ceros) b i corni s b i corni s,Rhino

ceros, 8 2 .

b i corni s s oma l i ens i s,Rhi

nocero s,84 .

s imu s s imu s,Rhino ceros ,

85 .

Dik -dik , Cavendi sh ’

s , 36.

I NDEX.

Dik - dik,Le s ser Juba l and

,37.

Nyika, 38 .

Smith ’s,38 .

(Do l i ohohi p p u s) gr evy i , E quusdorcas

,Antilope

,1 9 .

Capra,1 9 .

Duiker,Aby s s ini an,

29 .

Blue,27.

Common,28 .

Natal , 26 , 27.

Ravine Red,27.

Duiker - bok,28 .

E land,East African

, 75 .

Mashonaland, 72 .

Sudan D erby , 75 .

e l aphu s mam l,Cervus

, 97 .

s coti cu s , Cervus , 96 .

e ldom ae,Tragelaphus

,64 .

(E l eotragu s) q rundinum arundinum,

Redunca,4 0.

E l eotragu s i sab e l l inu s , 40 .

E lephas afr i canu s 8 8 1 0 1 1 8 1 , 8 7 .

E lephant , Mashonaland , 8 7, 8 8 .

E l k,American

,1 00 .

e l l i p s i p rymnu s , Kobus , 43 .

equinus,Ai go ceros , 59 .

equinus,H i p p otragu s , 59 .

E quus bu rche l l i granti, 8 1 .

(Dol i chohi p p u s)grevy i , 80.

grevy i b erb erens i s , 8 1 .

quagga. cuningham ei , 8 1 .

granti,8 1 .

eu chore , Antidorcas , 55 .

E ury ceros angasi , 67.

fa sc i atu s , Gorgon , 24 .

Fe l i s cap ens i s hi nde i , 1 2 .

jubata , 1 2 .

1 9 0 , 9 .

pardus,1 2 .

F ox,E ast Africa. Great - eared, 6 ,

ful vorufu l a. chanl er i , Ce rvi cap ra ,43 .

Redunca,43 .

fu l voruful a ,Redunca

,4 2 .

ga l l arum , Oryx beisa , 59 .

gar i ep ens i s , Hyaena. (Cro cotta), 8 .

Synceru s , 1 3 .

Gazella. eu chore , 55 .

granti b r ighti , 54 .

granti, 52 .

ra iney i , 54 .

7 ,

1 07

Gaz ella granti rob erts i , 53 .

roo seve l ti , 53 , 54 .

thom soni nasalis, 5 1 .

wa l l e r i,56 .

gazella,Capra

, 57 .

Oryx , 57, 58 .

Gaz elle Bl a ck - snou ted Thomson ’s,

5 1 .

R a iney’

s Grant,54 .

R oosevelt’s Grant, 53 .

Thom son ’

8,5 1 .

Typ i ca l Grant, 52 .

Gemsbuck, 57.

Gerenuk, 56 .

germ inans , Crocuta crocuta. 9 .

gigas,Alces alce s

,1 00.

T aurotragus (Boselap hus), 75 .

derb i anu s, 75 .

oryx , 75 .

Giraffa. came l op ardal i s , 76 , 77capens is

, 78 .

reticul ata, 76 .

roths chi ldi,

77 , 78 .

ti p p e l sk i rchi ,77 .

reticul ata, 76 , 77 .

Giraffe , 77 .

Fi ve -horned , 77 .

Reticulated , 76 .

SouthAfrican, 78 , 79 .

Uganda, 77.

gnou,Bos

,24 .

Gnu ,24 .

Br indl ed,24 .

Whi te - b earded , 26 .

gnu , Connoch% te s , 24 , 25 .

Goat, W ild, 94 .

Gorgon a l b ojubatu s m earns i,26 .

fa sc i atu s , 24 .

gorgon,Catoblepas

,24 .

Connochaetes,24 .

granti , E quus bu r chel l i , 8 1n quagga , 8 1

bri ghti , Gazella , 54 .

grant i , Gazell a , 52 .

ra iney i , Gazella , 54 .

rob erts i, Gazella , 53 .

roos eve l ti, Gazel la , 53 , 54 .

gratus Limnotragu s sp eke i , 68 .

grevyi b erb erens i s , E quus , 8 1 .

E quus (Do l i chohi p p u s), 80.

gr imm i abys s ini cu s , Cephalophus(Sy l v i cap ra), 29 .

grimm i , Cephalophus (Sy l v icapra), 28 .

1 08 INDEX.

Grysbok,34 .

gu enther i sm i thi , Rhynchotragu s ,38 .

Guereza,Abys s ini an, 5 ,

Whi te - ta i l ed,5 .

(Gu eve i ) monticola , Cephalophus ,27 .

Hartebeest,Coke , 1 4 .

JacksonLelwel,1 6 .

Kenya Lelwel , 1 6 .

L i chtenstein,1 8 .

Nakuru,1 5 .

Neumann , 1 5 .

Selborne R 0 0 1 , 1 7 .

he ck i , Connochaete s , 23.

hemionus,Cervu s , 99 .

Odo co i l eu s hemionus , 99 .

typica,Mazama . 99 .

hi enom e l as bargari , Hyaena. (Hyaena),7.

hinde i , Fe l i s capensis , 1 2 .

Rhynchotragu s ki rk i , 38 .

Hippopotamus , 80 .

am phi b ia s am phi b ia s ,80 .

H i p p otragu s equ inu s equinus , 59 .

niger niger,6 1 .

hi rcu s aegagra ,Capra

,94 .

H unting Dog , SouthAfrican , 7 .

Hyaena. capensis , 8 .

(Croc otta)gar i ep ens i s , 8 .

crocuta germ i u ans , 9 .

(H yaana)hi enome l a s b ergeri ,7 .

hyaena s chi l l ing s i , 8 .

picta , 7 .

s chi l l ing s i rendi l i s , 8 .

Hyaena , De sert Striped , 7.

Ea ste rn Spotted, 9 .

SouthAfri can Spotted , 8 .

igni fer , Cephalophus nata l ens i s , 2 7 .

imb erb i s australis ,Amm e laphu s , 69 .

Strep s i ceros , 69 .

Impala,49 .

Jub a l and,50 .

Inyala,6 7.

i sab e l l inu s , E l eotragu s , 4 0 .

Jaokal,Black - backed

,6 .

S i de - str i p ed , 6 .

jack soni , Alcelaphus lelwel, 1 6 .

Jimela,23 .

jime l a ,Damalis

, 23 .

Damaliscus,23 .

korr igum,23 .

jubata , Ac inonyx , 1 2 .

F c l i s,1 2 .

jubatu s jubatu s , Ac inonyx , 1 2 .

kaufmanni, Taurotragu s , 73 .

ke itloa,Rhinoceros

, 83 .

kenyae , Al c el aphus lelwel , 1 6 .

k ib onotens i s , Crocuta , 9 .

k i rk i cavendi shi , Rhynchotragu s , 36 ,37 .

hinde i , Rhynchotragu s , 38 .

m inor , Rhynchotragu s , 37.

ny i kae , R bynchotragu s , 38 .

Kl i p sp r inger , 30 .

kob , Adenota , 45 .

l eu coti s , Adenota , 46 .

thoma s i, Adenota , 45 , 4 6 .

Kob , Uganda , 45 .

W hite - eared,46 .

Kobus (Adenota)vardoni , 4 7 .

defassa. nz o iae, 44 .

e l l ip s ip rymnu s , 43 .

kob thoma s i,4 5 .

l eu coti s , 45 , 46 .

(Onotragu s) leche , 44 .

vardoni vardoni, 4 7.

kongoni , Alcelaphus , 1 5 .

Koodoo, 70 .

korr igum jimala , Damaliscus , 23 .

8 9 10 1 1 3 1,Damaliscus

,23 .

tiang , Damal i scu s , 22 .

Kudu,69 , 70 .

East Afri canLes ser,69 .

Leche,44 .

leche,Cobus

,45 .

Kobus , 44 .

Kobus (Onotragu s), 44 .

Lechwe,44 .

lelwel jack soni , Al celaphus , 1 6 .

leo,F elis

,9 .

Leopard,1 2 .

l eu coti s , Adenota kob , 46 .

l i chtenste ini , Alcelaphus , 1 8 .

Limnotragu s se l ou s i,68 .

sp ek e i , 68 .

gratus,68 .

l imp op oens i s , Synceru s , 1 3 .

L ion, 9 , 1 0, 1 1 .

Li thocrani u s wa l l eri , 56 .

1 1 0 INDEX.

Odoco i leu s ameri canu s macrouru s , p ictus , Lycaon pictus , 7.

99 . platons , Anti l op e (Cephalophus), 28 .

hem i onu s hemionus , 99 . Pookoo,4 8 .

v i rg ini anu s borealis , 98 . Prongbuck,95 .

macrourus, 99 . Pronghorn

,95 .

o l i vaceu s , Tragelaphus scr i p tu s , 64 . Mexican, 95 .

(Onotragu s) leche , Kobus , 44 . Puku, 47 .

Oreas canna , 72 . pygarga ,Antilope

,1 9 .

l i v ingstoni i , 73 . Damalis,1 9 .

oreas , T aurotrag'u s (Boselaphus), 75. pygargus , Damal i scu s , 1 9 , 20,2 1 .

Oreodorca s ful vorufu l a ,42 .

Oreotragu s oreotragu s oreotragus,30.

Ori bi , 30 . quagga. cuninghame i , E quus , 8 1 .

Powe l l - Cotton’

s 3 1 . granti,E quus

,8 1 .

ornatus,Tragelaphus s criptus

,64

,

66 .

Oryx beisa. annectens , 5 7, 58 .

ca l l oti s,59 .

ga l l arum ,59 .

capensis,57.

gazella, 57, 58 .

onu sST

oryx , Antilope , 57.

gigas,T aur otm gu s , 75 .

l i v ingstone i , Taurotragus , 73 .

oryx , T aurotm gu s , 72 .

p attersoni anu s ,Taurotragus , 75 .

s e l ou s i , T aurotmgu s , 72 .

o sb orni , Rangifer tarauda s , 1 02 .

Otocyon canescens , 6 , 7.

mega l oti s , 6 , 7.

vi rgatu s , 6 , 7.

Otter , 9 1 .

Ou reb i a. montana. aaquator ia ,32 .

montana cottoni,3 1

,32 .

ourebi,30.

scoparia,30 .

ourebi,Anti lope , 30 .

Ovi s musimon , 93 .

5)

Pala , 49 .

p ambas i l eu s , Cam' s , 9 1 .

p anganens i s , Crocuta , 9 .

p ardus , F elis , 1 2 .

Pasang , 94 .

p atter soni anu s , T aurotragu s oryx , 75 .

P edi otragu s neumanm'

,33.

P elea capreolus , 39 .

p eninsul ar i s , Antilocapra , 96 .

p eter s i , ZEp ycero s melampus , 49 .

Phacochaaru s aethi Op i cu s ma s s a i cu s ,79 .

sundeval l i ,79 .

p icta, Hyaena , 7 .

radc l ifi e i,Synceru s cafi er , 1 4 .

ra iney i , Gazella. granti , 54 .

Rangi fer tarandu s o sb orni , 1 02 .

tarandu s , 1 01 .

terraenovw ,1 02 .

typions , 1 01 .

R aphi cero s camp e str i s neumanni , 33 .

(Nototragu s) melanotis ,34 .

(Raphi c eru s) acu ti corni s , Antilope ,32 .

Raphi ceru s camp estr i s camp e str i s ,32 .

cap ri corm’

s,

33 .

neumanni,

33 .

subulata,Anti l op e , 32 .

R edunca arundinum oc c identa l i s , 4 1 .

capreolus,39 .

(E l eotragu s) arundinumarundinum ,

40.

fu l voruful a chanl er i ,fu l vorufu l a ,

4 2 .

redunca. wardi,4 1 .

Re edbuck , 40.

Chanl er ’

s,43 .

W ard’s,4 1

,42 .

Re indeer , 1 01 .

rendi l i s , ZEp yc cro s melampus , 50 .

H ywna s chi l l ings i , 8 .

reti cu l ata ,Giraffa

,76 , 77 .

Girafi a cam e l op arda l i s ,76 .

Rhebok,Rooi , 42 .

V aal , 39 .

Rhinoc eros (D i ceros ) bi corni s b i cor1 1 1 8 , 82 .

b i corni s soma

l i ens i s , 84 .

INDEX .

Rhinocero s (D i ceros) s imu s sima s,

85 .

keitloa, 83 .

Rhinoceros,Som a l i Black

, 84 .

Sou th Afr i can Squaremouthed

, 8 5 .

Sou th-Afri canW hite , 85 ,8 6 .

Typ i ca l Black , 82 .

Rhynchotragu s gu enther i 8 1 11 1 1311 1 , 38 .

ki rki carvendi shi , 36 .

37.

hinde i,38 .

minor,37 .

ny i kae , 38 .

R i etb ok ,40 .

rob erts i , Cephalophus nata l ens i s , 27.

Gazella. granti,53 .

roo seve l ti , Gaz ella granti , 53 , 54 .

rothschi ldi , Gi rafl a cam e l op ardal i s ,77 , 78 .

rou a l eyne i , Ante I Op u s , 65 , 66 .

Rupicapra. ru p i cap ra rup i cap ra ,94

,

95 .

Sas saby ,2 1 .

schi l l ing s i , H yaenq. hyaena , 8 .

scoparia,Antilope

,30 .

Ou reb i a ,30.

s eoti cu s , Cervus e l aphu s , 96 .

scr i p tu s de l am ere i , Tragelaphus , 63 ,64 .

o li vac eu s , Tragelaphus , 64 .

ornatus,Tragelaphus

,64 ,

66 .

sylvaticus , Tragelaphus , 66 .

se l b orne i , Alcelaphus caama , 1 7 .

s e l ou s i , Dam a l i s cu s korr igum ,23 .

E lephas africanus,8 7.

Limnotragu s , 68 .

Loxodonta. afr i cana,87, 88 .

T au rotragu s oryx, 72 .

Tragelaphus, 68 .

s enegal ens i s , Damaliscus , 23 .

Serval,E a st African , 1 2 .

simum , Ceratother i um , 85 .

8 1 1 1 1 711 8,Rhinoc ero s (D i cero s ) sima s ,

85 .

S ing - s ing, 44 .

Sitatunga,Zambesi

, 68 .

Situtunga, 68 .

sm i thi , Rhynchotragu s gu enther i , 38 .

s cemm erring i i , Antilope , 52 .

somaliensis,Rhinoc ero s (D i c eros)

bi corni s , 84 .

1 1 1

sp eke i gratus , Limnotragu s , 68 .

Limnotragu s , 68 .

Sp r ingbu ck , 55 .

Steinbuck,Cape

,32 .

East African, 33 .

Transvaal, 33 .

Strep s i ceros imb erb i s australis , 69 .

strep s i cero s strep si ceros ,69 .

suara, 50 .

suara,ZEp yc er p s melampus , 50.

Strep s i cero s , 50 .

subul ata, Anti l op e (Raphi ce ru s), 32 .

sundeva l l i,P hacochoerus aethi Op i cu s ,

79 .

sylvatica,Antilope

,66 .

syl vati cu s,Tragelaphus s cr i p tu s ,

66 .

(Sy l vi cap ra)gr imm i abys s ini cu s, Ce

phal ophu s , 29 .

gr imm i grimm i , Cepha ~

1 0 phu s , 28 .

Sy l vi cap ra, madoqua , 29 .

Syncem s cafi er Gaffer,1 3 , 1 4 .

radcl i ffe i , 1 4 .

tarauda s,Cervus , 1 01 .

o sb orni , Rangi fer , 1 02 .

Rangi fer tarandu s , 1 01 .

terraenovae , Rangi fer , 1 02 .

taurina,Antilope

,24 .

tau r inu s a l b ojub atu s , Connochaetes ,26 .

Catoblepas,24 .

mearns i , Connochaete s , 26 .

tau r inu s , Connochaete si, 24 .

T au rotragu s (B oselaphus)gigas , 75 .

derb i anu s gigas , 75 .

kau fmanni, 73 .

ni edi eck i , 73 .

oryx gigas , 75 .

l ivingstone i , 73 .

oryx,72 .

p attersoni anu s , 75 .

s e l ou s i, 72 .

terrra novse,Rangi fer tarandu s , 1 02 .

thoma s i , Adenota. kob , 45 , 46 , 4 7.

thom soni nasalis , Gazella , 51 .

thomsoni,Gazella

,51 .

Tiang,22 .

tiang , Dama l i scu s korrigum,22

,

23 .

ti p p e l sk i rchi , Giraffa. cam e l op arda l i s ,77 .

tjaeder i , Tragelaphus , 64 ,

1 1 2 INDEX .

T ragel aphus angasi , 6 7, 68 . v i rg ini anu s macrourus , Odocoileus ,brunnens , 64 . 99 .

e ldomaa, 64 . vu lgar i s , Lutm ,9 1 .

scr i p tu s de l am ere i , 63 ,64 .

o l i vac eu s,64 .

ornatus,64

,66 .

syl vati cu s , 66 .

se l ou s i,68 .

sp eke i , 68 .

tjaederi , 64 .

T se seb e , 2 1 .

typions , Bo s caffer , 1 3 .

Cervus canadensis,97.

Cobus vardoni , 4 7.

H i p p otm gu s equinus , 59 .

Oreotragus , 30 . Zebra, Cuninghame

’

s,8 1 .

Grevy’

s, 80 .

Masai, 8 1 .

vardoni vardoni , Adenota , 4 7. Soma l i l and Grevy’

s , 8 1 .

venations , Ac inonyx , 1 2 . z u l uens i s , Lycaon pictus , 7.

Lycaonpict us , 7. Ne sotrag u s l i vingstonianus ,vi rgi ni anns boreali s , Odoc o ileus , 98 . 36 .

P R I NT E D B Y TAY LOR AND F RANC I S, R E D L_

I ON COUR T , F LEET ST R E E T .

wa l l er i , Li tho cmni u s , 56 .

Wap i ti , 97.

wardi , Redunca. redunca , 4 1 .

W art - hog,Masai , 79 .

Natal, 79 .

W aterbuck , 43 .

W ildebeest , 24 .

Blue,24 .

W o l ffkl askanT imber , 9 1 .

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