( 3" ) 



bird is nntliiiiL;- morp than an nlil Ihiqcdn.'ilnii ki(i<-<l(ifili,('V a cluscly allied spefies not 

 yet known to iis except by the type. The bird tiirnred /'. Z S. ISTT, PI. 51. thus 

 remains withont a name, and we name it 



Lampribis rara nom. unv. 



We l)elii-ve that ('niiiatih's -awX Ihnicdii.slihi are very nsuful and well-established 

 genera, bnt a closer study will be necessary to decide abont Lmi/prihis and other 

 genera. 



NEUMANN'S HARTEBEEST. 



By the HON. WALTER ROTHSCHILD. 



(Plate XIV.) 



UNDER the name of fktbalix neumniiHi I described in the Animh and Magazine 

 of JS'afaral llisfory, 8er. 6, Vol. XX., October 1^97, p. 37i), a new form of 

 Hartebeest, discovered by Mr. A. H. Neumann on the east shore of and to the north- 

 east of Lake Rudolph. 



The horns of Bubalis neumanni differ widely from those ofi?. TOi'ir/'rtr(Blyth), of 

 West Africa, and Ij. hn.-^cbi phus ( Pall.j, of Northern Africa and Arabia, in beinjr 

 slenderer, and in their tips being inverted instead of jiointing outwards or straight 

 behind. The nearest ally seems to be B. tora (Gray), of Upper Nubia, Abyssinia, 

 and Kordofan, which, however, has more slender horns, with more distinct rings, 

 reaching almost round, a broader forehead, and a generally paler coloration. The 

 horns also diverge much more in B. tora, as shown at a glance by the distances 

 between the tips of the horns, as recorded in R. Ward's Horn Measuremenls. 



The horns of B. neumanni measure as follows : — (Jireumference at base, 

 S 273 mm., ? 183 ; total length along the curves, c? 420, ? 345 ; tip to tij), <J 200, 

 ? 249. 



The rings of the horns are not very prominent and do not reach all round. 



Breadth of skull at forehead, S I'lO mm., ? 80 ; length of skull from base of 

 horn to upper lip, along the side in a straight line, S 430, ? 403. 



("olour of hair fulvous fawn, much richer on the back, wliere there are also 



some darker sjxits, which may be stains or natural ; below very much ])aler. Cliin 



blackish, tip of tail black. Tlie male is brighter and darker in colonr than tlie 



female. There are also on the back some patches with longer, thicker, almost 



whitish buif hair, perhaps remains of the wiTiter fur. 



