44 DAMALIDJJC. 



Yar. tunisianns, Gray, Cat. Ungul. B. M. p. 123. 

 Hub. Tunis, Fraser. 



"This animal is much smaller than the Hartbeest, and is of a 

 uniform bright chestnut-colour, without any markings on the feet." 

 —Bli/th. 



2. Alcelaphus major. B.M. 



Alcelaphus tunisianus, Gray, Cat. Ungul. B. M. p. 123. 

 Boselaphus major, Blyth, 1\ Z. S. 18G'J, p. 53, f. A, 1 (horns, male), 

 2 (horns, female). 



JIab. West Africa : Tunis (Fraser). 



" As large as the Hartbeest, with black markings on all the feet 

 above the hoofs. The hair of the forehead is chestnut, where it is 

 black in the Hartbeest. So far as I can perceive, the horns of the 

 three North-African species are similar in shape, those of B. major 

 being only distinguishable by their superior size ; and aU may be 

 readily told from those of the Hartbeest by the difference at the 

 base when viewed in front, the horns of the latter diverging in the 

 form of the letter V, those of the others in the form of the letter 

 \}:'—BJyth. 



3. Alcelaphus caama. (The Lecama or Hartbeest.) B.M. 



Grey brown ; dorsal line, streak on face, outer side of limbs 

 black ; large triangular spots on the haunches whitish. 



Alcelaphus caama, Grm/, Cat. Um/id. B. M. p. 124, t. IG. f. 1, 2, .0. 

 Boselaphus caama, Bhjth, P. Z. S. ItiGO, p. o3, fig. A, 4 (horns, male), 

 5 (female). 



Hab. South Africa : in flat wooded districts. 



4. Alcelaphus Lichtensteinii. (Godoiiko.) 



Pale brown ; back of neck and upper part of back dark brown, 

 separated from the other part of the body by a straight horizontal 

 line ; end of tail black ; inside of ears white. 



Antilope Lichten.steinii, Peters, Mossambique, p. 193, t. 43, 44 (skulls). 

 Boselaphus Lichtensteinii, Kirk, P. Z. S. 18(')4, p. GGO. 

 Boselaphus cama, Heuglin, Aniilop. p. 22, t. 2. f. 3 (horns). 



Hab. Eastern Africa : Shaupagna, in the forest (KirJc). 

 Probably the Hartbeest mentioned by Captain Speke (P. Z. S. 

 1863, p. 3) at Dhoors. 



2. DAMALIS. 



Horns over the back of the edge of the orbit, lyratc, subeylin- 

 drical or compressed, annxilated nt the base, over the back edge of 

 the orbit. (Gray, Cat. Ungul. B. M. p. 12."). t. 1<>. f. 4, 5, and t. 3. 

 f. G, skull and horns.) 



