3. EURTCEROS. 47 



Damalis kudu, Smi'fJi, Zool. S. Africa. 



Strepsiceros kudu, var., Gray, Cat. Ungul. B. 31. p. 134. 



Strepsiceros imberbis, Bhjth, P. Z. S. 1869, p. 54, Hg. B, 3, 3 a. 



Hab. Aby^^met (IliipjyeU, Harris). S> O ^i^^^-f^-^ij — C^c.-t'<~^ 



2. OREAS. 



Horns far behind the orbits, in both sexes, straight, bent back and 

 on the same plane as the forehead. Female, horns smaller. Throat 

 with a longitudinal crested dewlap. (Gray, Cat. Ungiil. B. M. p. 134, 

 t. 17. f. 3, 4 ; Taiiro tragus, Wacjl(,r.~) Feeding on leaves and branches 

 of shrubs {Kirk), 



1. Oreas canna. (The Impoofo or Eland.) B.M. 



Pale brown, nearly uniform, with a very few indistinct narrow 

 white stripes on the sides. 



Oreas canna, Grwy, Cat. Ungul. B. M. p. 134, 1. 17. f. 3, 4 (skull and 

 horns) ; Kirk, P. Z. S. 1864, p. 659 ; Wolfs Zool. Sketches, tab. xxi. 

 Boselaphus oreas, Heuylin, Antil. p. 19. 



Hab. South Africa. 



2. Oreas derbianus. (The Gingi Jonga.) B.M. 



Pale reddish brown ; front of the face, the neck, and front part 

 of the underside, a spot on the front and hinder side of the fore leg, 

 and dorsal streak black ; sides of the body with fourteen or fifteen 

 white perpendicular streaks. 



Oreas derbianus. Gray, Cat. Ungul. B. M. p. 135. 



jy«6. West Africa : river Cassoman ( TF7w<^eZc?) ; Senegal (iZearfe). 



a. Boselaphus c/igas, Heuglin, Antilopen, p. 19, t. 3. f. 2 (horns 

 only). Hab. White Nile. 



b. Oreas Livingstonii, Sclater, MS. ; Kirk, P. Z. S. 1864, p. 659 ; 

 Speke, P. Z. S. 1869, p. . Body banded. Hab. Central Afi-ica 

 (Speke). 



" South of the Zambesi it is uniform in colour, or, at least, not 

 distinctly banded. The colour varies considerably. To the south 

 of that i-iver it is banded. 0. Livingstonii is scarcely distinct, as it 

 only differs in being banded. The habits of both are identical, and 

 their horns are not to be distinguished." — -Kirk. 



B. Horns siibangidar, obscurely keeled. Xeck with longer hair, forming a 

 mane. Note bovine. Mtiffie rather large, bald between and beneath 

 the nostrils, and a narrow band up the middle of the itpper lip. Legs 

 slender. Hoofs and false hoofs small. Females hornless. 



3. EURYCEROS. 

 Horns over the back edge of orbit, large, elongate, subangular, 



