ORYGIN^ 141 



Typical locality Gambia. 

 General colour deep rufous, more marked in young than 

 in aged individuals, the latter being pale tawny, without any 

 bluish grizzling ; upper part of forehead chestnut in both 

 sexes ; ears very long. Maximum recorded horn-length 

 33 inches. The range includes Gambia and the Gold Coast. 

 46. 11. 2. 17. Frontlet and horns. Gambia; collected 

 by Mr. T. Whitfield. Co-type. 



Presented hy the Earl of Derhy, 1846. 



46. 11. 2. 18. Frontlet and horns. Same locality and 



collector. Same history. 



88. 8. 20. 3. Skull, with horns, and head-skin. Upper 



Gambia Valley ; collected by Dr. P. Eendall. 



Purchased (Gcrrard), 1888. 



98. 11. 11. 1. Skull, with horns, and head-skin, 

 immature. Balaga, Beaufort Island, Niger. 



Presented by Capt. A. J. Richai^dson, 1898. 



99. 6. 14. 1. Head, mounted. Tuniu, Gurunoi, Gold 

 Coast. Noticed by de Winton, op. eit. 



Presented hy Lieut.-Col. H. P. Northeott, 1899. 



13. 8. 3. 8. Skull, with horns, and skin. Upper Gambia. 



Presented hy G. Blaine, Esq., 1913. 



14. 5. 12. 1. Skull. Lagos. 



Presented hy W. A. Ross, Esq., 1914. 



III. HIl'POTEAGUS NIGER 



Aigocerus niger, Harris, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1838, p, 2, Trans. Zool. 



Soc. vol. ii, p. 213, pi. xxxix, 1838, Portraits Wild Anim. 



S. Africa, p. 126, pi. xxiii, 1840, Wild Sports S. Africa, ed. 5, 



pp. 216 and 349, pi. xxii, 1852 ; Gray, List Manmi. Brit. Mus. 



p. 158, 1843, Knowsley Menagerie, p. 17, 1850, Proc. Zool. Soc. 



1850, p. 133; Cat. Ungulata Brit. Mus. p. 104, 1852, Cat. 



Buminants Brit. Mus. p. 35, 1872, Hand-List Buminants Brit. 



Mus. p. 103, 1873; Oerrard, Cat. Bones Mamm. Brit. Mus. 



p. 240, 1862 ; Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1864, p. 103 ; Kirk, itjid. 



1864, p. 658 ; Fitzinger, Sitzher. k. Ah. Wiss. Wien, vol. lix, 



pt. 1, p. 177, 1869 ; Huet, Bull. Soc. Acclim. ser. 4, vol. iv, 



p. 480, 1887 ; Jentink, Cat. Osteol. Leyden Mus. {Mus. Pays-Bas, 



vol. ix) p. 135, 1887, Cat. Mamm. Leyden Mus. {oiJ. cit. vol. xi) 



p. 166, 1892. 

 Aigocerus harrisi, Harris, Wild Sports S. Africa, -pp. 261 and 378, 



1839. 

 Antilope nigra, Gervais, Diet. Sci. Nat., Suppl. vol. i, p. 265, 1840 ; 



Laurillard, Diet. Univ. Hist. Nat. vol. i, p. 618, 1842 ; Wagner, 



