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with tlie points inclining inwards, and the bend nearly at 

 rio'ht ano;les. 



94. 4. 26. 1. Skull, provisionally referred to this race. 



Nile Valley. Presented hjj J. Boivland Weird, Esei., 1894. 



D.— Bubalis tora swaynei. 



Bubalis swaynei, Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1892. p. 98, pi. v, and 

 pp. 118," 257 ; Sivayne, ibid. p. 303, Seventeen Trips through 

 Somaliland, ed.2, p. 305, 1900, Great and Small Game of Africa, 

 p. 144, 1899; Ward, Records of Big Game, p. 60, 1892, ed. 6, 

 p. 125, 1910; Lydehker, Horns and Hoofs, p. 198, 1893, Great 

 and Small Game of Africa, p. 133, 1899, Game Animals of 

 Africa,-^. 101, 1908; Sclattr and Thomas, Book of Antelopes, 

 vol. i, p. 21, pi. ii, 1894 ; Drake-Brockman, Mammals of 

 Somali, p. 57, 1910. 



Bubalis tora swaynei, Bothschild, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 8, 

 vol. xii, p. 576, 1813. 



SiG. 



Typical locality the " Hand " of Central Somaliland. 



Somewhat smaller than the typical race (shoulder-height 

 about 3 feet, 11 inches), and distinguished by the presence 

 of dark markings on the face and limbs, the richer body- 

 colouring, and the absence of a whitish rump-patch. Horn- 

 tips directed forwards and then inwards ; general colour deep 

 rufous brown, finely speckled with white, due to the white 

 tips of the hairs; face, except a chocolate band just below 

 line of eyes, gland-tufts, chin, shoulders, fore-legs above 

 knees, thighs, a patch on inside of hind-legs above hocks and 

 an indistinct one on outer side, hind surfaces of pasterns, and 

 upper surface of terminal half of tail, with its crest, black ; 

 hams paler than back, but root of tail and legs (except where 

 black) coloured like back. Fine horns measure from 19 to 

 just over 20 inches along front curve, with a girth of from 

 9 to 10 J, and a tip-to-tip interval of from 16 to 27 inches. 



93. 4. 7. 1. Skin, mounted, and skull. Somaliland. 



Presented hy Dr. P. L. Scleiter, 1893. 



86.1.25.4. Body-skin. Near Berbera; collected by 

 Herr J. Menges. Seime donor, 1886. 



92. 5. 10. 1. Head-skin, skull, and horns. Somaliland; 



collected by Col. H. G. C. Swayne. Type. 



Same donor, 1892. 



93. 12. 1. 5-6. Two skins and skulls, with horns. 

 Ogaden, Somaliland. Same donor, 1873. 



