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afrika, p. 113, 1895; Bryden, Great and Small Game of Africa, 

 p. 194, 1899 ; W. L. Sclater, Fauna S. Africa, Mamm. vol. i, 

 p. 152, 1900 ; Benshaiu, Nat. Hist. Essays, p. 87, 1904 ; Letcher, 

 Big Game N. E. Bhodesia, p. 208, 1911. 



Catoblepas reichei, Noach, Zool. Anz. 1893, p. 153. 



Gorgon taurinus, Pococh, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1910, p. 906. 



Connochaetes taurius, Heller, Stnithson. Misc. Collect, vol. Ix, no. 8, 

 p. 3, 1912. 



Gorgon taurius, Heller, op. cit. 

 Brindled Gnu, or Blue Wildebeest. 



Type of Gorgon. 



Typical locality Becliuan aland. 



Somewhat larger than C. gnu; shoulder-height from 

 4 feet 3 to 4 feet 4^ inches. Back sloping away from withers 

 to croup ; hairs of face-tuft, which is very large and bristly, 

 directed downwards ; no long fringe between fore-legs. 

 Horns less expanded at base than in C. gnu, directed at first 

 mainly outwards, and then curving upwards and inwards, in 

 a fashion recalling those of the Cape buffalo. General 

 colour ranging from pale grizzled roan to blackish slaty 

 brown, with more or less distinct vertical dark stripes — most 

 conspicuous in light-coloured races — on sides of neck and 

 fore-quarters ; typically the face — except for a paler area 

 between eyes — chin, mane, and throat-fringe black ; tail 

 coloured above like back, inferiorly, together with the long 

 hairs, black. Skull with long, Buhalis-WkQ, nasals, and a 

 broad ascending process to premaxillse ; length 18^, maximum 

 width 7f inches. Dorsal vertebrae 13. Good horns measure 

 from 30 to 33J inches in outside span, with a length along 

 front curve of from 20 to 23J, a palm-breadth of from 4 to 6 J, 

 and a tip-to-tip interval of from 16 to 26 J inches. 



The range extends from the Vaal Kiver through Zambesia 

 and Nyasaland to German and British East Africa. 



The local races are distinguishable as follows : — 



A. Throat-fringe black. 



a. No frontal chevron C. t. taurinus. 



b. A whitish chevron (at least usually) below 



eyes C. t. johnstoni. 



B. Throat-fringe more or less yellowish white. 



a. Some black hairs in throat-fringe C. t. hechi. 



h. Throat-fringe wholly yellowish white C. t. alhojuhatus. 



