22 TllK SELOUS COLLECTION. 



Best horn measurements (No. 19. 7. 15. 101) : — length on 

 front curve 15| ; ch-emnference 81; spread from tip to tip 12.4. 

 The female specimen (No. 19. 7. lo. 103) has horns of the 

 following size : — length on front curve 14 ; circumference (> ; 

 spread from tip to tij) 10. 



Tj])ical locality, Cape Colon}' ; the range of distribution is very 

 considerable, extending as far north as the south end of Lake 

 Tanganyika. 



74 —19.7.15.100. August, 1892. Near Hanyani River, 



Mashonaland, Southern Rhodesia. 



75 —19.7.15.101. 13 October, 1877. Near Daka, Wankie, 



60 miles south of Victoria Falls. 



76 —19. 7. 15. 102. July, 1882. Mashonaland, Southern 



Rhodesia. 



77 - 19. 7. 15. 103 (female). 22 September, 1880. Mashona- 



land, Southern Rhodesia. 



TIANG. c • 



Damalisous KOHKIGUM TIA>'G. 



Bubaliis lunatus, Sundevall, K. Svenska Vet.-Ak. Handl. 1842, jip. 201 



and 243, nee Antilope lunata, Burchell. 

 Damalis Hang, Heuglin, Nova Acta Ac. Caes. Leop.-Car. vol. xxx. pt. 2, 



p. 22, pi. i., 1863. 

 Damaliscus tiang, Sclater and Thomas, Book of Antelopes, vol. i. p. 63, 



1895. 

 Dmnaliscus covrigxmi tiang, Lydekker, Great and Small Game of Africa, 



p. 166, 1899 ; Game Animals of Africa, p. 117, 1908. 

 Damaliscus Icorrigum tiang, Pocock, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1910, p. 902. 



Size as in the preceding species, height at shoulder from -IS to 

 52 inches. Horns larger, thicker, more strongly ridged and not 

 nearly so widely s])read at base, the divergence taking place very 

 gradual!}' ; good liorns measure from 19 to 22j inches along curve. 

 General body-colour cinnamon, rather paler than in the following 

 race ; nose with well-marked blackish blaze. Lower parts of limbs 

 bright tan-coloured, insides darker than in typical form. 



The only specimen of the Tiang in the Collection was obtained 

 during the expedition Selous made to the Bahr-el-Ghazal after the 

 Derby Eland in 1911 ; the horn measurements are as follows : — 

 length on front curve 20|; circumference 9^ ; sjiread from tip to 

 tip 8|. 



