24 THE SKLOLS COLLECTION. 



(INU, OK WILDEJ3EEST. 



CoNNOCHiETES GMV. 



Bos <j)wu, Zimraermami, Spec. ZooL Geogr. p. 372, 1772; misspelt. 

 Anlilope <jnv, Gmelin, Linn.'s Syst. Nat. ■vol. i. p. 189, 1788. 

 Connochwtes giiv, Gray, Cat. Ungiilata Brit. Mus. p. 119, 1852 ; Ann. 



Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 4, vol. iv. p. 291, 1869; Cat. Rinninants Brit. 



Mns. p. 43, 1872 ; Hand-List Ruminants Brit. Mus. p. 113, 1873. 



In the iiieinl)ers of this genus the horns are not united in a 

 common pedicle, heing more as in the Buffalo with an expanded 

 basal region. A well-developed mane is present on the neck. The 

 South African Gnu is distinguished from the other members of 

 the genus by its white tail, short snout, large orbits, and the shape 

 of the horns, which in the adult curve forward and downward and 

 then u])\vard and backward. There is no marked shoulder hump, 

 but the hind quarters are very pi'ominent. Height at shoulder 

 about 40 inches. Dorsal vertebne fourteen in number. Good 

 horns measure from 23 to 26i inches on the front curve. 



Best horn measurement (No. 19. 7. 15. Ill) : — length over 

 curve 26| ; width of palm in straight line 7-^ ', s])read from tip to 



tip 14|. . ■ . . 



Tv])e locality, Cape Colony ; formerly this species was widely 



distriljuted over Africa south of the Limpopo, but is now jn-actically 



exterminated in the wild state. 



84-85 ^19.7.15.109-110. May, 1895. Mahemfontein, Orange 



River Colony. 

 88 -19.7.15.111. Skull and horns. Caledon, Cape Colony. 



87-92 — 19.7.15.112-117 (sexes not recorded). Horns. Orange 



River Colony. 



BRINDLED GNU, ok BLUE WILDEBEEST. 



Co>"jS'0ClliETES TAUKIKUS TAUKINUS. 



Antilope taurina, Burchell, Travels in S. Africa, vol. ii. p. 278, 1824 ; 



List Quadr. presented to Brit. Mus. p. 7, 1825. 

 Catohlepas tcutrimis, H. Smith, Griffith's Animal Kingdom, vol. iv. p. 369, 



vol. V. p. 368, 1827. 

 Catobleims <jor<joii, H. Smith, Griffith's Animal Kingdom, vol. iv. p. 371, 



vol. V. p. 369, 1827. 

 Connochsetes gorcjon, Gray, Cat. Ungiilata Brit. Mus. p. 121, 1852. 

 Gorgon fasciatus, Gray, Cat. Ruminants Brit. Mus. p. 43, 1872; Hand- 



Liet Riuninants Brit. Mus. p. 114, 1873. 



