THE SELOUS COLLECTION. '61 



The Oribis are readil}^ distinguislied from the other members of 

 ihe sul)family by their larger size and tlie presence of a bare patch of 

 skin l)eli)\v each ear. The knees are tufted, and small lateral hoofs 

 always present. The Cape Oribi stands about 2-1 to 26 inches at 

 the shoukler. (Teneral eoloui- yellowish rufous with a dark marking 

 on forehead. Horns in good specimens measure from o to 7 inches 

 in length ; basal j^ortions indistinctly ringed. 



The horns of the series in the Collection are of average size 

 only, No. 19. 7. lo. 142 measuring as follows : — length 4^ ; spread 

 from tip to tip 8g. 



Typical locality, Cape C^olony ; i-ange extends northwards 

 through Southern Rhodesia aci'oss the Zambesi into Northern 

 llhodesia and the Congo. 



116 — li1. 7. 15. 141. 2 September, 1880. Umfiili River, Mashona- 



land, Southern Rhodesia. 



117 --19. 7.15.142. 24 December, 1877. Manica Plateau, North 



of junction of Kafue and Zambesi, North-East Rhodesia. 



118 —19.7.15.143. July, 1880. Mashonaland, Southern Rhodesia, 



119 —19.7.15.144. November, 1892. Pungwe River, Mozambique. 

 120-122 —19. 7. 15. 145-147. October, 1892. PuHgwe River, Mozam- 

 bique. 



123 —19. 7. 15. 148. August, 1892. Hanyani River, Mashonaland, 

 Southern Rhodesia. 



POWELL-COTTON'S OKIBI. 



OUHEBIA MONTANA COTTONT. 



Ourehiii cottoni, Thomas, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 8, vol. i. p. 178, 1908. 

 Ourebia montana cottoni, Roosevelt and Heller, Life-histories of African 

 Game Animals, vol. ii. p. 560, 1915. 



General colour bright tawny ; dark frontal marking either 

 entirely absent or very indistinctl}^ developed. Horns with rather 

 moie distinct ridges than in the Ca|)e Oribi. 



Of the following series the finest horns (No. 19.7.15.152) 

 measure 54 inches in length, and have a tip to tij) interval of 2;7. 



Typical locality, Uasin Gishu I'lateau, Kenya Colony. This 

 Oribi ndiabits the country from the southern shores of the Victoria 

 Nyanza northwards to Mt. Elgon and towards Lake lludolf. 



124-125 —19.7.15.149-150. Jamiary, 1903. Londiani, Kenya 

 Colony. 

 : ■ 126-133 —19. 7. 15. 151-158 Uasin Gishu Plateau, Kenya Colony. 



