3G THE SELOUS COLLECTION. 



ZULULAND PIGMY ANTELOPE. 



NeSOTUACIUS living STONTAISrrS ZI'LVENSTS. 



Nesotragus livii)gstonianus zuluensis, Thomas, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 

 ser. 7, vol. ii. p. 317, 1898. 



Size rather larger than in iiioscludiis, height at slioiilder 14 to 

 15 inehes. Horn.s relatively long, more distinctly ridged than in 

 moschafifs, and stouter than in the typical livinystoniamis. 

 General colour greyer. 



Horn measurements (jSTo. li). 7. 15. ISl) : — length 4^ ; cir- 

 cumference 2 ; spread from tip to tip 1 . 



Typical locality, Umkuja Valle}', Zululand ; I'ange extends as 

 far north as Tette, Mozambique. 



156-157 —19. 7. 1.5. 181-182. Horns. Tembe River, iiear Delagoa 

 Bay, Lorenzo Marques. 



Subfamily MADOQUIN^. 



CAVENDISH'S DIK-DIK. 

 Ehynchotragus kieki cavendishi. 



Madoqua cavendisTti, Thomas, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1898, p. 278. 

 Rhynchotragus cavendishi. Lonnberg, Arkiv Zool. vol. iv. no. 3, p. 2, 1907. 

 Madoqita (RJiynchotragns) cavendishi, Lydekker, Game Animals of Africa, 



p. 193, 1908. 

 Rhyncltotragus Idrhi cavendishi, Roosevelt and Heller, Life-liistories of 



African Game Animals, vol. ii. p. 632, 191.5. 



All the memhers of the subfamily IFadoquince are of small 

 size, the shoulder height varying from 11;^ to 15 inches ; the 

 females are larger than the males. In the present race the general 

 build is rather heavier than in the two following forms ; height at 

 shoulder about 15 inches. General colour dark reddish fawn suf- 

 fused with grey on the hind quarters ; a rich buff colour separates 

 the darker dorsal region from the light underparts. Proboscis but 

 little developed, the nasals not markedly' diminished in size. 



Best horn measurements (No. 19.7.15. 185): — length 3|; 

 spread from tip to tip H. 



In the original description the ty]:>ical locality was given as 

 probably the Lake Rudolf district. In view of recent discoveries 



