4G THE SELOT'S f'OLLECTIOX. 



far east as Mt. Elgoii and the Uasin Gishu District, and as far 

 west as Euwenzori. In the north it appears to reach the southern 

 limits of the White-eared Kob on the Sudan boundary. 



244 —19.7.15.269. 23 June, 1909. Nzoia Eiver, Uasin Gislm 

 District, Kenya Colony. 

 245-248 —19. 7. 15. 270 -273. 1909. Nzoia River. Uasin Gishu District, 

 Kenya Colony. 



WHITE-EAIIED KOB. 



Adexota kob leucotis. 



AnHlox>e levcotis, Lichtenstein and Peters. Monatsber. Ak. Berlin, 1853, 



p. 164; Abh. Ak. Berlin, p. 96, 1854. 

 Kobus leucotis, Gerrard, Cat. Bones Manim. Brit. Mus. p. 239, 1862. 

 Adeiiot.a leucotis, Heuglin, Nova Acta Ac. Ca3s. Leop.-Car. vol. xxx. pt. 2, 



pp. 12 and 13, pi. 1. fig. 4, 1863. 

 Cobug (Adenoto) Ifucotis. Revillind, Verb. nat. Ges. Basle, vol. xxiv. 



p. 210, 1913. 

 Adenota Iwb leucotis, Roosevelt and Heller. Life-bistories of Afri(?an 



Game Animals, vol. ii. p. 514, 1915. 



Size and horns as in tliomasi. General colour of adult pelage 

 very dark, almost black, the fulvous coloration existing, as a rule, 

 only in immature males and females at all ages. 



In the following series the colour variations are well shown ; 

 some of the fulvous coloured specimens are quite adult. 



Best horn measurements (No. 19. 7. 15. 278) : — length on 

 front curve 21 ] ; cireiunferenee Gj ; spread from tip to tip 10. 



Typical locality, swamps of the White Nile, about GO miles 

 south of Khartum. The W^hite-eared Kob is found over a con- 

 siderable part of Bahr-el-Gliazal, extending eastwards as far as the 

 Abyssinian border. 



249 —19.7.15.274. 5 Marcb, 1911. Naam River, near Rumbek. 



Bahr-el-Ghazal. 

 250-255 —19.7.15.275-280. 1911. Gell River, near Rumbek. Bahr- 

 el-Ghazal. 



