68 THE SELOUS COLLECTION. 



378-379 —19. 7. 15. 403-404. October, 1896. Usutu Eiver, Tongaland, 



Natal. 

 380-381 —19.7.15.405-406. Horns. September, 1896. Junction of 



Pongola and Usutu Rivers, Tongaland, Natal. 



ZAMBESI SITATUNGA*. 



LiMNOTRAGUS SELOUSI. 



TrcKjeldphiis siwl-ei, Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1864, p. 103, pi. xii. ; 1890, 



p. 590, pi. xlvii. 

 Tragelaphiis selousi, Rothschild, Novit. Zool. vol. v. p. 206, 1898. 

 Limnotragus selousi, Sclater and Thomas, Book of Antelopes, vol. iv. 



p. 157, pi. xciv., 1900. 



Distinguished from the Bushbueks and Nj'ala Ijy tlie great 

 elongation of the lioofs. Size almost equal to that of the Nj'ala. 

 Horns from 30 to 35g inches in length. Ears smaller than in 

 Tragelaphus aiigasl. Coat long and rather coarse. General 

 colour dirty yellow-ochre, without the white l)od3'' stripes of the 

 Nyala f- Face markings somewhat similar, a large incomjjlete 

 ^yhite suborbital chevron and an indistinct wdiite spot below eyes. 

 This species is easily distinguished from the other members of the 

 genus Limnotrag}(s hj the fact that the two sexes are alike in 

 general colour, whereas in spekei from the Victoria Nyanza and 

 spelcei gmtiis from the Clabun the sexes are of different colours. 



Best horn measurements (No. 19. 7. 15. 409) : — length on 

 front curve 32| ; in straight line from jjoint to base 27 ; circum- 

 ference 7| ; spread from tip to tip IGg. 



Typical locality, Zambesi Valley ; range, Zamljesi Valley and 

 northwards through Northern llhodesia into the southern part of 

 the Belgian Congo. 



382 — 19.7.15.407. 5 August, 1879. Lower Chobe River, near 



Linj'anti. 



383 — 19.7.15.408. Horns. .Killed by natives in swamps of 



Chobe Eiver, near Linyanti (August, 1879). 



384 — 19.7.15.409. Horns. Killed by Leopard in swamps of 



Chobe River (August, 1879). 



* Also spelt " Situ.tunga." 



t Selous records (Proc. Zool. Soc. 1881, p. 753) having seen a foetal 

 specimen in 1877, and states that it was striped and spotted like the Chobe 

 Bushbucks. 



