THE SELOFS COLLECTION. 95 



Rupicapra ntpicapra, Weber, Siiixgetiere, p. 674, 1904. 

 Rupicapra rupicapra rupicapra, Lydekker, Cat. Ungulate Mamm. Brit. 

 Mus. vol. i. p. 181, 1913. 



Of the following series the heads from Bavaria are t-vvo of the 

 oldest specimens in the Collection, having been shot by Selous in 

 the autumn of 1870, about a year before his first visit to South 

 Africa. 



The best horns are those of No. 19. 7. 15. 5G, which measure as 

 follow^s : — length on front curve 11 ; circumference 3f ; spread 

 from tip to tip 4^. 



Typical locality, Switzerland ; the range includes the Alps and 

 Apennines, eastward through the Tirol, the Carpathians, and north 

 part of the Balkan Peninsula to the Caucasus. 



462-466 —19.7.15.56-60. 12 December, 1899. Mount Tomassi, 

 Southern Carpathians, Transylvania 



467 —19. 7.15.61 (female). 12 December, 1899. Mount Tomassi, 



)Southern Carpathians, Transylvania. 



468 —19. 7. 15.62 (young male). 17 October, 1870. Untersberg, 



Bavaria. 



469 —19.7.15.63 (female). 28 October, 1870. Untersberg, 



Bavaria. 



Family ANTILOCAPRID^. 

 PEONGHORN, oh PBONGBUCK. 



AnTILOCAPKA AMERICANA AMERICANA. 



Antilope americana, Ord, Guthrie's Geography, 2nd Amer. ed. vol. ii. 



pp. 292 and 308, 1815. 

 Antilocapra americand, Ord, Journ. Phys. vol. Ixxxvii. p. 149, 1818 ; 



vol. Ixxxviii. p. 314, 1819; Oken's Isis, 1819, p. 1106. 

 Antilocapra americana americana, Miller, List N. Amer. Mamm. p. 393, 



1912. 



Horns dilfer from those of the Bovidce in being forked and, 

 as in the Ccrvidce, being cast annvially. 



Height at shoulder about 86 inches. The typical race differs 

 from the Mexican Pronghorn, mcxicana, in its richer colour and 

 larger mane. The narrowness of the blackish border of the ears 



