AND STREPSICEROS IMBERBIS. 217 



wovon 3 auf den Hinterbacken. Die Nackenmahne ist bei 

 den 3 ad. noch teilweise vorhanden , am meisten bei dem 

 cT- Dies allein hat den starken Haarkamm an der Unter- 

 seite des Kopfes von dessen Mitte an und am Halse , die 9 

 nichts davon. Bei dem Jungen ist er schon angedeutet; wo 

 er an den Vorderbeinen auf hort, beginnt bei dem Jungen 

 (ƒ eine schwarze Linie in der Mitte des Bauches, die sich 

 vor dem Penis erweitert und einen ovalen weissen Fleck 

 einschliesst. Die Lange der Horner betragt bei dem cT in 

 gerader Linie 85 cm. , der Kante auf den Windungen 

 (Leiste) entlang 113 cm. Der Abstand der Spitzen der 

 Horner von einander ist 87 cm." 



The above cited communication shows to evidence that the 

 Frankfort specimens are true Koodoos, Sir. kudu^ as is indi- 

 cated by the maned underparts of the neck, by the open 

 spiral of the horns (113 cm.) , and by the position of the horns 

 which agrees nearly with the third type , distinguished by 

 me on p. 214 (see plate 9 , fig. c). The relative shortness (85 

 cm.) of the horns demonstrates that the specimen had not 

 yet attained its full developmeot, and so we understand 

 how Gray could write of the Frankfort-Koodoos » smaller'^ 

 (in Knowsley's Menagerie), but Gray, Blyth and Sclater 

 were mistaken where they distinguished these specimens 

 from the true kudu , under the name tendal or imberhis. 



Our young male Str. kudu died in December 1878 in 

 the Amsterdam Zoological Gardens; it is a little younger 

 than our young imberhis-vaBXe, , as its smaller horns and 

 less developed dentition clearly demonstrate. Its greater 

 size however immediately points out that it belongs to a 

 form larger in every age. 



Measurements in centimeters : kudu, imberhis. 



Height at the shoulders 97 83 



Length of horns 9 9 



Distance between their tips 17.5 9 



» •» eye and end of muzzle 17 14 



Length of ear 19 14 



Circumference at base of horns. ... 10 8 



Notes from ttie Leyden JMuseuiii, Vol. X^II. 



