STREPSICEROS. 1 53 



Damalis (Boselaphus) oreas, H. Smith Griffith An. Kingd., iv, p. 355 [with 



plate] (1827). 

 Damalis (Boselaphus) canna, H. Smith Griffith An. Kingd., iv, p. 357 (1827). 

 Boselaphus oreas, Harris Wild Game S- Africa, pi. vi (1840) ; A. Stiiith S. 



Africa Zool., pis. xl and xli. 

 Oreas canna, Blyth Cat., p. 164 (1863); Selous P. Z, S., 1881, p. 749. 



The Eland, 



Distribution — South Africa generally ; extending north to the 

 Kilimanjaro district ; now extinct in Cape Colony. 



a. Frontlet W. S. SherwillCi843), A S.B. 



b. Skeleton $ Zoological Gardens (1885). 



Genus STREPSICEROS. 



Strepsiceros, H. Smith, Griffith An. Kingd., v, p. 365 (1827). 



The Abyssinian specimens of Kudu got by Blanford seem to 

 be examples of the Lesser Kudu of Blyth, easily distinguished 

 from the Greater Kudu by the closed spiral of its horns. 



Strepsiceros kudu. 



Antilope strepsiceros, Pallas Spic. Zool., i, p. 17 (1767). 



Antilope (Tragelaphus), strepsiceros, Desmarest Mamm., p. 468 (1822), 



Damalis (Strepsiceros) strepsiceros, H. Smith, Griffith An. Kingd, iv, p. 359 



(1827). 

 Strepsiceros kudu, Gray List Mamm. B, M., p. 155 (1843) ; Blyth Cat., 



p. 165 ; Selous P. Z. S., 1881, p. 751. 

 Strepsiceros capensis, Harris Wild Game S, Africa, pi. xx (1840) ; A. 



Smith S. Africa Zool., pis. xlii, xliii. 



The Kudu. 



Distribution. — South Africa, but nearly extinct in Cape Colony; 

 found in abundance between the Limpopo and Zambesi Rivers, 

 and extending northwards as far as the Kilimanjaro district 



a. Frontlet $ A. S. B. 



Strepsiceros imberbis. 



Strepsiceros imberbis, Blyth P. Z. S., p. 52 (1869); P. L, Sclater P. Z. S. 

 1884, p. 45 ; pi. iv ; Phillips P. Z S., 1885, p." 931. ' 



Strepsiceros kudu, apud Blanford Abyssinia, p. 270 (1870). 

 Strepsiceros tendal, Gray Cat. Rum. Mamm. B. M., p. 46 (1872). 



Lesser Kudu. 



Distribution. — Central and Eastern Africa from Abyssinia in the 

 north to Somaliland, and down to the Equator. 



a. Stuffed, $ 'Anseba valley, Abys- W. T. Blanford. 

 sinia, 4,000 ft. 



