154 MAMMALIA. 



b. Skin, $ juv. Anseba valley, Abys- W. T. Blanford. 

 sinia, 4,000 ft., 14-7-68. 



Genus TRAGELAPHUS. 



Tragelaphus, Blamville Bull. Sue. Philom., p, 75 (1816)*. 



Tragelaphus sylvaticus. 



Antilope sylvatica, Sparrman Kongl. Vetensk. Akad. Handl., p. 197 (17S0). 

 Tragelaphus sylvatica, Gray List Matnni, B. M„ p. 165 (1843); Harris Wild 

 Game S. Africa, pi. xxvi, fig. i, Selous P. Z, S., 1881, p. 752. 



The Bosch-bok. 



Distribution. — South Africa, extending north to the Kilimanjaro 

 district, 



a-b. 2 Prs. horns South Africa W. Irving, 



Genus BOSELAPHUS. 



Boselaphus, Blainville Bull. Soc. Philom., p. 75 (1816)*. 

 Portax, H. Smith, Griffith An. Kingd., v, p. 366 (1827). Type, B. tragoca- 

 melus. 



This genus contains only one species, the Nilgai, which is 

 entirely confined to India. 



Boselaphus tragocamelus. 



Antilope tragocamelus, Pallas Spic. Zool., i, p. 9 (1767); id. ibid, xii, p. 



13- 



Antilope albipes Erxleben Syst. Reg. An., p. 280 (1777). 



Antilope picta, Pallas Spic. Zool., xii, p. 14 (1777); F. Cuvier Hist. Nat. 



Mamm., livr, 46, with plate ; Sykes P. Z. S., 1831, p. 105. 

 Antilope (Boselaphus) picta, Blainville Bull. Soc. Philom., p. 75 (1816)*. 

 Damalis (Portax) risia, H. Smith, Griffith An. Kingd, iv, p, 363 (1827) ; 



Elliot Madr. journ., x, p. 226. 

 Tragelaphus hippelaphus, Ogilby P. Z. S., p. 138 (1836). 

 Portax picta, Gray List Mamm. B. M,, p. 154 (1843); Jerdon Mavim.y 



p. 272 ; McMaster Notes on Jerdon, p. 99 ; Khiloch Large Game 



Shooting, ii, p. 55 [plate of head] ; Sterndale Mamm. Ind., p. 476. 

 Portax tragocamelus, Gray P. Z.S,, p. 146 (1850); Adams P.Z. S., 1S58, 



p. 523 ; Blyth Cat., p. 165. 



The Nilgai ; Roz Rooee, Hind. ; Maravi, Canarese ; Gurayi, 

 Gond ; Manupotu, Telegu. 



Distribution.— ThQ peninsula of India generally ; not north of 

 Lahore (Adams), but common about Cawnpore and Umbala and 

 southwards to the Deccan (Sykes), and to Coimbatore and Salem 

 (Jerdon) ; not found in Ceylon or Lower Bengal. 



a. Stuffed $ Barrackpore, Menagerie, 



(i842),A.S.B. 



