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Range. — From the Albert Nyanza northward through 

 the lowlands of the Nile Valley to the Blue Nile, eastward 

 as far as Lake Rudolf and westward to the limits of the 

 Bahr-el-Ghazal drainage. 



Von Heuglin in 1863, in his account of the antelopes and 

 buffaloes of Northeast Africa, described the tiang damaliscus 

 as new, giving it the native Djeng name of tiang. He states 

 that this species is very abundant in the country of the 

 Djeng, who occupy the territory between the Bahr el Zeraf 

 and the Sobat River near its junction with the White Nile. 

 It is a widely distributed animal in the Nile Valley and has 

 been met with by such early explorers as Schweinfurth, 

 Baker, Emin Pasha, and a host of recent sportsmen and 

 travellers. 



The tiang differs very slightly from the topi of East 

 Africa, and is distinguishable from it with difficulty. The 

 general tone of the coloration is lighter, being cinnamon, and 

 less reddish than that of the topi, but the black markings 

 of the head and legs are quite identical in extent. The 

 hair covering on the coat is somewhat thinner and shorter. 

 The horns are distinctly longer and average some three 

 inches greater in length. No specimens representing the 

 tiang are in the collection of the National Museum, but 

 specimens from the Nile Valley have been examined at 

 the British Museum. A series of specimens is greatly 

 needed to show the limits of variation in coloration and 

 skull characters of this race. 



Topi Damaliscus 



Damaliscus korrigum jimela 



Native Names : Swahili, topi; Unyamwezi, jimela. 



Damalis jimela Matschie, 1892, Sitz.-Ber. Nat. Freunde, Bed., p. 135. 



Range. — From Mount Elgon and the northern high- 

 lands of Uganda southward over the Mau Escarpment and 

 Victoria Nyanza drainage to central German East Africa; 

 westward as far as the Edward Nyanza and Lake Kivu; 

 also near the coast from the Sakaki and Tana Rivers north- 

 ward as far as the Juba River. 



Sir John Kirk, the British consul-general at Zanzibar, 



