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measurements of the longest-horned male in this series 

 were: length of head and body, 76 inches; tail, 26 inches; 

 hind foot, 22 inches; ear, 7>^ inches. The horns are 20>^ 

 inches along the curve and 8f^ inches in spread at the 

 tips. The longest-skulled male in this series measures 20^ 

 inches in greatest length, which is considerably less than the 

 longest from the east side of the Nile, but exceeds that of 

 any specimen of jacksoni or insignis. 



Roosevelt Lelwel Hartebeest 

 Buhalis lelzvel roosevelti 



Native Name: Bari, loba. 



Bubalis lelwel roosevelti Heller, 191 2, Smith. Misc. Coll., vol. 60, No. 8, p. 7. 



Range. — The lowlands bordering the east side of the 

 Nile from the Albert Nyanza northward to the Sobat 

 drainage. 



A specimen shot in the vicinity of Nimule on the east 

 side of the Nile by Colonel Roosevelt has been selected 

 as the type of this race. It is a large race, the length of 

 skull exceeding that of any other lelwel. It may be dis- 

 tinguished from the typical lelwel by the absence of black 

 on the legs and from jacksoni by its decidedly larger size 

 and lighter coloration. From niedecki of the upper Sobat 

 drainage, which also lacks the black leg stripes, it is dis- 

 tinguishable by its lighter color, distinctly larger size, and 

 by its longer horn pedicle. 



The dorsal coloration is a uniform ochraceous-tawny 

 which fades gradually into ochraceous-buff on the rump, 

 hind quarters, legs, and under-parts. The front of the legs, 

 however, are a bright tawny, which deepens on the front of 

 the pasterns and the clefts of the hoofs to a brownish-black. 

 The tail is furnished with a long tuft of black hair at the tip. 

 The head is uniform in color with the exception of the chin, 

 which is deep seal-brown in color. 



A male shot by Heller at Gondokoro measured in the 

 flesh 75 inches in length; tail, 24 inches; hind foot, 21 

 inches; ear, 7^ inches. The longest pair of horns are 

 those of an immature male from the same locality meas- 

 uring 24J^2 inches in length with a spread at the tips of 12 



