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ZOOLOGY 



the Mau forests, a tragelaph of a new kind not yet fully described, but 

 allied to the broad-horned tragelaph of West Africa. 



In the Nile Province and in Northern Unyoro the handsome Baker's 

 roan antelo}»e is found. 



Amongst Uganda antelopes the pallah is a very fine form. This animal 

 is found in the north, north-central, and eastern parts of the Protectorate. 

 It ranges thence northwards to the vicinity of Abyssinia, and southwards 

 (formerly) to Cape Colony, while another species is found in parts of the 

 Congo region. .So far as I know, the pallah type, like the rhinoceros and 



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zebra, does not stretch across the continent to the Niger. It is a beautiful 

 and interesting type of antelope, which appears to be rather an old form 

 and very near to the stock from which the hartebeests and gnus sprang. 

 The pallah, on the other hand, is allied to the gazelle group, and it may 

 have been the connecting link between these antelopes and the bubalines. 

 In colour it is a rich chestnut-brown with a pinkish gloss. The median 

 line of the back and tail, the outlines of the hindquarters, the tips of the 

 ears, and patches on the feet are diversified by bold black markings. The 

 skin of an animal in good condition has a beautiful, satin-like gloss, which 

 is well represented in the accompanying photograph. 



I give here an illustration (photograph from a dead animalj of a very 



