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GREAT GAME OF THE WORLD. 



JACKSON'S HARTEBEESTE (Bubalis jacksoni). 



Habitat — Central Africa: Country between Lake Victoria Nyanza 

 and Lake Naivashoe. 



This is a new species of Hartebeeste recently shot by Mr. F. J. 

 Jackson in British East African Territory, who in his letter to me, dated 

 October i8go, says : " I do not think it is likely to extend further 

 south, but of course it may extend to the Cape for what we know ; if 

 it is A. caama it may do so, but I am inclined to doubt its being the 

 same as the S. African animal. I seem to have an idea that the one 

 at the British Museum is very much darker, and the horns different, 

 but this is only from memory, and I cannot be sure. Up north all 

 along the top of the Elgeyo Escarpment (continuation of Mau) into 

 Turquel, to the north and north-east of Mount Elgon, it is common, 

 and takes the place of A. cokei. Round Baringo it is fairly plentiful, 

 but some marches south of Njemis the A. cokei takes its place." 



