LOLPTL 143 
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Head of Topi. From a specimen shot by the late Mr. A. H. Neumann. 
C.—TOPI (D. corrigum jimela). 
Korkt, Galla. Mangazi, Waganda. 
Differs from D. c¢. typicus by the darker colour and absence of dark 
eye-stripe (see illustration). General colour dark reddish brown, with 
_a silky bluish-grey gloss; shoulders and thighs with blue - black 
patches ; no dark stripe from the frontal blaze to the eye ; under-parts 
bright cinnamon. Dark markings absent in young. Horns lyre- 
shaped, with the tips inclined backwards and inwards. A topi from 
the Upper Congo appears to connect ¢ypzcus with jimela, having a 
vestige of the black eye-stripe. Height at shoulder 48 to 50 inches. 
Weight about 300 lbs. 
Distribution—tTypically from the Juba district to British East Africa, 
thence to the Sabuki River, Uganda, and Uniamwezi, also near 
Lake Rudolf. 
Length S 
on ircum- Tip to sak et 
front ference. Tip. Locality. Owner. 
curve. 
224 8} 5z Gallaland : ; : . D. P. MacGillivray. 
21 8 64 North end of Lake Rudolf . The late H. Andrew. 
