PALA 227 
; through the line of each eye. In the days of their abundance pala 
: were found in big troops, such as are still to be met with on the 
Upper Zambesi, in East Mashonaland, and parts of British East 
and Central Africa. Some half-century ago they were to be found 
in similar numbers among the covert on the banks of every river 
in the Transvaal and Bechuanaland ; but it is not till the northern 
border of the former country that they are now to be met with, 
and then only in small parties. Pala are some of the fleetest 
of all antelopes, and are in the habit of leaping high in the air ; 
their presence always implies the neighbourhood of water. 
A.—TYPICAL RACE (4. melampus typicus). 
Length. 
On front Straight, CHU Tip to Tip. Lilt Owner 
318 253 63 18+ ~East Africa é . Sir Richard Dane. 
314 25 62 13 Do. ; . EE. M. Crosfield. 
30% 52 233 Do. d : Capt. E- Berry: 
30 243 63 20? Do. : . Count C. Podstatzky. 
30 24 64 174 Do. , ; Lord Delamere. 
297 244 6} 17 Do. ; . Capt. W. M. Burrell. 
294 25 6 24 Do. F . HH. Hyde-Baker. 
294 24 6 184 Do. : a enn ke Oldtreld: 
294 232 63 L5s Do. : 2) AS Ba butter: 
293 244 6 193 Do. : -. Count E. Hoyos. 
291 232 63 16} Do. : = We W. Ashley: 
29} 244 6} 16} Do. , Ce Ate jake WOuclas: 
29} 232 63 17 Do. : . &E. Sartorius. 
29 24% 6 27% Do. : - (Capt. F. Hi. Span: 
29 244 6 215 Do. ; . Capt. M. i Pears. 
29 244 63 163 Do. : 5 Odal, Seblle is otic 
29 23 64 173 Do. . Capt. T. H. Rivers Bulkeley. 
29 224 6 93 Do. 2 rs AS Pacet: 
282 ne 52 172 Do. . Major P. H. G. Powell- 
Cotton. 
283 24 64 174 Do. : . Major L. Boyd Moss. 
282 234 6} 19 Do. : . Sir Edmund G. Loder, Bart. 
283 225 6 16 Do. . = N.C) Cockburn: 
288 234 6 24 Do W. N. McMillan. 
288 223 64 13% Do. . Capt. J. N. Price Wood. 
284 22 64 114 Do. . Capt. Lord J. S. Cavendish. 
283 234 63 163 Do. ; ; Capt. EB. F. Hansburg: 
