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below the eyes, and the large ears. By far the handsomer of the two 
is the present species, whose sable coat and great length of horn render 
the buck the most striking of its tribe. Other distinctive features are 
the continuance of the white eye-stripe to the muzzle, the length of the 
mane, and the relatively moderate size of the ears. The sable antelope 
when wounded is a dangerous antagonist, to be approached with ex- 
treme caution ; it runs with considerable speed, and possesses much 
staying power. Height at shoulder about 44 feet. A single horn in 
the Florence Museum, measured by Mr. F. C. Selous, is 61 inches on 
the front curve. 
Distribution.—From about the centre of the Transvaal northwards to 
Nyasaland and the adjacent districts of South-East and East 
Africa, and westwards to Angola. Still abundant in parts of 
Eastern Mashonaland, and thence towards the coast, as well as on 
the Batoka plateau to the north of the Zambesi. Scarcer in 
Central East Africa and Mozambique. 
A.—TYPICAL RACE. 
Length 
on front pina ta Locality. Owner. 
544 fa cis Angola. : ‘ . Essington Brown. 
524 River Line, S.E. Africa . Abe Bailey. 
52 10 16 Angola |. : : . Major Boyd A. Cuninghame. 
51 10% II N.W. Rhodesia . : . A, P. Heneage. 
50¢ 9h 18} Do. : : . Tlon. Walter Rothschild. 
50? fe) 19} Do. , . G. F. Williams. 
504 9} 23% Do, é : . C. G. Leslie. 
50 10k 74 Do. 7 : - Norman B. Smith. 
492 10g 12 Do. F : . ‘LT. P. Kempson. 
483 10 234 Do. ; : - J. 1. Hayes: 
483 93 17} Do. : : kere Vi Chymiomt, 
48 9} 22# Do. 5 . . E. Caldwell. 
48} 10 20 Do. : : - Major P. A. Cox. 
48 _ Io} 153 Matabililand . : . Major J. P. Grenfell. 
—48 152 Transvaal . ‘ : . Lieut.-Col. R. B. Fell. 
473 to} 29 Rhodesia . , , . 'C.'S.. Mann. 
473 ie) 233 Do. ‘ : ; . KR. T. Coryndon. 
472 9} 134 Do. : : ; eles debalips: 
472 o# II Do. ; : p . Major E. de L. Hayes. 
474 IO 9 Do. : : : Oh ik. EblGe: 
— Owner's m easurements. 
