GEMSBUCK 291 
of a tuft of dark hair on the throat, and the cutting-off of the white 
eye-stripe from the muzzle by the union of the dark central nose-streak 
with the black of the cheeks. 
Distribution.—The desert regions of South-Western Africa, from the 
northern Karus of Cape Colony through the Kalahari and 
Damaraland to Southern Angola, in Mossamedes, and perhaps 
Benguela. North of the Chobi and eastwards of Khama’s country 
the species appears to be unknown. About 1846 Gordon 
Cumming found gemsbuck abundant on the northern Karus of 
Cape Colony ; and even now a few linger on the plains to the 
south of the lower reaches of the Orange River. In the northern 
Kalahari, where they exist for months without water, they are 
still abundant. The splendid horns of the gemsbuck are always 
regarded as prime trophies of the hunter's skill; the finding, 
riding-down, and shooting of one of these wary and enduring 
desert-bred antelopes being a feat of which any man, however 
well mounted, may be deservedly proud. 
Length Circum- Tip to 
on front. _ ference. Tip. Locality. Owner. 
474 62 174 South Africa . é . The late J. S. Jameson. 
46 7 253 Do. : : . W. A. Simpson Hinchliffe. 
-9 454 ae 56: Bechuanaland . ; , American National Collection. (See 
illustration. ) 
—454 72 19 ? Sir Edmund G. Loder, Bart. 
9 454 64 332 Ngamiland : : . Sir H. J. Goold-Adams. 
—45+ ifs 232 Do. : i . H.R.H. the Duc de Montpensier. 
454 63 20$ Do. ‘ : . G. M. Bond. 
45 82 184 Do. , : . Hon. Walter Rothschild. 
45 7 26 Do. : j . Rk. H. Venables Kyrke. 
—444 64 25 ? EB. (C. Keytel: 
-44 64 Gy ? A. Ohlsson. 
44 74 20 SW. Atrica : . C. G. Carew Elers. 
432 62 184 Nata Valley . F .» F.C. Selous. 
434 62 20f 2 Sir Victor Brooke’s Collection. 
434 64 184 ee British Museum. 
—434 8 16 ? Col. J. J. Harrison. 
43% 6} 16 Kalahari. : : . A. F. Williams. 
43% 6g 22 Botletli Valley . : , f. C: Selous: 
43 64 22 ? W. Y. Campbell. 
— Owner’s measurements. 
