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of the upper-parts approximates to that of the nyala, the ground-colour 
of the male being brownish grey, and that of the female bright rufous, 
marked in both with white stripes on the back and spots on the face 
and flanks, with two white gorgets on the throat. There is no fringe 
onthe throat. In 7. s. albonotatus, whose habitat is unknown, the white 
face-markings are larger. Height at shoulder from about 45 to 48 
inches. The horns of the males are longer and more twisted than in 
other members of the genus, and wear yellow at the tips. 
Distribution.—The situtunga is typically an inhabitant of the dense 
reed-swamps bordering the rivers of Central, South-Central, and 
East Africa. These antelopes are semi-aquatic in habits, frequently 
burying themselves up to the eyes in the water. Consequently 
they are some of the most difficult of all antelopes to kill; but by 
firing the reed-beds in the dry season, the natives are able to spear 
the situtunga as they cross open water. At night these antelopes 
leave the reed-brakes for the islands in the rivers, but before dawn 
return to their impenetrable covert. A few are found on a bush- 
clad rocky island far out in the Victoria Nyanza; in which 
neighbourhood the species was first discovered by Captain Speke. 
A.—TYPICAL and CHOBI RACES (T. spekei typicus and T. s. selousi). 
Length. 
I es ea a Locality Owner, 
352 282 8 154 Lake Mweru “ . Hon. Walter Rothschild. 
354 294 82 19} ~—CiB.C.. Africa : . EF. E. B. Jones. 
35 287 8 26 Bahr-el-Ghazal . - Hon. Walter Rothschild. 
35 28 74 15+ South end of Lake John Yule. (See illustration. ) 
Tanganyika 
344 293 8 18 ? C. S. Mann. 
—334 272 73 19 ? Abe Bailey. 
334 264 8 162 Okavango Valley . Sir H. J. Goold-Adams. 
323 272 72 262 Chinde : 3 - Hon. Walter Rothschild. 
328 27 74 162 Chobi Valley : ; F.C. Selous: 
323 254 74 7% N.W. Rhodesia . . A.J. Brandon. 
32% 25% 8 “19h Do. : . A. F. Williams. 
32 25 8} 164 ? G. M. Bond. 
31% 253 84 174 Near Linyanti . . F.C. Selous. 
31z 264 84 17? N.E. Rhodesia . . J. H. Whitehouse. 
— Owner's measurements. 
