﻿Mr. 
  G. 
  Blaine 
  on 
  the 
  Korn'gnm. 
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  Sudan 
  region 
  and 
  the 
  Topi 
  of 
  E. 
  Africa, 
  is 
  rouglily 
  confined 
  

   to 
  the 
  tropical 
  zone 
  of 
  Afiica 
  from 
  about 
  15° 
  N. 
  to 
  10° 
  S. 
  Uir., 
  

   and 
  extends 
  across 
  that 
  continent 
  from 
  Senegal 
  to 
  the 
  

   E. 
  African 
  coast. 
  

  

  Typically 
  from 
  Bornu, 
  it 
  is 
  the 
  commonest 
  antelope 
  in 
  

   Senegal 
  and 
  along 
  the 
  U{)per 
  Gambia 
  River. 
  It 
  occurs 
  

   near 
  Tinibuctoo 
  and 
  probaMy 
  throughout 
  the 
  Niger 
  basin, 
  is 
  

   plentiful 
  on 
  the 
  N.W. 
  siiores 
  of 
  L. 
  Chad, 
  and 
  is 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  

   basin 
  of 
  the 
  Upper 
  Shari 
  River 
  *. 
  It 
  occurs 
  in 
  N.W. 
  Kor- 
  

   dofan, 
  whence 
  it 
  probably 
  extends 
  through 
  Darfu 
  and 
  

   Wadai 
  to 
  the 
  Niger. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  Sudan 
  it 
  is 
  plentiful 
  on 
  the 
  Dinder 
  River, 
  and 
  

   is 
  found 
  along 
  the 
  Blue 
  Nile 
  and 
  Sobat 
  Rivers 
  up 
  to 
  the 
  

   borders 
  of 
  Abyssinia. 
  It 
  is 
  plentiful 
  on 
  the 
  White 
  Nile, 
  the 
  

   Zeraf, 
  and 
  the 
  Balir-cl-Ghazal 
  Rivers. 
  In 
  the 
  Bahr-el-Gliazal 
  

   Province 
  it 
  is 
  the 
  commonest 
  large 
  antelope 
  on 
  the 
  flats 
  that 
  

   border 
  the 
  great 
  swamps, 
  and 
  is 
  found 
  on 
  the 
  borders 
  of 
  the 
  

   ironstone 
  country, 
  but 
  docs 
  not 
  extend 
  west 
  of 
  Wau. 
  

  

  A 
  specimen 
  shot 
  on 
  the 
  Upper 
  Congo 
  by 
  Major 
  Powell 
  

   Cotton, 
  and 
  presented 
  by 
  him 
  to 
  the 
  museum 
  at 
  Tervueren, 
  

   near 
  Brussels, 
  shows 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  also 
  found 
  in 
  that 
  region. 
  

  

  It 
  follows 
  the 
  Nile 
  down 
  to 
  the 
  Albert 
  Nyansa, 
  being- 
  

   found 
  again 
  on 
  the 
  flats 
  S. 
  of 
  the 
  Albert 
  Edward 
  Nyansa. 
  

   It 
  occurs 
  in 
  great 
  numbers 
  on 
  the 
  N.W. 
  shores 
  of 
  Lake 
  

   Rudolf. 
  In 
  Uganda 
  it 
  is 
  plentiful 
  in 
  Buddu 
  and 
  Ankoli. 
  

   It 
  extends 
  through 
  Karamoja 
  round 
  the 
  N. 
  of 
  Mount 
  Elgon, 
  

   across 
  the 
  Guas'ngiehu 
  Plateau, 
  and 
  on 
  to 
  the 
  Mau 
  Escarp- 
  

   ment. 
  Thence 
  to 
  the 
  Sotik 
  Country 
  and 
  along 
  the 
  E. 
  coast 
  

   of 
  the 
  Victoria 
  Nyansa. 
  It 
  probably 
  spreads 
  over 
  the 
  greater 
  

   part 
  of 
  German 
  East 
  Africa, 
  and 
  is 
  found 
  as 
  far 
  S. 
  as 
  

   Ussangu 
  and 
  Lake 
  Rikwa, 
  where 
  it 
  is 
  common. 
  It 
  does 
  

   not 
  occur 
  south 
  of 
  the 
  Tanganyika 
  Phiteau. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  Zambesi 
  basin 
  it 
  is 
  replaced 
  by 
  the 
  closely 
  allied 
  

   species 
  Damaliscus 
  lanatus, 
  the 
  Sassaby. 
  

  

  A 
  smaller 
  race 
  occurs 
  along 
  the 
  East 
  African 
  coast 
  between 
  

   the 
  Sabiiki 
  and 
  luba 
  Rivers. 
  On 
  a 
  recent 
  journey 
  down 
  tlie 
  

   Tana 
  River 
  which 
  1 
  made 
  in 
  1912 
  I 
  met 
  it 
  first 
  150 
  miles 
  

   Irom 
  the 
  coast. 
  

  

  General 
  Description. 
  

  

  The 
  Korrigum 
  is 
  a 
  medium-sized 
  antelope 
  standing 
  about 
  

   4 
  feet 
  high 
  at 
  the 
  shoulder. 
  It 
  is 
  symmetrical 
  in 
  outline, 
  

   sloping 
  a 
  little 
  from 
  the 
  shoulders 
  to 
  tiie 
  quarters, 
  which 
  are 
  

   round 
  and 
  well 
  formed. 
  

  

  * 
  Ernst 
  Schwarz, 
  Ann. 
  & 
  Mag. 
  Nat. 
  TJist. 
  ser. 
  8, 
  vol. 
  xiii. 
  p. 
  .34 
  (1914) 
  

  

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