﻿Mr. 
  G. 
  Blaine 
  on 
  the 
  Korrigum. 
  o'6?> 
  

  

  Elgon 
  in 
  British 
  East 
  Africa, 
  a 
  coimtiy 
  so 
  prolific 
  in 
  the 
  

   freakish 
  tendencies 
  of 
  its 
  larger 
  fauna. 
  

  

  None 
  of 
  these 
  races 
  can 
  be 
  considered 
  as 
  referable 
  to 
  

   Professor 
  J\Iatsciiie's 
  ^y'me/a^, 
  apparently 
  described 
  from 
  a 
  

   drawing 
  shown 
  him 
  by 
  the 
  widow 
  of 
  the 
  late 
  naturalist 
  

   explorer 
  Bohm, 
  who 
  met 
  with 
  this 
  antelope 
  in 
  Unyamwesi, 
  

   south-east 
  of 
  the 
  Victoria 
  Nyansa, 
  as 
  having 
  a 
  black 
  stripe 
  

   down 
  the 
  fore-legs 
  from 
  knees 
  to 
  hoofs, 
  and 
  as 
  lacking 
  the 
  

   black 
  band 
  on 
  the 
  inner 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  thighs. 
  Professor 
  

   Maischie 
  thus 
  distinguishes 
  jimela 
  from 
  the 
  typical 
  western 
  

   Korrigum 
  ; 
  but 
  in 
  none 
  of 
  the 
  skins 
  throughout 
  the 
  series 
  in 
  

   ihe 
  B.M. 
  that 
  1 
  have 
  examined 
  do 
  either 
  of 
  these 
  characters 
  

   appear. 
  ' 
  I 
  therefore 
  venture 
  to 
  describe 
  topi 
  from 
  the 
  

   Swahili 
  coastal 
  region 
  as 
  a 
  new 
  subspecies 
  of 
  korrijum 
  that 
  

   has 
  hitherto 
  been 
  overlooked. 
  

  

  New 
  Races 
  of 
  the 
  Korrigum. 
  

  

  Damaliscus 
  korrigum 
  purpurescens, 
  subsp. 
  n. 
  

  

  Colour 
  light 
  bay 
  suffused 
  with 
  pale 
  mauve 
  bloom, 
  fading 
  

   to 
  pinkish 
  cinnamon 
  on 
  belly. 
  Legs 
  from 
  knees 
  and 
  hocks 
  

   to 
  hoofs 
  cinnamon, 
  a 
  dusky 
  spot 
  on 
  the 
  back 
  of 
  each 
  pastern. 
  

   An 
  ashy-black 
  band 
  above 
  knees 
  and 
  hocks 
  extends 
  upwards 
  

   into 
  pale 
  ashy-grey 
  jiatches 
  on 
  shoulders 
  and 
  quarters. 
  An 
  

   ashy-black 
  blaze 
  extends 
  down 
  face 
  from 
  between 
  horns 
  to 
  

   muzzle. 
  Tliere 
  is 
  a 
  dusky 
  spot 
  under 
  the 
  ears 
  and 
  an 
  in- 
  

   distinct 
  dusky 
  streak 
  under 
  the 
  eyes 
  running 
  into 
  the 
  facial 
  

   blaze. 
  

  

  Skull 
  and 
  horns 
  as 
  in 
  korrigam. 
  

  

  Measurements 
  in 
  inches 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  Condylo- 
  basal 
  length 
  15"2 
  ; 
  occiput 
  to 
  nasals 
  7*6 
  ; 
  orbit 
  to 
  

   gnathion 
  10'7 
  ; 
  nasals 
  6"7 
  ; 
  palatal 
  length 
  8"10 
  ; 
  supra- 
  

   orbital 
  width 
  6 
  ; 
  width 
  at 
  masseteric 
  knobs 
  3'5 
  ; 
  width 
  of 
  

   muzzle 
  above 
  first 
  premolars 
  2*7 
  ; 
  upper 
  dental 
  series 
  3*11. 
  

  

  Horns: 
  length 
  lUSj 
  basal 
  girth 
  U'G. 
  

  

  Hah. 
  N. 
  Nigeria. 
  

  

  Type. 
  Adult 
  male 
  (skin 
  and 
  skulls). 
  B.M. 
  no. 
  7. 
  7. 
  8. 
  245. 
  

   From 
  Ibi, 
  Benue 
  Piver, 
  N. 
  Nigeria. 
  Collected 
  and 
  pre- 
  

   sented 
  by 
  the 
  Alexander-Ciosling 
  Expedition. 
  

  

  Damaliscus 
  korrigum, 
  topij 
  subsp. 
  n. 
  

   Colour 
  purplish 
  red, 
  washed 
  all 
  over 
  with 
  greyish-mauve 
  

   * 
  Matschie, 
  SB. 
  Ges. 
  Naturf. 
  Freuiid. 
  Berl. 
  1892. 
  

  

  