﻿On 
  (jonnoclioetes 
  tauiiiuis 
  cooksoni, 
  suhsp. 
  n. 
  337 
  

  

  productive 
  of 
  negative 
  infornication 
  with 
  regard 
  to 
  the 
  liarte- 
  

   beeste 
  skulls 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  tomb-pits. 
  Professor 
  Budge 
  

   told 
  me 
  that 
  no 
  dates 
  with 
  reference 
  to 
  the 
  period 
  at 
  which 
  

   these 
  antelopes 
  existed 
  can 
  be 
  relied 
  upon, 
  as 
  the 
  pits 
  were 
  

   irequently 
  re-opened. 
  They 
  may 
  iiave 
  been 
  indigenous 
  to 
  

   Egypt, 
  or 
  brought 
  up 
  alive 
  from 
  the 
  Sudan 
  and 
  sacrificed 
  at 
  

   the 
  tombs. 
  No 
  dtawings 
  are 
  extant 
  which 
  can 
  be 
  identified 
  

   with 
  this 
  Imrtebeeste 
  in 
  particular, 
  although 
  there 
  are 
  

   several 
  representing 
  antelopes 
  in 
  different 
  forms. 
  

  

  XXXVI. 
  — 
  Connochoetes 
  taurinus 
  cooksoni, 
  s^ihsp. 
  n. 
  

   By 
  Gilbert 
  Blaine. 
  

  

  Resembling 
  jolmstoni, 
  but 
  without 
  the 
  white 
  chevron 
  across 
  

   the 
  face. 
  

  

  Colour 
  on 
  sides 
  of 
  iace, 
  neck, 
  shoulders, 
  and 
  flanks 
  ash- 
  

   grey 
  tinged 
  with 
  rufous, 
  the 
  rufous 
  tinge 
  becoming 
  more 
  

   apparent 
  inferiorly, 
  viz., 
  on 
  sides 
  of 
  face, 
  throat, 
  chest, 
  and 
  

   lower 
  parts 
  of 
  shoulders. 
  Posterior 
  back, 
  rump, 
  quarters, 
  

   and 
  tail 
  greyish 
  rufous. 
  Belly 
  rufous. 
  Inside 
  of 
  thighs 
  

   pale 
  ochraceous. 
  Legs 
  pale 
  oclnaceous 
  brown. 
  Neck 
  and 
  

   flanks 
  with 
  usual 
  brindled 
  markings. 
  Face, 
  chin, 
  dorsal 
  

   and 
  throat 
  manes 
  black. 
  A 
  black 
  spot 
  on 
  knees 
  and 
  black 
  

   between 
  forks 
  of 
  hoofs. 
  Tail 
  with 
  large 
  black 
  tuft, 
  and 
  

   edged 
  laterally 
  with 
  black 
  fringe 
  from 
  root 
  to 
  near 
  tip. 
  

  

  Hah. 
  The 
  i.oangwa 
  Valley, 
  N.E. 
  Rhodesia. 
  

  

  Type. 
  Adult 
  skin, 
  male. 
  B.M. 
  no. 
  6. 
  5. 
  2. 
  2, 
  from 
  the 
  

   Loaiigvva 
  River 
  (E. 
  bank). 
  Collected 
  and 
  presented 
  by 
  

   H. 
  Cookson, 
  Esq. 
  

  

  '^i'his 
  race 
  is 
  nearest 
  to 
  johnstoni, 
  from 
  which 
  it 
  differs 
  in 
  

   being 
  generally 
  lighter 
  and 
  greyer 
  {johnstoni 
  being 
  darker 
  

   and 
  browner), 
  and 
  in 
  having 
  no 
  trace 
  of 
  the 
  white 
  chevron 
  

   across 
  the 
  face 
  below 
  the 
  eyes. 
  

  

  Taurinus 
  is 
  much 
  darker, 
  the 
  general 
  colour 
  being 
  daik 
  

   greyish 
  brown, 
  which 
  does 
  not 
  change 
  on 
  the 
  sides 
  of 
  face 
  

   and 
  neck, 
  but 
  only 
  on 
  posterior 
  back 
  and 
  rump, 
  where 
  it 
  is 
  

   less 
  grey. 
  The 
  legs 
  in 
  tourinus 
  are 
  deep 
  seal-brown. 
  

  

  The 
  skins 
  of 
  tiie 
  gnus 
  from 
  the 
  Loangwa 
  valley 
  in 
  the 
  

   B.M. 
  collection 
  are 
  larger 
  than 
  those 
  of 
  taurinus, 
  and 
  the 
  

   hoofs 
  also 
  appear 
  to 
  be 
  larger. 
  Unfortunately 
  there 
  are 
  no 
  

   skulls 
  to 
  comjiare 
  with 
  taurinus. 
  

  

  