294 



RECORDS OF BIG GAME 



Horns of Nyala, from a specimen in the possession of Mr. V. II. Barber. 



NYALA (Tragelaphus angasi). 



This representative of the harnessed antelopes is a large but 

 delicately built species, standing about 3 feet 6 inches at the shoulder. 

 Weight about 250 Ibs. to 300 Ibs. In both sexes the hair is very 

 long and coarse, but in the male the colour is dark grayish brown with 

 a small number of indistinct white stripes, while in the female it is 

 bright reddish chestnut with clearly defined stripes. The males have 

 a fringe of long hair on the neck and the under-parts of the body, 

 their horns being much rougher than those of the bongo. As in the 

 latter, the hoofs are short. 



Distribution. South-East Africa, including Zululand, Delagoa Bay, and 

 Nyasaland ; on the West Coast it has been reported from Angola, 

 although this form may indicate a distinct local race. 



Length. 

 On front 

 curve. 



Straight. 



Circum- 

 ference. 



Tip to 

 Tip. 



Locality. 



Owner. 



-29? 



24 



3J Shire River, B.C. A. Fergus Maclagan. 

 11^ ? F. J. Newnham. 



