ORDER ARTIODACTYLA : EVEN-TOED UNGULATES 729 



The species did not formerly occur in Uganda, but the north- 

 western portion of the West Nile District (formerly the southern 

 part of the Lado Enclave) is occasionally visited by herds of cows, 

 totalling less than a hundred individuals. There is no reason to 

 believe that the species is decreasing in this locality. It is protected, 

 and only males may be hunted under Government permit. During 

 12 years past no male has been seen or killed by sportsmen. (Game 

 Warden, Uganda, in litt., December, 1936.) 



In the Belgian Congo this animal is found only in the north- 

 eastern corner, and probably it never has been very numerous. 

 Though long and completely protected by law, there is no doubt that 

 in late years it has been hunted not only by natives but also by 

 unscrupulous Europeans. The numerous trophies found almost 

 everywhere constitute a proof. There may not exist, north of Aba, 

 but a few isolated individuals, perhaps a few small troops. The 

 species is dangerously near extinction in the Belgian Congo. The 

 measures adopted for its protection an unguarded game reserve 

 are notoriously insufficient. (A. J. Jobaert, in litt., November 11, 

 1936.) 



Congo Derby Eland 



TAUROTRAGUS DERBIANUS CONGOLANUS Rothschild 



Taurotragus derbianus congolanus Rothschild, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 8, 



vol. 12, p. 575, 1913. ("Eastern Congo, Ubanghi District" = probably the 



Ubangi-Shari Territory of French Equatorial Africa.) 

 SYNONYM?: Taurotragus derbianus cameroonensis Millais (1924). 

 FIGS.: Dollman, 1929, p. 30, fig.; Weidholz, 1930, figs. 1-3; Maydon, 1932, 



pis. 31, 38, 136; Lavauden, 1934, pi. 5; Malbrant, 1936, pi. 12, lower fig.; 



Ramecourt, 1936, pi. 10. 



Hunting and disease have reduced the stock of this Eland to a 

 point considerably below its former status. 



Horns longer and slenderer than in the other Derby Elands; 

 anterior crest of the spiral twist passing round the back of the horns 

 only once; distance between base of horn and second frontal point 

 of the twist much greater than in the other two forms; frontal tuft 

 dark blackish chestnut (Rothschild, 1913, pp. 575-576). A large 

 dewlap commences at the chin and terminates about halfway down 

 the neck (Dollman, 1929, p. 29) . Record length of horns, 44J inches 

 (Ward, 1935, p. 247) . Three specimens in the Academy of Natural 

 Sciences of Philadelphia, collected at Kabo, 60 miles north of 

 Batangafo, Ubangi-Shari, have 13 to 14 narrow white stripes on the 

 sides and a white round spot or a vertical stripe on the cheek. 



The range appears to be restricted to the central part of French 



