THE SELOirs COLLECTION. 21 



fre(|iiently separated from the white nasal marking by a transverse 

 rufous band, the ears being nearly white, base of tail and rump 

 but ver}^ little lighter than back, lower part of limbs being rufous- 

 brown on outer sides, and the under parts of body brownish in 

 front, dirty white behind. Good horns from 16 to 18^ inches in 

 length. 



There are only two specimens of this rare Antelope in the 

 Collection, both being females ; the mounted head. No. 19. 7. 15. 98, 

 has the longest horns, which measure as follows : — length on front 

 curve 13J ; circumference 5 ; spread from tij) to tip 5|. 



The exact position of the typical localit}^ is not known, but was 

 probably Cape Colony. Formerly the Blesbok was found through- 

 out the northern part of Cape Colony, and its range extended as 

 far north as Bechuanaland. Like the preceding species, the 

 Blesbok can no longer be regarded as existing in the wild state ; 

 it is preserved on a number of farms in the Transvaal, Orange 

 Kiver Colony, and Cape Colony. 



72 —19.7.15.98 (female). 28 February, 1879, Western 



Transvaal. 



73 —19. 7.15.99 (female). Skiill and horns. May, 1895. Drei- 



fontein, Orange Eiver Colony. 



SASSABY, OR TSESEBE. 



DaMALISCUS LUIfATUS. 



Antilope lunata, Bnrchell, Travels in S. Africa, vol. ii. p. 334, 1824 ; 



List Quadr. presented to Brit. Mus. p. 5, 1825. 

 Damalis hmata, H. Smith, Griffith's Animal Kingdom, vol. iv. p. 352, 



vol. V. p. 364, 1827. 

 Damaliscus lunatiis, Sclater and Thomas, Book of Antelopes, vol. i. 



p. 85, pi. X., 1895. 



Size larger than in alhifrons and pygargus ; shoulder-height 

 about 48 inches. General colour chocolate-rufous, dark purplish- 

 brown on face, shoulders, haunches, and upper parts of legs; 

 shanks brownish buif . Belly dark brown in front, whitish behind ; 

 no line of demarcation between flanks and belly. Horns very 

 different from those of the Blesbok and Bontebok, being widely 

 divergent in the basal part. Good horns measure from 16 to 

 17^ inches in length, 7^ to 8| inches in circumference, and spreail 

 from tip to tip from Hi to 13|. 



