2G TrtE SELOUS COLLECTION. 



WHITE-BEARDED GNU. 



CONNOCH^TES TAIRINUS ALBOJUBATUS. 



Connocheetes taurinus albojiihatus, Thomas, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 6, 

 vol. ix. p. 388, 1892. 



Size as in the typical race ; distinguished by the throat fringe 

 being yellowish white in colour; genei'al body colour about the 

 same, sometimes rather paler. 



Horn measurements (19. 7. 15. 121) : — outside width 28 ; 

 inside width 23| ; length over curve 22| ; width of palm in 

 straight line 4f ; spread from tip to tip 14. 



Typical locality, Athi Plains, Kenya Colony ; range from Fort 

 Hall and south of Mt. Kenya across the Athi Plains southwards 

 to Kilimanjaro and Tanganyika Territory. A closely allied race, 

 Connocheetes taurinus mearusi, has been described by Heller* 

 from the Loita Plains, Kenya Colony. This form is said to be 

 rather smaller m size and darker on the legs ; it occupies the area 

 from the Loita Plains southwards into Tanganyika Territory, west 

 of the region inhabited by alhojuhatus. Connocheetes taurinus 

 hechi., described by Neumannt, is probably only a colour variation 

 of alhojuhatus. 



96-97 —19. 7. 15. 121-122. Kenya Colony. 



Subfamily CEPHALOPHIN^. 

 NATAL DUIKER. 



CePHALOPHTJS NATALEIS'SIS natalensis. 



Cephalophus natalensis, A. Smith, S. African Qnart. Journ. vol. ii. p. 217, 

 1834 ; niustr. Zool. S. Africa, Mamm. pi. xxxii., 1841. 



Cephalophus natalensis natalensis, Lydekker and Blaine, Cat, Ungulate 

 Mamm. Brit. Mus. vol. ii. p. 69, 1914. 



Size medium, shoulder-height about 17 inches. Greneral colom- 

 above chestnut red with grey patch on back of neck. Horns short 

 and thick. 



* Gorgon alhojuhatus mearnsi, Heller, Smithson. Misc. Collect, vol. Ixi 

 no. 17, p. 1. 



t Gonnochastes hecki, O. Neumann, Sitzber. Ges. nat. Freunde, 1905, p. 96. 



