3G THE SELOUS COLLECTION. 



ZULULAND PIGMY ANTELOPE. 

 Nesotragijs LiYiis^GSTONiATs^iTS zulue:n^sis. 



Nesotragus living stonianus zuluensis, Thomas, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 

 ser. 7, vol. ii. p. 317, 1898. 



Size rather larger than in moschatiis, height at shoulder 14 to 

 15 inches. Horns relatively long, more distinctly ridged than in 

 moscliatns, and stouter than in the typical livingstonianus. 

 General colour greyer. 



Horn measurements (No. 19. 7. 15. 181) : — length 4^ ; cir- 

 cumference 2 ; spread from tip to tip ] . 



Typical locality, Unikuja Valley, Zululand ; range extends as 

 far north as Tette, Mozambique. 



156-157 —19. 7. 15. 181-182. Horns. Tembe River, near Delagoa 

 Bay, Lorenzo Marques. 



Subfamily MADOQUIN-^. 

 CAVENDISH'S DIK-DIK. 



RlIYNCHOTRAGUS KIEKI CAYEIS^DISHT. 



Madoqua cavendishi, Thomas, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1898, p. 278. 

 Rhynchotragns cavendishi. Lonnberg, Arkiv Zool. vol. iv. no. 3, p. 2, 1907. 

 Madoqna (Rhynchotragns) cavendishi, Lydekker, Game Animals of Africa, 



p. 193, 1908. 

 Rhynchotragns lirJci cavendishi, Eoosevelt and Heller, Life-histories of 



African Game Animals, vol. ii. p. 632, 1915. 



All the members of the subfamily Madoquince are of small 

 size, the shoulder height varying from 11^ to 15 inches ; the 

 females are larger than the males. In the present race the general 

 build is rather heavier than in the two following forms ; height at 

 shoulder about 15 inches. General colour dark reddish fawn suf- 

 fused with grey on the hind quarters ; a rich buff colour separates 

 the darker dorsal region from the light underparts. Proboscis but 

 little developed, the nasals not markedly diminished in size. 



Best horn measurements (No. 19.7.15, 185): — length 3|; 

 spread from tip to tip 1^. 



In the original description the typical locality was given as 

 probably the Lake lludolf district. In view of recent discoveries 



