THE SELOrS COLLECTION. 49 



Subfamily ^PYCEROTIN^. 

 PAL A, OR IMP ALA. 



^PYCEBOS MELAMPUS MELAMPUS. 



Antilope melampus, Lichtenstein, Reise, vol. ii. p. 544, pi. iv., 1812 ; 



Mag. nat. Freunde, vol. vi. p. 167, 1814. 

 Mpyceros melamjnis, Sundevall, K. Svenska Vet.-Ak. Handl. 1845, p. 271, 



1847. 

 Mpyceros melampus melampus, Lydekker and Blaine, Cat. Ungulate 



Mamm. Brit. Mus. vol. iii. p. 8, 1914. 



In the South African Pala the horns are of medium size only 

 and considerably more slender than in the East African mce. 

 General colour bright reddish brown ; no dark blaze on face, 

 a character that distinguishes the typical form from the Angolan 

 petersi, in which the muzzle is marked Avith a blackish blaze. 



Of the four heads in the Collection the largest horns are those 

 of No. 19. 7. 15. 283 : — length on front curve 24| ; straight line 

 from point to base 20 ; circumference of ; spread from tip to 

 tip 12i. 



Typical locality, Klipfontein, Little Namaqualand; range 

 extends northwards as far as the Zambesi. 



Selous * gives the following account of the distribution of the 

 Pala in 1881: — "This Antelope I first met with on the Marico 

 and Notuani rivers, two tributaries of the Limpopo ; and from 

 there northwards it is to be found along the banks of every river 

 and stream wherever I have been, except in those places where the 

 natives have exterminated or driven them away. They are nowhere 

 more plentiful than along the Chobe, and may often be seen in 

 herds of from twenty to a hundred together " 



258 —19.7.15.283. 14 August, 1879. South bank of Chobe 



River, west of Sunta Outlet, North Bechuanaland. 



259 —19.7.15.284. 29 July, 1877. South bank of Chobe River, 



west of Sunta Outlet, North Bechuanaland. 



260 --19. 7.15.285. September, 1874. South bank of Chobe 



River, near junction with Zambesi. 



261 —19. 7. 15. 286. 27 August, 1874. South bank of Chobe 



River, near junction with Zambesi. 



* Proc. Zcol. Soc. 1881, p. 757. 



