APPENDIX III.— MAMMALS 



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Bitbalis iora (Gray). Tora Hartebeest. 

 (Native name, " Worobo."") 



This antelope was first mentioned by Heuglin in 1S63, thoug-h he 

 confounded it with the bubal Bubalis buselaphus (Pall). It was first 

 recognised to be a distinct species by Gray in 1873. Messrs. Sclater 

 and Thomas, in The Book of Aiitelopes, give among the localities for this 

 species Upper Nubia and Kordofan. I believe this to be entirely 

 erroneous, the so-called " tetel " of those regions being Bubalis lelwel 

 (Heugl.), and Bubalis neumanni (Rothsch), while Bitbalis tora is entirely 

 confined to Abyssinia and the valleys of the southern portion of the 

 Blue Nile. 



Numerous at Shimerler Jowee, and towards Metemmeh ; single bulls 

 and herds of four to fourteen; a favourite position in the middle of the 

 day was under the shade of a i&w trees out in an open plain ; they were 

 extremely wary, and far harder to approach than roan antelope. 



A broken leg did not appear to hamper a tora much, as several 

 hours were spent in pursuit of one which had been thus crippled before 

 it was brought to bag. 



Measurements of Skulls. 



Total shot, 7. — 4 c?, 3 $ . Nos. 124 to 130 were shot about 30 miles 

 west of the south end of Lake Tana ; No. 149 was shot about 60 miles 

 west of Gondar. 



Shimerler Jowee. 



2. Towards Metemme! 



Cephaloplnis madoqua (Riipp.). Abyssinian Duiker. 

 (Native name, " Madoqua.") 



This antelope was first discovered and described by Riippell in 1830. 

 Mr. Oldfield Thomas has suggested the name of abyssiniciis for this species, 

 stating that the name proposed by Riippell, viz., Antilope madoqua., was 



