476 A SPORTING TRIP THROUGH ABYSSINIA 



Total shot, 3. — 2 $ , I young. 



No. and Sex. Locality. Date. R. Horn. I,. Horn. '^^J^^^'^^" Height. Girth. Length. Weight. Elevation. 



34 (young) i 6.12.99 



^2? 2 14.12.99 34iX4f 34R-5 I3i 46 552 14.80.92 260 lbs. 3700 it. 



43? 2 ,, 31^^51 Si4x6 7 455 5i 15-72.97 



I. Herrer. 2. .Meaduga. 



" Numerous between Heifer and Tadechamalka. I also saw them on 

 the hills west of the Hawash, when looking for greater kudu." 



Tragelaphiis scriptus deciila (Riipp.). Abyssinian Bushlnick. 

 (Native name, " DuciTilar.") 



This form of the bushbuck was first described by Riippell in 1838-40, 

 in his Neiie Wirbelthiere Abysshitciis. Mr. Powell-Cotton brought home 

 two females. He says : " I first saw this antelope at Orthar, then at 

 Tadechamalka, and at Jarso, Shimerler Jowee, and along the west side of 

 Lake Tana. I never found more than two together. Towards Metemmeh 

 I saw one c^ with a very well-defined longitudinal white stripe along the 

 side." 



No. and -Sex. Locality. Date. R. Horn. L. Horn. 



- Ill 9 I 10.4.00 



^1529 2 31.5.00 



I. Dungoler. 



Ti'iigelapJius^ sp. Ikishbuck ? 



Mr. Powell-Cotton obtained a pair of this form in Alanagasha forest, 

 and Major Sanders also got it on the White Nile ; it is extremely 

 dark in colour. Herr Oscar Neumann tells me that on the Erlanger- 

 Neumann expedition they got this form also, and that it undoubtedly 

 belonged to an hitherto undescribed race. He also mentioned that 

 there was a third form in Abyssinia, which I am inclined to believe is 

 the one mentioned under T. scr. dcciila, with a white lateral stripe. I, 

 however, do not wish to name either of these forms, as Baron Erlanger 

 and Herr Neumann have more opportunities of comparing large series 

 from all parts of Africa than I have, so I leave the question open for 

 them to decide. 



' WitliDUt heart and liver. - Stripeil ; bank of Abbai. 



■' Almost stripeless ; hot coiuitry. 



