jMr. G. Blaiue on the Reedhucks. 287 



Var. meridionalis. 



1. Tarsos, N. Morea. 2. Xenocliori, N. Euboia. 3-5. Athens. 6. Delos. 7. Te- 

 no3. 8. Mykonos. 9. Syra. 10. Adampol, Asia Minor. 11. Lebauon. 

 12, 13. Syria. 



EXPLANATION OF PLATE V. 



Vipera aynviodytes, var. transcaucasiana. Head and anterior part of body 

 of male, uatui-al size, <ind enlarged side view of head of same. 



XXIX. — Some Notes on the Reedhucks, with a Description of 

 Two new Subspecies. By GILBERT Blaine. 



The reedhucks are one of the most widely distributed groups 

 of all the African antelopes. Their range extends over the 

 whole of Africa below a line drawn at about 15° kit. N. 



They inhabit grassy uplands where the bush is thin and 

 scattered in the neighbourhood of streams, or wide plains 

 bordering big rivers or lakes, generally consorting together 

 in pairs or in small family parties. I have seen them in the 

 open glades and grassy meadows that intersect dense forest- 

 tracts on a high mountain-range, and also in a flat low-lying 

 plain at the foot of the same mountain-range, where they 

 frequented the borders of a large swamp during the day, 

 forming dry beds in the reeds above the surface of the water, 

 and emerging in the early mornings and evenings to feed on 

 the coarse grass that grew on the adjacent open tlats. 



