3;)2 Mr. G. Bhiiiie on the Korr'ujam. 



This tal>le shows that the spveral races o£ horngnni 

 separate themselves into two oroups, viz. the Western races, 

 iiiliabitiiig more or less arid desert-regions {korrif/uni, purpu- 

 rescmSy and tiang), and the Eastern races, inhabiting mostly 

 fVrtile well-watered regions {to]>i, iigatid(v, and eurus). The 

 skulls of the Western races can be distinguished by tlieir 

 concave ])rofiles, narrower muzzles, and longer, more re- 

 curved, and laterally compressed horns ; those of the 

 Eastern races by their wider skulls, with straighter profiles, 

 longer and wider muzzles with longer nasal bones, and by 

 tlieir shorter, more upright, and cylindrical horns. 



The characteii.-tic purple bloom, which is absent in lorri- 

 gifin, becomes first apparent in the N. Nigerian race puvpu- 

 res(ens,i\n(\. intensifies nntil it reaches its highest development 

 in the East coast ^oyi, while the black eye-baud fallows an 

 almost similar course, being fully developed in the South- 

 eastern race eicrus. 



1 have included the measurements of a Sassaby skull in 

 this table, as it is interesting for comparison. There can be 

 no doubt that this antelo[)e is closely related to the Korrigum. 

 Tlie skull is veiy nearly identical, though rather wider in 

 ju'oportion across the orbits and contracted across the forehead. 

 The tympanic bullae are rounder and not so prominent and 

 conically ridged as in korrigum, and the basi-cranial region 

 is shorter. 



In bodily size this antelope is identical with korrigum^ as 

 also in colour and distribution of the markinys, differiuii' 

 only where tiie greyish patches on the quarters spread along 

 the flanks towarths the shoulders, and being lighter (Ui the 

 inside of the tiiighs, while the legs from knees aud iiocks 

 downwards to liools are a dark Jan. 



In addition to these races of the Korrinuin Mr. Lydckker 

 has described selonsi'^ from the Guas'ngishu PI iteau in 

 Britisii East Africa, a large foiin (listiuguished by having a 

 tan-coloured area round the eyes and muzzle, and /one.s/f, a 

 light-coloured desert-race from N.W. Kordofan. Herr Ernst 

 Sehwarz has described koha hjra \ from a skull from the 

 Uj)per Shaii region, south of Lake Chad, which resembles 

 iidiiq in Ix'ing murovv, but has tiiinner horns, with tlieir ends 

 niai kcdiy curved upwards and inwards; .-nid Professor Cal)i-eia 

 j>h(iliuK^^ with a white facial blazi', Iroin east of Mount 



* Lydeliker, 'Field,' 1^07, ex. p. L>4i). t 1,1. ihid. 



\ Scliwjirz, Ann. & y\w^. Nat. Hist. scr. ^, vol. .\iii. p. ;J4 ( KM 1). 

 § Cabrera, Proc. Zoi.l. ^..l-. I'.iK*, p. iV.i!^. 



