Mr, G. Blaine on the Korrif/uni. '^X\ 



Elgoii in British East Africa, a country so prolific in the 

 ireaiiish tendencies of its larger fauna. 



None of these races can be consiJered as referable to 

 Professor Matschie's ;<"me/a* apparently described from a 

 drawing shown him by the widow of the late naturalist 

 explorer Bohm, who met with this antelope in Unyaniwesi, 

 south-east of the Victoria Nyansa, as having a black stripe 

 down the fore-legs Irom knees to hoofs, and as lacking the 

 black band on the inner side of the thighs. Professor 

 Maischie thus distinguishes ju,ie/a from the^ypical western 

 ivorngum ; but in none of the skins throughout the series in 

 ihe B.M. that I have examined do either of these characters 

 appeiir. 1 therefore venture to describe topi from the 

 Swahdi coastal region as a new subspecies of korrijum that 

 has hitherto been overlooked. 



Neio Races of the Kurvujum. 



Damaliscus korrujuni purpurescens, subsp. n. 



Colour light bay suffused with pale mauve bloom, fadln^r 

 to pinkish cmnamon on belly. Legs from knees and hock" 

 to hoots cuinamon, a dusky spot on the back of each pastern 

 An ashy-black band above knees and hocks extends upwards 

 into pale ashy-grey patches on shoulders and quarters. An 

 ashy-black blaze extends down face from between horns to 

 muzzle. Theie is a dusky spot under the ears and an in« 

 distinct dusky streak under the eyes running into the facial 

 blaze. 



fcjkuU and horns as in korrigum. 



AJeasuremeiits in inches: — 



C(^ndylo- basal length lo'i^ ; occiput to nasals 7'6 ; oibit to 

 gnathion iO'l ■ nasals 6-7; palatal length 8-10; supra- 

 oibital width 0; width at . masseteric knobs ^"5 ; width of 

 muzzle above first premolars 2-7 ; upper dental scries '^J 1 



Horns: length lU-8; basal girth U-G. 



Hah. N. Nigeiia. 



Ti/pe. Adult male (skin and skulls). B.M. no. 7 7 8 24 j 

 iM-om ibi, Benue K,ver, N. Nigeria. (Jollecied and' pre- 

 sented by the Alexunder-bJosliiig Expedition. 



Daiiudiscus kon'ujum topi^ subsp. n. 

 Colour purplish red, washed all over with greyish-mauve 

 * Mat^cbic, SB. Ues. Xaliirl'. Frcuiid. Berl. 1^U2. 



