1 6 SUPPLEMENT 



THE BUSHBUCK 



(Page 323) 



As stated in the " Addenda " to the original volume, the Mweru 

 bushbuck has been described by Dr. Lonnberg (" Sjostedt's Kilimandjaro- 

 Meru Expedition," 1908, p. 48) as Tragelaphus scriptus 1 meruensis. 

 It is distinguished from masaicus by the lack of white body-stripes, 

 and of a white spot below the eye, although the two cheek-spots are 

 present. The general colour is dark reddish brown on the back and 

 hind-quarters, passing into smoky brown on the shoulders and sides of 

 the chest, while the under-parts are smoky brownish grey, with a 

 white patch on the inner side of the upper part of the legs. 



A bushbuck from Nakuru, British East Africa, was described in 

 1909 by Dr. J. A. Allen (Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. vol. xxvi. p. 148) 

 as T. tjaederi, but may be regarded as a race, with the name of T. s. 

 tjaederi. It is stated to be allied to the imperfectly known T. s. 

 delamerei of Somaliland, but differs in having the under-parts darker 

 instead of lighter than the back, by the larger size of the white patches 

 on the fore-part of the neck, and by the presence of a long white stripe 

 on the front of each hind-leg corresponding to a black stripe on the 

 fore-leg, instead of white stripes on both pairs. There is also a distinct 

 crest along the back which is wanting in the type of delamerei. 



The locality of T. s. meneliki (supra, p. 325) is Arusi-Gallaland 

 near the sources of the Webbe Shebeyli, at a height of about 9000 

 feet. L. t. multicolor also occurs in the neighbourhood of Lake Zwei. 



THE NYALA 



(Page 331) 



On page 333 of the original volume there is stated to be a gap in 

 the distributional area of the nyala, which occurs in the Gaza country 

 of Portuguese East Africa, to the southward of the Sabi river, whence 

 it extends to St. Lucia Bay, but is unknown in the great tract lying 

 between that river and the Zambesi, although it reappears to the north 

 of the latter in the Nyasa district. In 1910 I received a letter from a 

 correspondent at Pretoria, who informed me that he has killed nyala to 

 the south of Zambesi between that river and the Pungwe, although, for 



1 Originally given as sylvaticiis. 



