WESTERN SITUTUNGA 313 



stripes on the body and spots on the face. There is, however, no 

 fringe of long hair on the throat. Height at shoulder about 3 feet 

 7 inches. Both in this species and the true situtunga the horns of the 

 males are longer and more twisted than in the other members of the 

 genus, and thus come very close to those of the kudus. In the true 

 situtunga the coloration of the adult male is uniform greyish brown. 

 The West African species ranges from the Congo to the Gaboon and 

 Cameroon districts. It has but seldom been collected by sportsmen, 

 so that very little is known of its habits in the wild state. Several 

 specimens have been bred in captivity at the Zoological Gardens, 

 Amsterdam. 



Length. 



Circum- Tip to Locality. Owner. 



On front Straight ference. 1 ip. 

 curve. line. 



34:,' 28i 8 21 Gambia . . . II. C. Goddard. 



52;,' 27} 9^ i6i Gaboon . . . Sir Edmund G. Loder, Bart. 



32^ 24.T 6|- 33 ? Dr. Albert von Stephani. 



30} 26J 8 14^ French Congo . . Hon. Walter Rothschild. 



30 26} 7, : I4 Julius Jeppe. 



29/, 24^ Si 14 Gaboon . . . Sir Edmund G. Loder, Bart. 



2.x ', 23 S 8 Gambia . . . A. Ohlsson. (See illustration.) 



2V, 1 21} "6% 12} Do. . . . Guy II. Sangster. 



19 ... ... Gaboon . . . British Museum. 



23.', 18 7; ii:i Do. . . . Sir Victor Brooke's Collection. 



22 4 ' 19^ 7 lojj Nigeria . . . Major J. A. Burdon. 



- Owner's measurements. 





