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The following specimens indicate allied buffaloes, one of 

 which was of larger size than B. c. brachyceros : 



55. 5. 20. 4. Skull, without lower jaw or horns. Niger 

 Valley. Presented by Dr. W. B. Baikie, 1855. 



7. 7. 8. 252. Skull, with horns. Locality unknown ; 



obtained during Alexander-Gosling expedition. Horn-length 



29 inches, tip-to-tip interval 30 inches, palm-width 8 inches. 



Presented by the Alexander- Gosling Expedition, 1907. 



7. 7. 8. 254, a. Skull, with horns, of an immature bull 

 agreeing approximately in size wih the last. Locality 

 unknown. Same history. 



72. 11. 11. 1. Skull, with horns, belonging to this or one 

 of the allied species. Locality unknown ; collected by 

 E. Blyth, Esq. Purchased, 1872. 



The following immature skulls are referable to various 

 members of the nanus planifrons Irachyceros simpsoni 

 group : 



4. 7. 27. 1. Immature skull, with horns. South Nigeria. 



Presented by E. D. Simpson, Esq., 1904. 



91. 3. 26. 1. Skull, with horns, of about same age as 

 last. Sette-Kama, French Congo. Purchased, 1891. 



91. 3. 26. 2-3. Two younger skulls, with horns. Sette- 

 Kama. Same history. 



5. 11. 27. 16. Immature skull of approximately the 

 same age as the last, with one horn. French Congo; 

 collected by G. L. Bates, Esq. Purchased, 1905. 



55. 5. 20. 6-7. Two immature skulls, with horns. Niger 

 Valley. Presented by Dr. W. B. Baikie, 1855. 



10. 6. 1. 45-46. Two immature skulls, with horns. 

 Oban, Southern Nigeria ; collected by P. A. Talbot, Esq. 



Purchased, 1910. 



10. 1. 19. 1. Immature skull, with horns. Kasai Valley, 

 Congo Free State. 



Presented by W. M. Hilton- Simpson, Esq., 1910. 



