38 CATALOGUE OF UNGULATES 



SASSABY, or TSESEBE. 



Type of Damalis, Gray. 



Typical locality Cape Colony. 



Size large; height at shoulder about 4 feet. General 

 colour dark chestnut-rufous, with the front of face, shoulders, 

 hips, outer sides of legs above knees and hocks purplish 

 black, the black also forming a band on inner side of upper 

 part of limbs, deeper in hind than in front pair; chin and 

 muzzle paler than cheek; under-parts purplish rufous 

 anteriorly, white posteriorly ; shanks reddish brown. Horns 

 strongly divergent in a lunate form ; their direction being 

 at first upwards and backwards, and then inwards and 

 backwards ; a slight ly ration causes both bases and points 

 to be directed slightly upwards, so that the lunate curve 

 is somewhat irregular. Basal length of skull 14| inches, 

 maximum breadth 6J inches. Good horns measure from 

 16 to 17 J inches along the front curve, with a girth of 

 from ?i to 8J, and a tip-to-tip interval of from 11 to 

 13 J inches. 



The range comprises south-eastern Africa from north of 

 the Orange River as far westward as Lake Ngami, and 

 northwards to British Central Africa. 



642, a. Frontlet and horns, female. Makhwarin Valley, 

 near Lataku ; killed 9/7/1812. Type. 



Presented ly Dr. W. J. Burchell, about 1817. 



42. 4. 11. 5. Skin, mounted. S. Africa; collected by 

 Sir Andrew Smith. Purchased ( Warwick), 1842. 



42. 4. 11. 5*. Skin, mounted, female. Same locality and 

 collector. Same history. 



98. 10. 11. 2. Skin, mounted. South Africa; collected 

 by F. C. Selous, Esq. Purchased, 1898. 



86. 5. 5. 10. Skeleton, with horns. Manyami Valley, 

 Mashonaland ; collected by F. C. Selous, Esq., 1886. 



Purchased, 1886. 



86. 5. 5. 11. Skeleton, with horns, female. Same locality 

 and collector. Purchased, 1886. 



83. 7. 28. 8. Skin, immature. Bili Valley, Mashona- 

 land ; same collector. Purchased, 1883. 



50. 8. 24. 1. Frontlet and horns. S. Africa. 



Purchased, 1850. 



