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VIII. KOBUS (ADENOTA) VAKDONI. 



Antilope vardoni, Livingstone, Missionary Travels S. Africa, p. 256 

 and pi. p. 71, 1857. 



Heleotragus vardonii, Kirk, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1864, p. 657. 



Cobus vardoni, Selous, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1881, p. 759, pi. Ixv, 

 A Hunter's Wanderings in S. Africa, pp. Ill, 147 and 219, 

 pi. v, 1881, Great and Small Game of Africa, p. 294, 1909; 

 Ward, Eecords of Big Game, p. 9, 1892, ed. 6, p. 211, 1910; 

 Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1892, p. 98, 1893, p. 728 ; Lydekker, 

 Horns and Hoofs, p. 227, 1893, Great and Small Game of 

 Africa, p. 269, 1899, Game Animals of Africa, p. 215, 1908; 

 Sclater and Thomas, Book of Antelopes, vol. ii, p. 141, pi. xli, 

 1896; W. L. Sclater, Fauna S. Africa, Mamm. vol. i, p. 191, 

 1900 ; Rothschild, Powell- Cotton's Sporting Trip through Abys- 

 sinia, p. 467, 1902 ; Letcher, Big Game N.E. Rhodesia, p. 197, 

 1911. 



Eleotragus vardoni, Huet, Bull. Soc. Acclim. 1887, p. 48 ; Matschie. 

 Sitzber. Ges.nat. Freunde, 1891, p. 138. 



Kobus vardoni, Nicholls and Eglington, Sportsman in S. Africa, p. 43, 

 1892. 



Adenota vardoni, Matschie, Sdugethiere Deutsch-Ostafrika, p. 126, 

 1895 ; Pousargues, Ann. Sci. Nat., Zool. ser. 7, vol. iv, p. 72, 

 1897. 



PUKU, POOKOO, or POKU. 



Typical locality apparently the Chobi Valley, Zambesia. 



Distinguished from all the races of the preceding species 

 by the absence of black markings on the legs, the longer and 

 rougher coat, and the practical or complete absence of white 

 hoof-bands. General colour very similar to that of K. kdb 

 thomasi, the white orbital area being small, and the backs 

 of the ears fulvous, with black tips. Horns relatively short 

 and stout ; good specimens measure from 18 to 20f inches 

 in length, with a girth of from 6J to 8J. and a tip-to-tip 

 interval of from 4 to 17 inches. 



The range extends from the Zambesi and Chobi Valleys, 

 through Barotsiland, to Lakes Mweru and Bangweolo. 



The two races (exclusive of loderi, which is classed above 

 as a race of kob) are distinguished as follows : 



A. Size larger, shoulder-height about 35 inches ; 



black ear-tips small K. v. vardoni. 



B. Size smaller ; black ear-tips larger, and general 



colour darker K. v. senganus. 



