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thing, there was no long tuft of hair on the 
forehead, while from the lower corner of each 
eye ran an incomplete white stripe similar to, 
though smaller than, those found in the giant 
eland. The sides of the forehead were of a 
reddish colour, and on the lower part of the face 
there was a much larger brown patch than is to 
be seen on the ordinary eland. The striping on 
the body was very slight, the chief markings being 
three lines across the withers. On my return to 
England in’ April, I sent the head to Rowland 
Ward’s to be set up, and while there it was 
seen by Mr. R. Lydekker, F.R.S., of the British 
Museum, the well-known naturalist and specialist 
in big game, who wrote to tell me that GE 
possessed great zoological interest, as showing the 
existence of a hitherto unknown race of eland. 
Mr. Lydekker also contributed the following notice 
describing the animal to Zhe /veld of September 29, 
1906: 
‘Considerable interest attaches to the head of an 
eland, killed by Colonel J. H. Patterson in Portu- 
guese’ East Africa, and set up by Mr. Rowland 
Ward, on account of certain peculiarities in colouring 
and markings, which indicate a transition from the 
ordinary South African animal in the direction of 
the giant eland (Zaurotragus derbianus) of the 
1 Tn error for ‘ British.” 
