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shot Sudan reedbucks must belong" to the " Bohor" race, 

 and that there also co-existed another species with the 

 "double bend." 



All these self-imposed doubts were promptly closed 

 down so soon as we had secured a couple of first-class 

 reedbucks of the "double-bend" type, and, incidentally, 

 by shooting (under the misapprehension that we had 

 here two species to deal with) one or two others of the 

 presumed "Bohor" form. It then became clear that 

 the latter were merely immature examples of the former 



Transvaal. Equator ("Bohor"). Sudan. 



(15! in. by 6 in., tips I2| in.) (gj in. by 6 in., tips 3 in.) (12 in. by 4! in., tips 8 in.) 



HORNS OF REEDBUCKS (In my collection). 



-that is, of the typical reedbuck of Sudan, the only 

 species we found in that country, and which, when fully 

 adult, does develop the double bend, as is admirably 

 illustrated in Rowland Ward's Records of Big Game, 

 6th ed., p. 225. The English name there given, however, 

 I venture to regard as misleading. The animal is quite 

 distinct from the " Bohor" type, and should be called the 

 Sudan reedbuck (Cervicapra sudanensis]. The incident 

 at least shows how easy it is to be deceived, and how 

 necessary to avoid jumping to premature conclusions ere 

 ample evidence and a sufficing number of specimens have 

 been obtained. 



The biological status of the reedbuck group presents 

 a curious evolutionary problem. In CERVICAPRA we have 



