476 A SPORTING TRIP THROUGH ABYSSINIA 



Total shot, 3. — 2 9 1 ' young. 



No. and Sex. Locality. Date. R.Horn. L. Horn, "^^-'j^"" Height. Girth. Length. Weight. Elevation. 



34 (young) i 6.12.99 



'42? 2 14.12.99 34|x4| 34JX5 I3i 46 55A 14.80.92 26olbs. 3700ft. 



43? 2 ., 3ii^5A 314=^6 7 454 5' 15-72.97 



I. HeiTt;r. 2. AleatUiga. 



" Numerous between Heirer and Tadcchamalka. I also saw them on 

 the hills west of the Hawash, when looking for greater kudu." 



Tragelaphus scn'p/t/s decula (Rupp.). .A.byssinian Bushbuck. 

 (Native name, " Ducular.'') 



This form of the bushbuck was first described by Ri.ippell in 1838-40. 

 in his Neiie Wirbelthierc Abyssinicus. !\[r. Powell-Cotton brought home 

 two females. He says : " 1 lir.st saw this antelope at Orthar, then at 

 Tadechamalka, and at Jarso, Slmneilci Imvec, and along the west side of 

 Lake Tana. I never found more than two together. Towards Metemmeh 

 I saw one $ with a very well-defined longitudinal w'hite stripe along the 

 side." 



No. and Sex. Locality. Date. R. Horn. L. Horn. B""^"" Height. Girth. Length. 



-III? I 10.4.00 .. ... ... 26J 24i 8.43.54 



'1529 2 31.5.00 254 23i Si.43.53 



1. Dungoler. 2. Towards Metemmeh. 



Tragelaphus, sp. Bushbuck ? 



Mr. Powell-Cotton obtained a pair of this form in Managasha forest, 

 and Major Sanders also got it on the White Nile ; it is e.\treniely 

 dark in colour. Herr Oscar Neumann tells me that on the Erlanger- 

 Neumann e,\pedition they got this form also, and that it undoubtedly 

 belonged to an hitherto undescribcd race. He also mentioned that 

 there was a third form in Abyssinia, which I am inclined to believe is 

 the one mentioned under T. scr. decula, with a white lateral stripe. I, 

 however, do not wish to name either of these forms, as Baron Erianger 

 and Herr Neumann have more opportunities of comparing large series 

 from all parts of Africa than I have, so I leave the question open for 

 them to decide. 



1 Without heart and liver. -' Striped ; bank of Abbai. 



''■ --Mmost stripeless ; hot country. 



