ORYGIN^E 133 



Antilope (Aigocerus) leucophaeus, H. Smith, Griffith's Animal King- 

 dom, vol. v, p. 324, 1877. 



Aigocerus leucophaeus, A . Smith, S. African Quart. Journ. vol. ii, 

 p. 185, 1834 ; Gray, Knoivsley Menagerie, p. 16, 1850 ; Fitzinger, 

 Sitzber. 7c. Ak. Wiss. Wien, vol. lix, pt. 1, p. 177, 1869 ; Huet, 

 Bull. Soc. Acclim. ser. 4, vol. iv, p. 483, 1887; Jentink, Cat. 

 Osteol. Leyden Mus. (Mus. Pays-Bas, vol. ix) p. 135, 1887, Cat. 

 Mamm. Leyden Mus. (op. cit. vol. xi) p. 166, 1892. 



Antilope glauca, Forster, Descrip. Anim. p. 391, 1844. 



Hippotragus leucophaeus, Sundevall, K. SvensJca Vet.-AJc. Handl. 

 1844, p. 197, 1846 ; Kohl, Ann. Hofmus. Wien, vol. i, p. 83, 

 1886; Bryden, Kloof and Karroo, p. 290, 1899, Great and 

 Small Game of Africa, p. 417, 1899; Flower and LydeJcker, 

 Study of Mammals, p. 343, 1891 ; Lydelcker, Horns and Hoofs, 

 p. 245, 1893, Great and Small Game of Africa, p. 397, 1899, 

 Game Animals of Africa, p. 301, 1908; Sclater and Thomas, 

 Book of Antelopes, vol. iv, p. 5, pi. Ixxvi, 1899 ; W. L. Sclater, 

 Fauna S. Africa, Mamm. vol. i, p. 215, 1900; Bothschild, 

 Powell-Cotton's Sporting Trip through Abyssi7iia, p. 475, 1902; 

 Renshaw, Zoologist, ser. 4, vol. v, p. 441, pi. iii, 1901, Nat. Hist. 

 Essays, p. 39, 1904. 



BLAAUWBOK. 



Typical locality, Swellendam district, Cape Colony, to 

 which the species appears to have been restricted. Exter- 

 minated about 1799 or 1800. 



Type of Egocerus, Aigocerus, and Hippotragus. 



Type in Leyden Museum. 



Smallest of the group, the shoulder-height being about 

 45 inches in males and 40 in females. Horns relatively 

 short ; general colour bluish grey, with the forehead rufous 

 brown, and upper lip and a tuft in front of eyes lighter than 

 general colour ; ears relatively short, not tufted ; mane short, 

 inclined forwards ; throat-fringe almost wanting ; under- 

 parts dirty white ; shanks with an inconspicuous dark line 

 in front ; tail- tuft greyish. In the type specimen the horns 

 measure 24| inches in length ; those of the Paris example 

 carry 28 ridges. 



636, e. Frontlet and horns, provisionally referred to this 

 species. South Africa. Figured in The Book of Antelopes, 

 vol. iv, p. 11, fig. 8. Old collection no history. 



