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and orbit 10 J inches. Young animals are uniformly rufous, 

 without any black and white face-markings. 



The range is nearly co-extensive with that of the genus, 

 although not including the southern districts of Cape Colony. 



The following races have been named : 



A. Ears moderate. 



a. General colour greyish roan ; forehead wholly 



black in both sexes H. e. equinus. 



b. General colour pale rufous ; a patch of chestnut 



at base of front of horns in both sexes H. e. langheldi. 



B. Ears longer. 



General colour browner. Upper part of fore- 

 head black in males, chestnut in females H. e. bakeri. 



c. Ears still longer ; general colour more fulvous ; 

 upper part of forehead chestnut in both sexes. 



a. Size smaller H. e. gambianus. 



b. Size larger, H. e. scharicus. 



A. Hippotragrus equinus equinus. 



Hippotragus equinus typicus, Sclater and Thomas, Booh of Antelopes, 

 vol. iv, p. 13, 1899; Rothschild, Powell-Cotton's Sporting Trip 

 through Abyssinia, p. 475, 1902 ; Ward, Records of Big Game, 

 ed. 6, p. 287, 1910, ed. 7, p. 285, 1914. 



Typical locality S. Africa north of the Orange River. 



General colour greyish roan ; forehead black in both 

 sexes right up to base of horns ; ears relatively short. Fine 

 horns measure from 30 to 34 inches in length (two specimens 

 respectively of 35 and 39 are on record), with a girth of 

 from 8| to 10J, and a tip-to-tip interval of from 5 to 13 

 inches. 



The range apparently extends as far north as Angola and 

 Northern Ehodesia. 



636, a. Frontlet and horns. Little Klibbolikbonni 

 Spring, source of the Kruman Eiver, lat. 27 20' S. 



Presented ly Dr. W. J. Burchell, about 1817. 



636, d. Pair of horns. S. Africa. Same history. 



636, e. Frontlet and horns, female. S. Africa. 



Same history. 



636, g. Pair of horns. Cape Colony; collected by 

 Sir Andrew Smith. Purchased (Argent), about 1842. 



