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eye-tufts less developed than in equinus. Females show 

 more or less rufous, and the young are wholly rufous, with 

 the exception of the tail-crest. Basal length of skull from 

 about 15f to 16J inches, maximum breadth 6J to 6f, length 

 from muzzle to orbit about 11 inches. Fine horns of the 

 typical race measure from 45 to over 60 inches in length, 

 with a girth of from 9 to 11, and a tip-to-tip interval of 

 from ?i to about 24 inches. 



The range extends from the Cashan Eange of the north- 

 western Transvaal to British East Africa. 



The species has been divided into the following three 

 local races : 



A. General colour of female more or less brownish 



black H. n. niger. 



B. General colour of female intermediate in colour 



between A and o H. n. Jcirki. 



c. General colour of female light chestnut, the face- 

 markings and fore-legs being alone black H. n. roosevelti. 



A. Hippotragus nig-er niger. 



Typical locality Cashan Mountains, north-western 

 Transvaal. 



General character those of the species. 



The range extends as far north as the Zambesi. 



38. 8. 1. 2. Skull, with horns, and skin. Cashan 

 Mountains, near Pretoria, Transvaal; shot by Sir William 

 Cornwallis Harris in 1836. Type. 



Purchased (Capt. Alexander), 1838. 



1038, c. Skull, with horns, immature ; from an old 

 skin. S. Africa. Purchased. 



46. 6. 2. 90. Skin and horns, female. Zululand ; collected 

 by Herr J. Wahlberg. 



By exchange with the Stockholm Museum, 1846. 



51. 3. 25. 27. Pair of horns. S. Africa. Purchased, 1851. 



52. 9. 22. 1. Skull, with horns, female. S. Africa; 

 collected by E. Gordon-Gumming, Esq. Purchased, 1852. 



71. 7. 3. 9. Pair of horns. Algoa Bay, S. E. Africa. 



Purchased (Gerrard), 1871. 



83. 7. 28. 3. Skin, mounted. Bili Valley, Mashona- 

 land; collected by F. C. Selous, Esq. Purchased, 1883. 



