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Q 1 . Bos eaffer adamauae. 



Bubalus eaffer adainaure, Schwarz, Aim. M<iff. Nat. Hist. ser. 8, 

 vol. xiii, p. 44, 1914. 



Typical locality Garua, Benue Valley, Adamaua. 



Type in Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt-am-Main. 



Allied to B. c. planiceros and B. c. beddingtoni, but skull 

 rather smaller than in the former, with moderately prominent 

 orbits, slender muzzle, and low and wide occiput ; palms of 

 horns more inclined backwards than in either of the above 

 races, without a downward direction, and relatively narrow ; 

 tips long, stout, more inclined inwards than in the other 

 races, with the extremities directed backwards (not upwards). 



4. 7. 9. 13 (p. 63) is referred by its founder to this race. 



R. Bos eaffer hunti (P. 67). 



Bubalus* liunti, Matschie, Beroff. Inst. Jagdleunde, vol. ii, p. 169, 

 1913. 



14. 10. 16. 1. Skull, with horns, and scalp-skin. Near 

 Onitsha, central Nigeria. 



Presented by Lieut. A. W. Hunt, R.N., 1914. 

 14. 10. 16. 2. Skull, with horns. Same locality. 



Same history. 



T 1 . Bos eaffer diehli. 



Bubalus eaffer diehli, ScJiwarz, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 8, vol. xi, 



p. 268, 1913. 

 Bubalus diehli, Matschie, Bcroff. Inst. Jagclkundc, vol. ii, p. 169, 



1913. 



Typical locality Manfe, Cross Kiver, western Cameruns. 



Type in Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt-am-Main. 



Intermediate in size and characters of skull and horns 

 between B. c. beddingtoni and B. c. nanus. Skull shorter 

 and wider than in the former, with relatively longer and 

 narrower nasals and more prominent orbits; horns rather 

 massive, but without basal boss, directed slightly backwards 

 and downwards, with the short and backwardly inclined tips 



* Misprinted BnbaUs in original. 



