THE SELOUS COLLECTION. 45 



Cobus leche, Selous, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1881, p. 760 ; A Hunter's Wander- 

 ings in S. Africa, p. 220, 1881. 



Cobus lechi, Selous, Great and Small Game of Africa, p. 299, 1899. 



Kobus (Onotragus) leche, Lydekker and Elaine, Cat. Ungulate Mamm. 

 Brit. Mus. vol. ii. p. 246. 1914. 



Size intermediate between that of the Waterbucks and Kobs. 

 Horns long and slender ; good horns measure from 29 to 33| 

 inches. 



The best of the three heads in the Collection is No. 19. 7. 15. 

 266 : length on front curve 27^ ; circumference 8 ; spread from 

 tip to tip 14 j. 



Typical locality, Zonga Valley, near Lake Ngami ; the range 

 extends northwards into Northern Rhodesia and Nyasaland. 



241 19.7.15.266. 12 July, 1879. Chobe Eiver, beyond Sunta 



Outlet, North Bechuanaland. 



242 19. 7. 15. 267. July, 1874. Swamps of Chobe Eiver, east of 



Sunta Outlet, North Bechuanaland. 



243 19.7.15.268. 7 January, 1878. Lukanga River. North 



Rhodesia. 



UGANDA KOB. 



ADENOTA KOB THOMASI. 



Kobus leucotis, Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1864, p. 103, nee Lichtenstein 



and Peters. 



Adenota kob, Mats.-hie, Saugethiere Deutsch-Ostafrika, p. 126, 1895. 

 Cobus thomasi, Sclater (ex Neumann), Proc. Zool. Soc. 1895, p. 868. 

 Adenota thomasi, O. Neumann, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1896, p. 193. 

 Cobus coba thomasi, Lydekker, Game Animals of Africa, p. 211, 1908. 

 Kobus bob thomasi, Roosevelt, African Game Trails, p. 487, 1910. 

 Adenota hob thomasi, Heller, Smithson. Misc. Collect, vol. Ixi. no. 7, 



p. 11, 1913. 



Larger than the typical race; rather more distinctly marked. 

 Horns not of exceptional size, good specimens from 20 to 24| 

 inches in length. 



Horn measurements of No. 19. 7. 15. 271 : length on front 

 curve 21| ; circumference 7| ; spread from tip to tip 11. 



Typical locality, Berkeley Bay, Victoria Nyanza. The Uganda 

 Kob inhabits the area around the Victoria Nyanza. extending as 



