46 THE SELOT T S COLLECTTOX. 



far east as Mt. Elgon and the Uasin G-ishu District, and as far 

 west as Kuwenzori. In the north it appears to reach the southern 

 limits of the White-eared Kob on the Sudan boundary. 



244 19. 7. 15. 269. 23 June, 1909. Nzoia River, Uasin Gishu 



District, Kenya Colony. 



245-248 19.7.15.270-273. 1909. Nzoia Eiver, Uasin Gishu District, 

 Kenya Colony. 



WHITE-EARED KOB. 

 ADENOTA KOB LEUCOTIS. 



Antilope leucotis, Lichtenstein and Peters, Monatsber. Ak. Berlin, 1853, 



p. 164 ; Abh. Ak. Berlin, p. 96, 1854. 



Kobus leucotis, Gerrard, Cat. Bones Mamm. Brit. Mus. p. 239, 1862. 

 Adenota leucotis, Heuglin, Nova Acta Ac. Caes. Leop.-Car. vol. xxx. pt. 2, 



pp. 12 and 13, pi. 1. fig. 4, 1863. 

 Cobus (Adenota} leucotis, Revilliod. Verb. nat. Ges. Basle, vol. xxiv. 



p. 210, 1913. 

 Adenota kob lencotis, Roosevelt and Heller, Life-histories of African 



Game Animals, vol. ii. p. 514, 1915. 



Size and horns as in thomasi. General colour of adult pelage 

 very dark, almost black, the fulvous coloration existing, as a rule, 

 only in immature males and females at all ages. 



In the following series the colour variations are well shown ; 

 some of the fulvous coloured specimens are quite adult. 



Best horn measurements (No. 19. 7. 15. 278) : length on 

 front curve 21 j ; circumference 6| ; spread from tip to tip 10. 



Typical locality, swamps of the White Nile, about GO miles 

 south of Khartum. The White-eared Kob is found over a con- 

 siderable part of Bahr-el-Ghazal, extending eastwards as far as the 

 Abyssinian border. 



249 19. 7. 15. 274. 5 March, 1911. Naam River, near Rumbek. 



Bahr-el-Ghazal. 



250-255 19.7.15.275-280. 1911. Gell River, near Rumbek, Bahr- 

 el-Ghazal. 



