THE SELOtTS COLLECTION. 53 



Size large, height at shoulder about 34 inches. Horns long 

 and widely spread, approaching the condition found in robertsi *, 

 the race which inhabits the country around the southern shores of 

 the VictoriaNyanza; good horns measure from 27 to 30| inches in 

 length. 



The three heads of the typical race in the Collection were 

 obtained in 1915-16 in the Taita and Taveta District ; the best head 

 (No. 19. 7. 15. 322) carries horns of the following size: length 

 on front curve 25 ; circumference 7 ; spread from tip to tip 19 1. 



Typical locality, Western Kinyene, Ugogo, Tangaii} r ika 

 Territory. The typical race is believed to be almost confined to 

 Tanganyika Territory, extending northwards only a short distance 

 into Kenya Colony. 



286-288 19. 7. 15. 321-323. 1-915-16. Taita and Taveta District, 

 Kenya Colony. 



EOOSEVELT'S GRANT GAZELLE. 



GAZELLA GKAXTI KOOSEYELTI. 



Gazella granti roosevelti, Heller, Sraithson. Misc. Collect, vol. Ixi. no. 7, 

 p. 4, 1913. 



Very like the typical race, the differences between the two 

 forms being very slight ; horns less widely spread and general 

 colour rather darker. 



The best horns of the following series are those of 

 No. 19. 7. 15. 312: length on front curve 26f ; circumference 7J; 

 spread from tip to tip 12 f. The horns of the female specimen 

 (No. 19. 7. 15. 319) measure as follows : length on front curve 

 14^ ; circumference 3 ; spread from tip to tip 9|. 



Typical locality, Athi Plains, Ulu District, Kenya Colony. 

 Distributed along the Rift Valley as far north as Lake Baringo, 

 and eastwards to Mt. Kilimanjaro and Mt. Kenya. 



289 19.7.15.311. 9 January, 1903. Enderit River, south end 



of Lake Nakuru, Naivasha District, Kenya Colony. 



290 19.7.15.312. 10 January, 1903. Enderit River, south end 



of Lake Nakuru, Naivasha District, Kenya Colony. 



291 19.7.15.313. 18 December, 1902. Enderit Eiver, south end 



of Lake Nakuru, Naivasha District, Kenya Colony. 



* Gazella granti robertsi, Thomas, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1903, vol. ii. p. 119. 



