58 THE SELOtfS COLLECTION. 



African Beisa and straighter ; fine horns measure from 43 to 47| 

 inches in length. 



The best horns in the Collection (No. 19. 7. 15. 348) measure as 

 follows : length on front 42| ; circumference 7 ; spread from tip 

 to tip 19i. Of the males No. 19. 7. 15. 349 has the longest horns ; 

 measurements : length on front 37 ; circumference 8 ; spread 

 from tip to tip 18^. 



Typical locality, some part of the desert areas of south-western 

 Africa, between Bechuanaland and Mossamedes ; the species is 

 found as far north as Elephant Bay, Benguella, Angola. 



It was not until May llth, 1879, that Selous secured his first 

 G-emsbuck, an immature cow shot near the Botletlie River. A 

 few days later (May 15) he killed an adult female, which carried 

 42-inch horns, at the same locality. 



320 19. 7. 15. 345. April, 1838. North of Makari-kari Saltpan, 



Nata Eiver, North Kalahari. 



321-323 19. 7. 15. 346-348 (females). April, 1888. North of Makari- 

 kari Saltpan, Nata Eiver, North Kalahari. 



324 19.7.15.349. 21 June, 1884. Near Metsi butluku, North 



Kalahari, Khama's Country. 



325 19. 7. 15. 350 (female). 23 June, 1884. Near Metsi butluku, 



North Kalahari, Khama's Country. 



326 19.7.15.351 (female). 22 September, 1884. Near Metsi 



butluku, North Kalahari, Khama's Country. 



327 19.7.15.352 (female). 11 May, 1879. Botletlie River, 



Khama's Country. 



328 19.7.15.353 (female). 15 May, 1879. Botletlie Eiver, 



Khama's Country. 



329 19. 7. 15. 354. 16 September, 1884. Sode Gara Vley, North 



Kalahari. 

 330-331 19.7.15.355-356. Horns. Bechuanaland. 



IBEAN BEISA. 



ORYX BEISA ANKECTENS. 



Oryx annectens, Hollister, Smithson. Misc. Collect, vol. Ivi. no. 2, p. 7, 



1910. 

 Oryx beisa annectans, Ward, Eecords of Big Game, ed. 6, p. 293, 1910. 



Size smaller than in the South African Gremsbuck, with smaller 

 and less widely spread horns ; good horns measure from 34 to 

 39 inches in length. Face markings much as in O. gazella, but 



