62 THE SELOUS COLLECTION. 



Writing in 1881* Selous makes the following statement about 

 the distribution of the Sable Antelope : "At the present day 

 a few Sable Antelopes are still to be found in South-western 

 Matabele Land, in the neighbourhood of Ramokwebani, Shashani, 

 and Samookwe rivers (tributaries of the Shashe). Along the 

 waggon-road leading from Tati to the Zambesi it may be 

 met with here and there, but is decidedly scarce. All along 

 the Chobe river, as far as I have been, I have met with this 

 Antelope, though sparingly. In the Mababe country, and on the 

 road leading from there to Bamangwato, I neither saw a Sable 

 Antelope nor the spoor of one, and do not think its range extends 

 so far to the west. In the broken country to the south of the 

 Victoria Falls, in the neighbourhood of the Pendamatenka and 

 Daka rivers, it is not uncommon, but its true home is the higher 

 portions of the Mashuna country to the north-east of the Matabele 



country On the Manica plateau, north of the Zambesi, 



Sable Antelopes are also to be met with." 



353 19. 7. 15. 378. 30 May, 1882. Umniati Eiver, Mashonaland, 



Southern Ehodesia. 



354 19.7.15.379. 8 September, 1878. Umzweswi River, Mash- 



onaland, Southern Rhodesia. 



355 19. 7. 15. 380 (female). Umzweswi River, Mashonaland, 



Southern Rhodesia. 



356 19.7.15.381. 22 September, 1880. Umfuli River, Mashona- 



land, Southern Rhodesia. 



357 19.7.15.382. 16 October, 1880. Umfuli River, Mashona- 



land, Southern Rhodesia. 



358 19.7.15.383 (female). October, 1880. Umfuli River, 



Mashonaland, Southern Rhodesia, 



359 19.7.15.384 (female). 30 June, 1883. Umfuli River, 



Mashonaland, Southern Rhodesia. 



360 19.7.15.385. 15 July, 1879. Southern bank of Chobe 



River, west of Sunta Outlet, North Bechuanaland, 



361 19.7.15.386. August, 1883. Hanyani River, Mashonaland, 



Southern Rhodesia. 



362 19.7.15.387. 6 September, 1883. Hanyani River, Mashona- 



land, Southern Rhodesia. 



363 19. 7. 15. 388. Skin, mounted. July, 1892. Hanyani River, 



Mashonaland, Southern Rhodesia. 



* Proc. Zool. Soc. 1881, p. 756. 



