64 THE SELOUS COLLECTION. 



not extend to the coast, the Bushbuck of the Seyidie and Tanaland 

 Provinces being separated as a distinct race under the name 

 Tragelaphus scriptus olivaceus *. 



From examination of the material in the Museum Collection 

 and views expressed by recent observers in the field it appears that 

 the forms described under the names tj<ederi t brunneus, and 

 eldomce must be regarded as having been founded merely on 

 various colour phases of delamerei. The type localities of these 

 three forms are only a short distance from Sayer, the type locality 

 of delamerei, the distances varying from 70 to 120 miles. 



369 19.7.15.394. 5 January, 1903. Londiani Station, Uasin 



Gishu District, Kenya Colony. 



370 19. 7. 15. 395. 1912. Northern Guaso Nyiro, Kenya Colony. 



CHOBE BUSHBUCK. 

 TRAGELAPHUS SCRIPTUS ORNATUS. 



Tragelaphus scriptus ornatus, Pocock, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 7, vol. v. 

 p. 94, 1900. 



Size about as in the typical race, smaller than delamerei with 

 shorter horns. General colour above reddish brown, darker below ; 

 six to eight indistinct transverse white bands on sides of body. 

 Longitudinal white stripes absent, but spots below transverse 

 bands tend to form a lower longitudinal stripe, but not a well- 

 defined line as is found in the Senegal scriptus. A number of 

 large white spots on haunches and three or four on shoulders. 

 Face markings much as in delamerei, the white chevron mark in 

 front of eyes may be either well defined or entirely absent. Short- 

 haired collar and white chest band as in delamerei. A female 

 specimen in the Museum Collection, shot by Selous at Linyanti, 

 the type locality, has only three very indistinct white bands on 

 the sides and not nearly so many white spots on the haunches 

 as the adult males have. 



Horn measurements (No. 19. 7. 15. 399) : length on front 

 curve 12i ; circumference 5 ; spread from tip to tip 6f . 



Typical locality, Linyanti, Chobe Valley, Bechuanaland. Range, 

 Chobe and Zambesi valleys extending southwards into Mashona- 

 land. 



* Heller, Smithson. Misc. Collect, vol. Ixi. no. 13, p. 1, 1913. 



