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MR. 



P. L. SCLATER ON ALCELAPHUS TORA. [Dec. 2, 



2. A sharp-snouted Badger (Meles leptorhynchus) and two small 

 rodents, presented by Mr. R. Swinhoe, F.Z.S., H.B.M. Consul at 

 Cbefoo. Received Nov. 14th. 



The Chinese Badger is new to us, and of much interest. It has 

 been described and figured by A. Milne-Edwards *. The rodents Mr. 

 Swinhoe sends as examples of the Mongolian Souslik (Spermopkilus 

 mongolicus, A. Milne-Edwards). 



Mr. Sclater made remarks on a fine head of Alcelaphus toraf, which 

 Mr. Edwin Ward had sent for exhibition. This animal had been 



Head of Alcelaphus tora. 



obtained by Mr. C. L. Arkwright, of Savile Row, during a recent 

 shooting- excursion on the Settite in Upper Nubia. According to 

 Mr. Arkwright this Antelope is the commonest large Antelope in 

 the country, and is the Tetel of Sir S. Baker, who, like other tra- 

 vellers, has confounded it with the Bubal {Alcelaphus bubalis)%. 



* Recherches pour servir a l'Hist. des Mamrnifeves, pi. 17. 



t See above, p. 729. J See ' Nile Tributaries ' (new edition), 1872, p. 132. 



