214 MR. p. L. SCLATER ON BAKER's ANTELOPE. [Mar. 26, 



January 1863, and stated to be those of the Salmon of the 

 Rhine. 



Mr. F. Buckland exhibited and made remarks on other specimens 

 of Salmonoids reared in fresh water. 



Dr. Giinther maintained that there was no sufficient evidence to 

 prove that the ova from which these fishes had been hatched were 

 really those of Salmo salar. Judging by the specimens themselves 

 he believed them to be more probably young of some species of 

 Lake-Trout or hybrids between two different species of Salmo. 



The following papers were read : — 



1. Notes on Baker's Antelope {Hippotragus bakeri). By 



P. L. ScLATER, M.A., Ph.D., F.R.S., Secretary to the 



Society. 



(Plate XVI.) 



( In an article upon the Antelopes and Buffaloes of North-eastern 

 Africa, published in the 30th volume of the ' Nova Acta Academiae 

 Leopoldino-CaroHnae ' *, the well-known traveller and naturalist Th. 

 v. Heuglin has given a description of a new Antelope of the genus 

 Hippotragus, and named it after our illustrious countryman Sir 

 Samuel Baker, by whom it was discovered and communicated to the 

 author. 



When visiting the Royal Menagerie at Turin last summer, I was 

 shown a young male Antelope, recently received from Dr. Ori, the 



f" * " Ueber die Antilopen und Bi'iffel Nord-Ost-Afrikas. Von Th. v. Heuglin." 

 ' Jena, 1863. Herr v. Heuglin gives the following description of this Antelope : — 



Cornua in utroque sexu ; his rohiistis, basi rotimdatis et approxlmatis, arciiutis, 

 rectirvafis, vix ad apicem annulatis. 



Pcdlide kcpatico-ftilvescens, fronfe, macula oculari, sfriisqiie humeralibim 3-4 

 iiix ohliquis, nigris ; jiiia collari et dorsali longa, nigerrima ; roatri apice 

 albido. 



'■ The thickening of the horns above the base in this species is very peculiar. 

 In two examples the tip of the horn lies outside the segment of the circle which 

 the horn itself describes, and is sliglitly, although quite noticeably, directed out- 

 wards. A pair of horns from Setit, which I also ascribe to this species, are about 

 one-third smaller, and the horns form a perfectly regular arc of almost 'JO'. In 

 the adult animal the mane is very long, particularly upon the base of the hinder 

 neck, and erect ; also the front part of the neck appeared to me (as far as I could 

 see at a distance of 80 paces) to be provided with a mane. The footprint of the 

 beast is very large and broad. 



" The animal lives in large herds, containing about thirty individuals, on the 

 Qualabat, on the Djebel Qedani, on the Balu- Salani, on the Atbara, in Eastern 

 Sennaar, and on this side of Fazogloa on the Djebel Qtid, Korah, &c. It is only 

 met with in open places, and is, moreover, so shy and swift that it can be 

 caught only with the best horses. 



" I have only once had the opportunity of seeing this beautifid Antelope, 

 which is of tlio size of a Horse ; on the other liand, I liave to thank lor most of the 

 particulars here given the English traveller 8. W. Baker, who brought the horns 

 with him from the Atbara." 



