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MR. P. L. SCLATER ON DAMALIS HTJNTERI. [Feb. 19, 



Mr. Sclater exhibited some heads and skins of Antelopes shot by 

 Mr. H. C. Y. Hunter, F.Z.S., on the north side of the river Tana, 

 N.E. x\frica, and pointed out that they appeared to belong to a new- 

 species of the genus Damalis, which he proposed to call Damalis 



Head of Damalis hitnteri. 

 (From a photograph forwarded by Mr. Hunter.) 



hmiteri after its discoverer. It was said to be allied to Damalis 

 senegalensis, but at once distinguishable by the long upstanding tips 

 of the horns, and the white baud across the forehead. Mr. Hunter 



