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MB. F. C. SELOrS 0>' A HTBRID .INTELOPE. [Jau. 17, 



as in the Hartebeest, but yet being slightly lunate in form and 

 ringed as in the Tsessebe. As regards the animal itself, van Eooyeu 

 tells me that the colour of its skin on the body, head, and legs was 

 l^recisely the same as in an ordinary Tsessebe. but that it had the 



Head of supposed lijbrid Autelope between Btibalk lunafa and B. caama. 



comparatively large bushy tail of a Hartebeest. When it ran, it ran 

 with its tail held out as Hartebeests do, and with the light springj- 

 gallop of those animals. There can,. I think, be no doubt in the 

 mind of any rational being that thi^ curious animal is a cross 



between the Hartebeest and Tsessebe Antelopes " 



" P.S.— Tou \\i\\ notice that the prominent rings on the horns 

 I am sending you agreo with those Avhich are present just at the 

 backward turn of the horns of a Hartebeest." 



