358 DH. PERCt EENDALL ON THE [May 7, 



The hinder part of the pelvis is bent do\^nwards upon the fore 

 part in Palamedea ; it is nearly sti'aight in C. derhiana ; the angle 

 of inclination is intermediate in C. chavaria. 



In all three, the pubes do not extend far behind the iscliia, and 

 the forwardly turned processes, which in so many Anatidcv nearly 

 meet in the middle line and recall the median ventral symphysis of 

 the Ostrich, are absent. 



The Skull in its general proportions resembles that of Paki- 

 medea more than that of G, derhiana. It has most of the features 

 given in our table (2) as common to Palamedea and G. derhiana. 

 The foramen magnum is relatively smaller than in Palamedea, as 

 in C. derhiana. The outer long edge of the palatine is not sharply 

 angular, as in Palamedea and C. derhiana. The width of the 

 middle superior ramus of the premaxilla is nearly uniform, as in 

 Palamedea, not wider at its origin than posteriorly, as in G. der- 

 hiana. The angular process of the lower jaw is not so straight as 

 in Palamedea, nor so sharply upturned as in G, derhiana and 

 Geese. 



The hyoid. The hasiliijal is unlike that of Palamedea, being 

 short and roughly triangular, the apex being anterior. The xvro- 

 hijal is long and cartilaginous at its extremity, as in Palamedea ; 

 but it is ancliylosed to the hasiliyal, instead of being freely movable 

 upon that. The entorjlossum consists of two completely separate 

 paired ossifications. 



The ceratohyals are stouter than in Palamedea, but, as in that 

 bird, consist of two bony pieces with an intermediate cartilaginous 

 segment. 



Papees quoted. 



(1) Gaeiiod. " On the Anatomy of Cliauna derhiana." P. Z. S. 



1876, p. 189. 



(2) Beddaud and Mitchell. " On the Anatomy of Palamedea 



cornuta." P. Z. S. 1894, p. 536. 



(3) Beddard. " On the Anatomy of Ghauiia cTiavaria." P. Z. S. 



1886, p. 178. 



3. Field-Notes on the Antelopes of the Transvaal. 

 By Dr. Percy Kendall, F.Z.S.' 



[Eeceived February 25, 1895.] 



The Eeedbuck. Gervicapra arundinum. 



Zulu : Imsigi or Umsagolo. Swazi : Ihlangu, 



This animal is to be found in the damp and reedy places along 

 the banks of the Lompangwana Eiver, but it is hard to get a clear 

 shot, in tall rank grass and reeds that are much higher than your 

 head, the stems of which are the thickness of a cedar pencil. Its 



^ [Dr. Eendall has at my request kindly put tngotlier these notes, which he 

 made on the Antelopes met with in the Trausviial in IS'JiJ and 1894. — P. L. S.] 



