868 MB. p. L. SCLATEB ON THOMAS'S ANTELOPE. [DeC. 17, 



December 17, 1895. 



Sir W. H. Flowek, K.C.B., LL.D., F.E.S., President, 

 in the Chair. 



Dr. Donaldson Smith gave an account of some of the animals 

 observed by him during his recent expedition to Lakes Eudolph 

 and Stephanie, and alluded specially to the various species of 

 Zebras and Antelopes which he had encountered during his journey. 



Mr. Donaldson Smith's remarks were as follows : — 



" Commencing 20 miles east of the Shebeli Eiver,the range of the 

 Grevy's Zebra {Equus grevii) extends about 120 miles to the west; 

 it is limited by the second and the eighth degrees of latitude. On 

 passing the Juba Eiver you find Burehell's Zebra {Equus hurchelli) 

 in great herds among the mountains of the Bomn country, but no 

 Grevy's Zebras until Lake Stephanie is reached. Here you find 

 the ranges of the two species overlapping to a slight extent. 

 About Lake Eudolph I met with only Grevy's Zebra. The greatest 

 altitude at which I found it was about 4700 feet. 



" I did not see Swayne's Hartebeest {Buhalis swaynei) outside 

 the plains of Central Somaliland. 



" Coke's Hartebeest {Buhalis cokii) occurs on the grassy 

 plateaus north of Lake Stephanie. 



" About Lake Eudolph the Tope {Damaliscus jimela) is found in 

 great numbers, but no other Hartebeest. I saw one lot of fine 

 Coke's Hartebeest fifty miles north of Lake Eudolph. 



" About the river running into Lake Stephanie there is a very 

 light reddish-grey "Waterbuck (Cobus), of which I have not yet 

 made out the name. I brought back one specimen of it, with 

 horns 29|^ in. long. It was 51 in. high at the shoulder.^ The hair 

 is not so coarse as in the case of other Waterbucks, and there was 

 no dark line behind. There was also a small reddish-grey Ante- 

 lope, or allied animal, about this same river ; it was 42 in. high 

 and had straight horns, except near the point, where they appeared 

 to have a slight backward curve, the horns were about 13 in. long. 

 This was also seen in the hills near water. 



" I saw Grant's Gazelle {Gazella granti) first in the Boran 

 Country a little west of long. 39° W. They extended as far as 

 lat, 6° N., and were seen in great numbers all along my route to 

 the Tana Eiver. 



" Soemmerring's Gazelle (Gazella scemmerringi) I did not see far 

 beyond the Juba Eiver." 



Mr. Sclater called attention to a very fine head of the so-called 

 "Kob'? Antelope of Kavirondo and Uganda, belonging to Mr. 

 Ernest Gedge, and lent by him for exhibition. Mr. Gedge had 

 shot the Antelope from which this specimen had been taken at 

 Berkely Bay, on Lake Victoria, when returning from Uganda in 1893. 



In Mr. r. J. Jackson's excellent accoimt of the British East 



* [The specimen, which Dr. Donaldson Smith has kindly allowed me to 

 examine, is referable to Cohis defassa (Riipp.).— P. L. S.] 



