1900.] FROM NORTH-EA STERN AFRICA. 805 



The reasons that have induced me to consider this exceedingly- 

 handsome Reedbuck as the true C. bohor of Riippell have been 

 detailed in a separate paper on the subject '. These are the first 

 specimens with exact localities that have been brought to 

 Eugland. 



The horns of the finest head measure 15 inches in length by 

 5| inches in basal circumference. 



20. Cervicapra chanleri Rothsch. 



a, b. 6 2 • South end of Lake Stephanie, 20 Nov., 1899. 

 (130, 131.) 



21. Gazella granti brighti, subsp. n. 



a. (j . 160 miles E. of Lado, 28 Jan., 1900. (132.) 



b. J . 150 miles E. of Lado, 6 Feb., 1900. (137.) 



c. 6 . 150 miles E. of Lado, 5° 20' N., 34° 5' E., 6 Feb., 1900. 

 Type of the subspecies. (138.) 



d. «. $ $ . 200 miles E. of Lado, 20 Jan., 1900. (125, 129.) 

 Size rather smaller than in other races. Fur exceedingly short. 



General colour very pale. Face-markings normal. No darker 

 lateral bands (at any age, fide Smith). White projection into body- 

 colour on rump deep, quite surrounding tail. Pygal band short, 

 narrow, sometimes almost obsolete. Horns comparatively short ; 

 the youthful growth-boss at their anterior bases retained into 

 adult life and covered with a noticeable tuft of hair. 



Dimensions of the skull of the type, an adult male : — Basal 

 length 240 mm. ; greatest breadth 106 ; muzzle to orbit 140. 

 Horns, length over curves in front 460 (18*1 in.) ; circumference at 

 base 143. 



Hab. Country between Lake Rudolf and the Nile. Type from 

 about 150 miles E. of Lado, on lat, 5° 20 N. 



Type. Adult male, skin and skull. B.M. No. 0.11.7.14. Original 

 number 138. Collected 6 February, 1900, and presented by 

 Dr. Donaldson Smith. 



For some time I have been aware that the Grant's Gazelle of 

 the desert country west of Lake Rudolf was not quite the same 

 as the typical East-African form; but although the Museum was 

 last year given a female skin and skull by Lieut, (now Major) 

 R. T. Bright, which were obtained in September 1898 on the 

 N.W. shore of Lake Rudolf, and later on a separate male skull 

 by Capt. J. D. Ferguson from Lumian, on the same shore of the 

 Lake, it is only now that material sufficient to recognize it 

 definitely has been brought to Europe. As Major Bright was the 

 first to bring an example of this Gazelle to the National Museum, 

 I have applied his name to this form. 



Dr. Smith noticed particularly that all the specimens seen were, 

 like the type, very short-horned, that there was a prominent tuft 



1 Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) vi. p. 303 (1900). 



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