1906.] MAMMALS FROM NORTH-EAST TRANSVAAL. 585 



Horns, length 92 mm. ; diameter at base 13"5. 



Type. Adult male. B.M. no. 5.12.9.78. Original number 

 1250. Collected 27 July, 1905. 



On a comparison of the numerous beautiful specimens of 

 Raphicerus obtained during the Rudd exploration with such 

 East African examples as are available, we find that the latter 

 are readily distinguishable from the Cape forms by their paler 

 general colour and by the greater extent of their white facial 

 markings. Their eyes are completely ringed with white, their 

 lips are white, the edges of the ears are more broadly whitened, 

 and there is a considerable increase in the extent and brightness 

 of the white chin, throat, and limb-markings. Their skulls are 

 rather larger. 



In all these respects the Letaba Steinbucks absolutely agree 

 with the East African specimens, and differ from the Cape ones, 

 not being in any way intermediate ; and we therefore think we 

 should recognize newmanni as a distinct species, and consider the 

 Transvaal form of it — characterized by its very large bullse — as a 

 special subspecies. 



The dark coronal horseshoe-mark is absent in the male, slight 

 in the female. 



20. Cephalophus grimmii L. 



$. 1259, 1300. 



" Tchangaan na.nie ' Munti.' 



"Very common everywhere, especially in long grass and 

 patches of bush. They vary a great deal in colour and size." — 

 C.H.B.G. 



21. Cbrvicapra arundinum Bodd. 



<S. 1296, 1298. 



" Tchangaan name ' Mhlangu.' 



" Fairly common, observed singly or in pairs, occasionally even 

 three together. This species feeds during the night and drinks 

 at sundown and between dawn and sunrise." — C. H. B. G. 



II. WOODBUSH, 



Woodbush lies on the slopes of the Drakensberg Eange, about 

 30 miles to the north-east of Pietersburg, at an altitude of about 

 4500 feet. Its fauna is therefore that of the high veldt in 

 general, and the collection gives us valuable information as to 

 the north-eastern range of the high-veldt animals. New forms 

 are less numerous than in the Letaba collection, but we have 

 found occasion to describe a new Elephant-Shrew and a new 

 Crocidura, while several rarities, notably Myosorex tenuis and 

 Gynictis selousi, are added to our series. 



Mr. Grant has sent us the following notes on the Woodbush 

 District and the High Veldt : — 



"The high open veldt which extends round Pietersburg for 



