1899.] 



OF AN ANTELOPE PROM LA.KB MWERU. 



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I may now meution another piece of evidence in favour of the 

 relationship of this Cohus smithemani to C. maria. A corre- 

 spondent of Mr. Eowland Ward writes that in the neighbourhood 

 of Lake Mweru he has seen an Antelope very like a Situtunga, 

 with similarly elongated hoofs, but with horns more like those of 

 a Lechwi, although longer and slighter. Such a description 

 M-Quld admirably fit the present species, if, as I suggest, it be more 

 nearly allied to C. maria than to the Puku. Supposing it to have 

 elongated hoofs, I should not regard such difference as, at the 

 most, of more than subgeneric importance. 



Skull and horns of Loder's Puku ( Cohus vardoni loderi). 



Before concluding this communication, I may call attention to 

 the skull and horns of a Puku-like Antelope in the collection of 

 Sir E. Gr. Loder, which I first thought might belong to the same 

 species as the above skin. This skull and horns, of which the 

 locality is unknown, are shown in the accompanying drawing. The 



