290 ON THE GIANT ELAND OF THE BAHR EL GHAZAL. [Apr. 18, 



of the neck are covered with longish, coarse hair, brown and black 

 mixed. Round the base of the neck the hair becomes entirely 

 black, forming a conspicuous collar about 8 inches wide. This is 

 sharply separated from the colour of the body by a narrow half- 

 collar of pure white, which extends from the chest tuft half way 

 to the withers. 



The body is very pale fawn-colour, almost (as Bimbashi Collins 

 terms it) " cafe-au-lait," becoming white on the belly. On the 

 white of the under surface there is a long black patch, com- 

 mencing in a point between the fore legs and extending backAvarda 

 to the navel. A black spinal stripe of longer hair runs the 

 whole way along the neck and body, and from this about ten 

 white stripes run down the sides and haunches. The hair of the 

 body is very short, smooth, and sleek. 



The limbs are pale fawn-coloured, like the body, white on the 

 inner sides, with black patches at the back of the fetlocks and 

 round the pasterns, and black patches 4 inches in length on the 

 back of the fore limbs, just above the knees. 



The following additional notes and measvirements are from 

 Bimbashi CoUins's letter to me : — 



" I killed one old solitary bull and one younger herd bull. In 

 the herd which I saw I counted 50 horned heads and 10 calves 

 running with them, and I am told there is another herd on the 

 same ground. The horns of my lone bull I make out to be 

 39 inches, and those of the herd bull 38 inches, but I am not 

 quite sure of my measurements. 



" Dimensions of solitary bull were : — - 



Height from heel, leg in standing position, 5 ft. 8 in. 



(17 hands). 

 Nose to base of tail (along curves ? A. L. B.) 9 ft. 

 Length of body, shoulders to hindquarters, 6 ft. 2 in. 

 Length of tail, 2 ft. 3 in. 

 Girth 6 inches behind shoulder, 7 ft. 1-^ in. 

 Girth rovuid centre of neck, 4 ft. 2^ in. 



" In the herd which I stalked there was one bull which looked 

 enormous, and must have had horns well over 40 inches, but I 

 lost sight of him in the bush, and shot the younger bull in 

 mistake for him. 



" The animals were very tame, and were not much disturbed 

 by my firing one shot, but the herd was spread out over so much 

 ground that it was next to impossible to stalk any particulai- 

 animal. 



" According to natives, old bulls have a curious habit of rubbing 

 the mat of hair on the forehead in the puddle made by their own 

 urine. The old bull had damp mud on the forehead which smelt 

 distinctly of urine. The young bull's forehead was dry and 

 clean." 



