324 . MR. G. BLAINE ON THE ZEBRAS 



Some measurements in inches of two adult bulls and one cow 

 are given below : — 



(1) (2) (3) 



Old ad. $. Ad. <?. Ad. ? . 



Head and body 80 88 75 



Tail 21 2U 19 



* Mean height at shoulder 53 55^ 47 



Girth behind shoulder 664 64^ 58 



Length of head from crown to lip... 16^ — — • 



Girth of neck at throat 29^ 29 25 



chest 49" 48 39| 



Length of ear from notch to tip ... 9^ 10 9 



(1) A splendid old bull with very massive horns, 58" long and 



10|" I'ound their base. 



(2) A very big adult bull, with horns still groAving and traces 



of tan on the top of the loins. 



(3) An adult cow that had probably given birth to several 



calves. 



In conclusion, one is glad to remark that there is no reason 

 why this splendid Antelope should not continue long to exist in 

 its present environment. During three months spent in the 

 locality I must have seen at least 100 individuals, forming 

 several strong and flourishing herds, and measures have been 

 taken by the Portuguese Government, at the instigation of 

 Mr. Yarian, to protect them. 



The local native name is " Sumbakoloko." 



ReDUNCA ARUNDINUMf Bodd. 



On comparing a number of skins of this Antelope from various 

 localities as far as Lat. 10° S., which is approximately the limit of 

 its known range, it is difficult to arrive at any positive con- 

 clusions. In the B. M. collection the skins from South Africa, 

 Zululand, the Transvaal, and Southern Mozambique are greyer. 

 A skin from IST.E. Rhodesia and a series collected in Angola are 

 more fulvous. The most pronounced fulvous skins are two 

 collected by the Rudd Expedition — one from near Beira, and the 

 other from Gorongoza District in P. E. Africa. A paler and 

 greyer race has been described by Lord Rothschild (P. Z. S. 1907, 

 p. 237) from Fort Jackson in IST. Rhodesia. The Nyasaland race 



* This measurement is taten by holding the foreleg perpendicularly under the 

 animal, forcing it into the shoulder and then measui-ing from heel to top of withers. 

 This method would give a mean height. The shoulder height of the animal when 

 alive would probably give 1" more. 



t -B. arundinum occur in the Bahr-el-Ghazal Province of the .Sudan in the 

 neighbourhood of Dud Majok, N.E. of "Wau. Along the Meshra-er-Rek-Wau road 

 and westwards along all the tributaries of the Bahr-el-Ghazal River a small Bohor 

 Reedbuck is common. 



