The Korrigum 169 



rough copy of it, which I sent home to Mr. Sclater, who described it as 

 new to science. We all of us, some few days later, got several specimens, 

 and I one day, near camp, killed a good male and female, which I skinned 

 entire, and which are now mounted in the Natural History Museum. We 

 always found these antelopes possessed of great vitality, and it required a very 

 well-placed bullet to stop them. I see, on referring to my diary, that 

 Greenfield and myself each lost two good bulls on the same day, both hard 

 hit. We shot continually on the south side of the river, but never found 

 them there ; the farthest point we reached was a place called Kombo, 

 where they were still found. ]-j q y Hunter 



The Korrigum or Senegal Hartebeest (Dama/iscas corrigum typicus) 

 Native Name in Bornow, Korrigum 



" Size medium. General colour reddish-fawn, with distinct black patches 

 on face, shoulders, hips, and thighs. No dark dorsal line and no dark 

 markings on feet. Tail barely reaching to hocks ; its terminal third with 

 a blackish crest along the top. 



"Skull heavily built ; basal length, 14.8 inches ; greatest width, $.j ; 

 from muzzle to eye, 10.8. 



" Horns thick, rising abruptly upwards and backwards from the skull 

 and evenly curving backwards, diverging as they go, their extreme tips 

 showing a tendency to be recurved upwards." ] Horns which I procured 

 during a residence on the River Gambia were over 21 inches in length. 



" Habitat. — Senegambia and hinterland of West Africa." 2 



Ogilby in 1836 proposed the name, writing to the Zoological Society, 

 basing it on the head and horns brought home from Bornow by Denham 

 and Clapperton on their return from their expedition to Central Africa 

 1 822-24. 



1 From Tk Book of Antelopes. - Mil. 



