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by the same gentleman in 1880, on the evidence of a female skin from the 

 Gaboon, with long hoofs. In 1883 he figured a male and female living 

 in the Paris Zoological Gardens, which he referred to the same species. 

 The male is chocolate-slaty and the female bright chestnut, both being 

 profusely spotted and striped with white, and having long hoofs. 

 Reference is made to another male in the British Museum, which is 

 somewhat less spotted and is rufous in colour, the latter feature being 

 due to immaturity. In 1883 Dr. Rochebrune described Senegambian 

 specimens as T. grattis ; but in 1899 these were assigned by Dr. Trouessart 

 to a new species (7'. obscurus) on account of their shorter hoofs. The Paris 

 specimens described by Sir Harry Johnston in the sequel are stated to 

 have shorter hoofs than the type example, and thus seem to indicate 

 that the length of these appendages is variable, probably according to the 

 nature of the ground on which the animal dwells. In 1899 Mr. Walter 

 Rothschild stated that he regarded T. grains merely as a sub-species of 

 T. spckci, but that a large bushbuck from the Zambesi appeared distinct 

 from the latter. For this large Zambesi form, which is long-hoofed, the 

 name of T. selousi was suggested. In addition to its much larger horns, 

 this T. selousi is stated to differ from T. spckei by the two sexes being 

 coloured alike. It must, however, be remembered that in T. grains the 

 slaty hue of the bucks is not assumed till well on in life, and also that 

 the British Museum, at least, has no specimens to show the sexual 

 coloration of T. spekei. 



The Bongo {1'ragelap/uts euryceros) 



This fine animal, sometimes referred to as the broad-horned antelope, 

 is a native of West Africa, its range extending " from Liberia, through 

 Fanti, to the Ashkankolu Mountains and the Gaboon." It is, from the 

 nature of its habitat, very little, if at all, known to the British sportsman. 



