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the Cameroons. I obtained a pair of immature horns on the Cross River, 

 to the east of the Niger delta. It is possible that the range of this animal 

 may extend as far west as Lagos. Southwards along the coast it does not 

 seem to cross the River Congo, but inland no doubt its range extends 

 some distance to the south of that river, though probably not much to the 

 east of longitude 25°. In the southern and eastern parts of the Congo 

 Free State it is replaced by the inyala of East Africa. As regards length 

 of hoof and minor characteristics, it is possible that there may be com- 

 pletely transitional forms between the two species. 



So far as my information goes, derived from inquiries made on the 

 Cameroons River, this animal goes in pairs, male and female. It is very 

 shy, and frequents dense vegetation in marshy localities. The only time 

 1 ever saw one in the wild state it raised its head above a clump of those 

 magnificent six-feet-high Lissochilus ground orchids which line the marshy 

 shores of the Cameroons delta. I wounded it, but it managed to get away 

 for about a mile before it was despatched by my native attendants. It did 

 not seem to be able to move very quickly through the thick vegetation. 



The accompanying illustration has been drawn by me from the live 



specimen in the Jardin des Plantes at Paris (September 1898). As the 



horns of this animal were somewhat damaged, I have drawn the horns in the 



illustration from the perfect pair in my possession. 



H. H. Johnston. 



The Situtunga (Tragelaphus spekei) 



Situtunga of Barotsi ; Nakong of Batauana at Lake Ngami ; Situtunga, 

 Pavula, and Unzuzu of Chobi and Central Zambesi Natives; 

 N'zoc of Natives of Lvjkanga River, North of Zambesi. 



The animal known to the natives of the Upper Zambesi and Chobi 

 Rivers as the situtunga or puvula, and to the inhabitants of the Lake 

 Ngami region as the nakong, is only to be met with in the swamps and reed- 



