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along the front curve, with a girth of from 10^ to 12, and 

 a tip-to-tip interval of from 7 to 17 inches. 



The range originally extended from the Cape Town 

 district as far north as the Limpopo on the eastern side of 

 the continent and somewhat further north on the western 

 side, on the borders of the Kalahari Desert ; it thus included 

 Cape Colony, Basutoland, the N.W. Transvaal, and British 

 Bechuanaland. 



The Basuto hartebeests now live in mountainous country, 

 at an elevation at which much snow falls in winter. 



Two races may be recognised : — 



a. South of Orange Biver. Extinct some time 



after 1811 ; exact colour unknown B. caaina caama. 



b. North of Orange Eiver ; general colour as 



above B. caama selhornci. 



A.— Bubalis caama caama. 



Typical locality Cape Colony ; extinct. 



B.— Bubalis caama selbornei. 



Bubalis caama selbornei, Lydek'ker, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1913, p. 820 ; 

 Abs. p. 19. 



Typical locality Kimberley, the herd there having 

 apparently been imported from the Transvaal. 



The range is taken to include all the country noith of 

 the Orange Eiver inhabited by hartebeests. 



iV.-S. — All the specimens in the collection are included in 

 one list ; some or all of the older ones may represent the 

 typical race. 



12. 10. 10. 1. Skin, mounted (fig. 4). Kimberley Game 

 Parm, imported from Transvaal. Type of selbornei. The pale 

 colouring and imperfect development of the dark markings 

 in this specimen seem to be abnormal or due to immatuiity, 

 as other heads from the Kimberley herd show full develop- 

 ment of the face-blaze. Presented hy the Be Beers Minimj 

 Co. {at the instance of the Earl of Selhorne, K.G.), 1912. 



6.8.3.1. Frontlet and horns of a very old male. South- 

 east Africa. The tips of the horns are much worn away. 



Presented hy J. Kenny, Psq., 1906. 



