228 CATALOGUE OF UNGULATES 



36^ inches in length, with a girth of from 8^ to 10 inches, 

 and a tip-to-tip interval ranging from 13:^ to 29^ inches. 



The range extends from South Africa north of the Limpopo 

 along the coast-region through Nyasaland to German and 

 British East Africa, and thence to the Sheheli Eiver, 

 Somaliland. 



The following names have been applied to local forms of 

 this species, but whether any or all are entitled to rank as 

 distinct subspecies, the material in the Museum is insuffi- 

 cient to determine. Some at least are probably typified by 

 individual herds rather than by local races. 



a. Kobus ellipsiprymnus pallidus, Matschie, Sitzher. Qes. nat. 



Freunde, 1910, p. 410 ; Lonnherg, K. SvensTta Vei.-Ak. Handl. 

 vol. xlviii, no. 5, p. 161, 1912. 



Typical locality Shebeli Valley, Somaliland. 



Type in collection of Major Powell-Cotton, at Quex Park, 

 Birchington, Kent. 



A somewhat pale form, in which the general colour is 

 light brown (fawn), purest on the forehead, legs, and root of 

 tail, on the neck and back with black tips to the hairs, on the 

 sides mingled with grey, on the feet darker ; white eye-streak 

 short ; white of chin not extending to angle of mouth ; 

 throat and chest very light, with an admixture of grey and 

 sepia-brown hairs; upper part of ears margined with dark 

 brown ; sides of head fawn-brown, strongly suffused with 

 sepia-brown ; hoof-band complete, as in typical race. Based 

 on two immature specimens. 



b. Kobus ellipsiprymnus thikse, Matschie, Sitzher. Ges. nat. Freunde, 



1910, p. 411 ; Lonnherg , K. Svenslca Vet.-Ah. Handl. vol. 

 xlviii, art. 5, p. 161, 1912. 



Typical locality Thika Valley, north of the Donyo-Sabuk, 

 Kenia district, British East Africa. 



Type in collection of Major Powell-Cotton. 



Forehead burnt-umber ; upper side of nose blackish grey- 

 brown, with a very natrow white line round muffle ; white 

 eye-streak twice as long as in last, not pure white, but 

 mingled with brown hairs ; sides of head light brownish grey 

 strongly suffused with sepia; white of chin extending to 



