22 TitJi BfiLOUS OOLLECTlOlf. 



Best horn measurements (No. 19. 7. 15. 101) :— length on 

 front curve 15| ; ch-cumference 81; spread from tip to tip 12^. 

 The female specimen (No. 19. 7. 15. 103) has horns of the 

 following size:— length on front curve 14; circumference 6; 

 spread from tip to tip 10. 



Typical locality, Cape Colony ; the range of distribution is very 

 considerable, extending as far north as the south end of Lake 

 Tanganyika. 



74 —19.7.15.100. August, 1892. Near Hanyani Eiver, 



Mashonaland, Southern Bhodesia. 



75 —19.7.15.101. 13 October, 1877. Near Daka, Wankie, 



60 miles south of Victoria Palls. 



76 —19.7.15.102. July, 1882. Mashonalaud, Southern 



Rhodesia, 



77 —19. 7. 15. 103 (female). 22 September, 1880. Mashona- 



laud, Southern Bhodesia. 



TIANG. 



DaMALISOUS KOEEItHJM TIAK&. 



Bubalus lunatus, Sundevall, K. Svenska Vet.-Ak. Handl. 1842, pp. 201 



and 243, nee Antilope lunata, Burohell. 

 Damalis Hang, Heuglin, Nova Acta Ac. Ca3s. Leop.-Car. vol. xxx. pt. 2, 



p. 22, pi. i., 1863. 

 Damaliscus Hang, Sclater and Thomas, Book of Antelopes, vol. i. p. 63, 



1895. 

 Dcinuilisctis con-igmn Hang, Lydekker, Great and Small Game of Africa, 



p. 166, 1899 ; Game Animals of Africa, p. 117, 1908. 

 Damaliscus Tcomgum Hang, Pocook, Proc. Zool. Soo. 1910, p. 902. 



Size as in the preceding species, height at shoulder from 48 to 

 52 inches. Horns larger, thicker, more strongly ridged and not 

 nearly so widely spread at base, the divergence taking place very 

 gradually ; good horns measure from 19 to 22|- inches along curve. 

 General body-colour cinnamon, rather paler than in the following 

 race ; nose with well-marked blackish blaze. Lower parts of limbs 

 bright tan-coloured, insides darker than in typical form. 



The only specimen of the Tiang in the Collection was obtained 

 during the expedition Selous made to the Bahr-el-Ghazal after the 



Derby Eland in 1911 ; the horn measurements are as follows : 



length on front curve 20|; circumference 9i ; spread from tip to 

 tip 81 



