3G THE SELOUS COLLECTION. 



ZULULAND PIGMY ANTELOPE. 



NeSOTRAGXTS LlTINGSTONIANtrs ZULrENSIS. 



Nesotragus Uvingstonianus euluensis, Thomas, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 

 ser. 7, vol. u. p. 317, 1898. 



Size rather larger than in mosehatus, height at shoulder 14 to 

 15 inches. Horns relatively long, more distinctly ridged than in 

 mosehatus, and stouter than in the typical Uvingstonianus. 

 General colour greyer. 



Horn measurements (No. 19. 7. 15. 181) -.—length 4i ; cir- 

 cumference 2 ; spread from tip to tip 1 . 



Typical locality, Urakuja Valley, Zululand; range extends as 

 far north as Tette, Mozambique. 



156-157 —19. 7. 15. 181-182. Horns. Tembe Eiver, near Delagoa 

 Bay, Lorenzo Marques. 



Subfamily MADOQUIN^. 



CAVENDISH'S DIK-DIK. 

 Rhynchotbagtjs kieki catendishi. 



Madoqua cavendisM, Thomas, Proo. Zool. Sec. 1898, p. 278. 

 Rhynchotragus cavendishi, Lonnherg, Arkiv Zool. vol. iv. no. 3, p. 2, 1907. 

 Madoqua {Rhynchotragus) cavendisM, Lydekker, Game Animals of Africa, 



p. 193, 1908. 

 Rhynchotragus Hrli cavendishi, Eoosevelt and HeUer, Life-histories of 



African Game Animals, vol. ii. p. 632, 1915. 



All the members of the subfamily Madoqiunw are of small 

 size, the shoulder height varying from \1\ to 15 inches ; the 

 females are larger than the males. In the present race the general 

 build is rather heavier than in the two following forms ; height at 

 shoulder about 15 inches. General colour dark reddish fawn suf- 

 fused with grey on the liind quarters ; a rich buff colour separates 

 the darker dorsal region from the light underparts. Proboscis but 

 little developed, the nasals not markedly diminished in size. 



Best horn measurements (No. 19.7.15. 185): — length 3|; 

 spread from tip to tip IJ. 



In the original description the typical locality was given as 

 probably the Lake liudolf district. In view of recent discoveries 



