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Cohus leche, Selous, Proo. Zool. Soo. 1881, p. 760 ; A Hunter's Wander- 



iugB in S. Africa, p. 220, 1881. 

 Cobm lechi, Selous, Great and Small Game of Africa, p. 299, 1899. 

 Kobus (fiiiotragus) leche, Lydekker and Blaine, Cat. Ungulate Mamm. 



Brit. Mus. vol. ii. p. 246. 1914. 



Size intermediate between that of the Waterbucks and Kobs. 

 Horns long and slender ; good horns measure from 29 to 33| 

 inches. 



The best of the three heads in the Collection is No. 19. 7. 15. 

 266 : — length on front curve 27 \ ; circumference 8 ; spread from 

 tip to tip 14|. 



Typical locality, Zonga Valley, near Lake Ngami ; the range 

 extends northwards into Northern Rhodesia and Nyasaland. 



241 —19.7.15.266. 12 July, 1879. Chobe River, beyond Sunta 



Outlet, North Beohuanaland. 



242 —19. 7. 15. 267. July, 1874. Swamps of Chobe Eiver, east of 



Sunta Outlet, North Beohuanaland. 



243 —19.7.15.268. 7 January, 1878. Lukanga Eiver, North 



Bhodesia. 



UGANDA KOB. 



AdENOTA KOB THOMASI. 



Kobus leucotis, Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1864, p. 103, Mec Liohtenstein 



and Peters. 

 Adenota Icob, Matsohie, Saugethiere Deutsoh-Ostafrika, p. 126, 1895. 

 Oobus thomasi, Sclater (ex Neumann), Proo. Zool. Soo. 1895, p. 868. 

 Adenota thomasi, 0. Neumann, Proo. Zool. Soc. 1896, p. 193. 

 Gobus coba thomasi, Lydekker, Game Animals of Africa, p. 211, 1908. 

 Kobus kob thomasi, Eoosevelt, African Game Trails, p. 487, 1910. 

 Adenota kob thomasi. Heller, Smithson. Misc. Collect, vol. Ixi. no. 7, 



p. 11, 1913. 



Larger than the typical race ; rather more distinctly marked. 

 Horns not of exceptional size, good specimens from 20 to 24| 

 inches in length. 



Horn measurements of No. 19. 7. 15. 271 : — length on front 

 curve 21| ; circumference 7| ; spread from tip to tip ].l. 



Typical locality, Berkeley Bay, Victoria Nyanza. The Uganda 

 Kob inhabits the area around the Victoria Nyanza, extending as 



