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RECORDS OF BIG GAME 



turned from its course, or brought to a halt, by firing a bullet or two 

 over the heads of the fleeing animals. Or if the leader of the troop can 

 be wounded and turned out, the rest of the herd become confused 

 and now and again offer easy shots. Like the Cape hartebeest the 

 sassaby has extremely drooping quarters. The skin of one of these 

 antelopes, freshly killed, is very beautiful, the wonderful smoothness 

 and the brilliant purplish bloom of the coat being specially noticeable. 

 Distribution. — South-East Africa, from north of the Orange River to 



the Zambesi, and westward to Lake Ngami, and northwards to 



British Central Africa (see below). 



Length on 

 front 

 curve. 



15? 



i5i 

 i5i 



-i5i 

 154 

 IS 

 15 

 14J 

 Hi 

 14* 



-I4i 



-Hi 

 Hi 

 Hi 

 Hi 

 Hi 

 -?Hi 

 Hi 



^Hi 



-I4i 

 1 Th( 



Circum- 

 ference. 



7i 



7i 



74 

 74 



7i 

 7i 



7i 



11 



7 



7 



6 



n 



7i 

 8i 



Tip to 

 Tip. 



ISi 

 III 

 I2i 



I2i 



I2J 



12 



Ilg 



II 



10 



Ilg 

 12 



I Si 



IS 



II 



"i 



10 



10 



9 



13 



Locality. Owner. 



Mashonaland . . Sir John Willoughby, Bart. 



? Sir Edmund G. Loder, Bart, 



Dalca, S. of Victoria Falls F. C. Selons. 

 S.E. Africa 



Do. . 



Do. . . Sir Victor Brooke's Collection. 



Do. . . G. Richards. 



Do A. Moseley. 



The late Sir Andrew Smith, British 



Museum. 

 Julius Jeppe. 



Lebombo Mountains 

 Pungvve . 



North of Delagoa Bay 

 Matabeleland . 

 S.E. Africa 

 Mashonaland . 



Do. . 

 Pungwe . 

 Matabeleland 



Do. . 



Do. . 



F. Vaughan Kirby. 



J. W. Allen. 



A. Cameron. 



J. Brander Dunbar. 



James J. Harrison. 



F. C. Selous, British Museum. 



Do. 

 Capt. G. F. Henry. 

 Rev. Dr. R. J. Nevin. 

 Dr. W. P. Y. Bainbrigge. 

 W. Van Ness. 



I2i Bangweolo Flats, British F. Smitheman. 



Central Africa 

 II Pungwe . . . Count E. Hoyos. 



le locality noted is of great interest, as indicating the existence of this species north of the Zambesi. 



