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south-western Africa, from Beohuanaland northwards to 

 . Mossamedes, which constitutes the range of the species. 



The largest species ; shoulder- height about 48 inches. 

 Horns long and straight. General colour greyish tawny ; 

 head whitish with a black frontal patch, nasal patch, and 

 eye-stripe, the two latter of which unite to form a girdle 

 round muzzle, and also join a cheek-stripe, which, after 

 junction with its fellow, is continued downwards as a black 

 throat- stripe ; muzzle, chin, and lips white ; tips and adjacent 

 part of margins of ears black ; black hairs of throat-stripe 

 forming a fringe, freq^uently elongated into a tuft about 

 half-way down ; nape with a blackish mane, continued as a 

 black line along back to rump, which is black or suffused 

 with black above, the black extending on to the tail and 

 embracing the whole of its terminal tuft ; from black area of 

 chest a broad black flank-stripe is continued backwards to 

 lower part of thighs, where it expands into a patch embracing 

 outer sides of legs as far down as hocks, and thence extending 

 to inner side ; outer and inner sides of fore-legs black from 

 shoulders to knees, although there may be some white on 

 inner surface ; shanks white with a black spot on front 

 surface of anterior pair, and a similar spot or streak on that 

 of hind pair; under-parts white. Basal length of skull 

 about 14J inches. Fine horns measure from 43 to 47j 

 inches in length, with a basal girth of from 6j to 8 J, and a 

 tip-to-tip interval of from 17^ to 33| inches. 



637, a. Single horn. S. Africa. 



Old, collection, no history. 



39.12.26.2-3. Two heads, mounted. S.Africa. (Nos. 

 637, & and c of Cat. Osteol.) Purchased {Stevens), 1839. 



46. 6. 1. 2. SkuU, with horns. S. Africa. (No. 637, h. 

 Cat. Osteol) Purchased {Stevens), 1846. 



48. 6. 28. 3. Skull, with horns. S. Africa. (No. 637, e. 

 Cat. Osteol.) Purchased {Stevens), 1846. 



55. 11. 26. 13. ' Skin, immature. From an animal born 

 in Paris. Purchased {Parzudaki), 1855. 



57. 7. 10. 26. Skin, immature. S. Africa ; collected by 

 Verreaux. Purchased {Baker), 1857. 



61. 12. 3. 2. Frontlet and horns. Algoa Bay. 



Presented hy C. Wemys, Esq., 1861. 



