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9(S. 5. 22. 25. Skull, with horns, and skin. Zomba. 



Presented hy Sir Alfred Sharpe, K.G.M.G., C.B. 



7. 10. 25. 5. Skull, with horns. Portuguese East Africa.* 



Presented "by F. Vaughan Kirhy, Esq., 1907. 



C— Taurotragus oryx selousi. 



Oreas canna, Selous, A Hunter's Wanderings in S. Africa, pi. i, 



figs. 1 and 3, 1890. 

 Taurotragus oryx selousi, LydeTcher, Ward's Becords of Big Game, 



ed. 6, p. 328, 1910, ed. 7, p. 330, 1914. 

 Oreas selousi, Matschie, Deutsche Jdger-Zeitung, vol. lix, p. 119, 1912, 



Sitzber. Q-es. nat. Frcunde, 1913, p. 255. 



Typical locality Mashonaland. 



Typified by the two heads figured by Selous, op. cit. 



Distinguished from livingstonei by the presence of an 

 incomplete white chevron below the eyes; frontal tuft of 

 adult males well developed, chocolate-brown. 



84. 8. 1. 4. Skin, mounted. Eugawe Valley, Mashona- 

 land ; collected by F. 0. Selous, Esq. Topo-type. 



Purchased, 1884. 



84. 8. 1. 5. Skin, mounted, female. Hanyani Valley, 

 Mashonaland ; same collector. Same history. 



86. 5. 5. 6. Skeleton. Same locality and collector. 



Purchased, 1886. 



86. 5. 5. 7. Skeleton, female. Same locality and col- 

 lector. Same history. 



81. 10. 28. 6 & 7. Two skulls, with horns, and head- 

 skins. Same locality and collector. Purchased, 1881. 



83. 7. 28. 10. Skull, with horns. Gwenia Valley, 

 Mashonaland ; same collector. Purchased, 1883. 



D.— Taupotragus oryx niediecki. 



Oreas oryx niediecki, Matschie, Sitzber, Q-es. nat. Freunde, 1913, p. 249. 



Typical locality Zambesia. 



With white body-stripes and a blackish garter above the 



* Some of the elands from Portuguese East Africa have a white 

 chevron, while in others it is wanting. See Novit. Zool. vol. xiv, 

 p. 325. 



