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Hab. British East-African coast, from the River Juba to the River Sabaki, 
and extending thence into Uganda and Uniamwezi. | 
The “ Topi,” as we propose to designate another local representative of the 
Korrigum, from the native name given to it by the Swahili, has been known 
for some years to the sportsmen who have visited British and German Kast 
Africa as an abundant Antelope in certain districts, and has been generally 
called by them the “Senegal Antelope,” from being supposed to be the same 
as the “ Korrigum.” But, as Herr Matschie first pointed out, it differs from 
the typical Senegal form in the absence of the black band on the inner side 
of the thigh, in the front legs being black down to the hoofs, and in the 
restriction of the black on the hinder flanks to the hips. 
So far as we know, Sir John Kirk, then Consul-General at Zanzibar, was 
the first to obtain examples of this fine Antelope on the East Coast. Sir John 
has kindly supplied us with the following notes on this species :— 
“The ‘Tope,’ or Senegal Antelope, was very common on the maritime 
plain of Formosa Bay when I first went to Zanzibar in 1866; before I left, 
in 1886, it had become rather rare near the coast. On the maritime plain 
it used to be seen in numerous herds of from 5 to 20. The herds of Tope 
generally kept alone, but you would see the herds of Gazella granti grazing 
near by. I am, however, not satisfied that this Gazelle was the real Gazella 
granti, for the horns seem to show a permanent difference of sweep. 
‘“‘ However, to return to the Tope, I may say that I shot it again on the 
south bank of the River Juba. 
“The River Sabaki (near Malindi) is, so far as I know, the southern limit 
of the species on the coast; I have little doubt that further inland it may be 
met with further south, just as you find the Oryx, the Vulturine Guinea-fowl, 
and other species (which never occur south of the River Sabaki on the coast), 
to be common if you go inland, and in a latitude far south of Malindi, such 
as at Mpwapwa in Usagara. 
“The Tope was at one time so common near Witu, and in the district 
about Lamu, as to supply a considerable number of hides that were exported 
from Zanzibar.” 
In 1885 Mr. F. J. Jackson obtained examples of this Antelope near Lamu, 
and transmitted to Lord Walsingham a head, which Sclater exhibited at one 
of the Zoological Society’s meetings in 1886. During his subsequent stay in 
