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The Grysbok is included by Matschie in his recently published work on 
the Mammals of German East Africa, but only upon the ground that it will 
probably be found to occur there. We are not able to confirm this statement, 
having never seen specimens of the Grysbok from any locality so far north. 
The Grysbok has been occasionally brought alive to Europe, but does not 
appear to do well in captivity. The first example recorded in the Zoological 
Society’s register is a female presented by Sir George Grey in 1861. A 
second specimen was obtained by purchase in 1864, and a third in 1869. 
In May of the present year a female specimen was presented to the Society by 
Mr. J. E. Matcham, of Port Elizabeth, but did not live long in the Gardens. 
From this animal the figure of the Grysbok now given (Plate XX VII. fig. 2) 
has been coloured by Mr. Smit, though the plate was originally taken by the 
same artist from a water-colour drawing prepared by Wolf, under the direction 
of the late Sir Victor Brooke, from some other specimen. ‘This drawing, 
along with many other original sketches of Wolf's, is now in the possession of 
Sir Douglas Brooke. 
The National Collection is not well provided with examples of this Antelope. 
Besides a pair collected by Burchell in 1814 there are in the series only some 
skulls and skeletons of somewhat doubtful authority. Good fresh specimens 
of both sexes of the Grysbok, accompanied by their skulls, would therefore 
form a valuable acquisition to the British Museum. 
December, 1895. 
