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districts and in tracts of very thick bush. North of the Zambesi Mr. Selous 
did not meet with any Steinboks. But it is certain from the researches of 
Mr. Crawshay in Nyasaland, of Herr Oscar Neumann in German East 
Africa, and Mr. Jackson and other authorities in British East Africa, that the 
Steinbok, or a very closely allied representative, is found, in suitable 
localities, nearly up to the Tana River. For the present, however, we 
shall follow Herr Matschie’s views in considering the Kast-African form 
Raphicerus neumanni as possibly belonging to a distinct species. 
From the western frontiers of the Cape Colony the Steinbok, or a very 
nearly allied form, appears to extend up to the Cunene River in the interior 
of Angola, whence specimens, referred by M. Du Bocage, with some 
hesitation. to the Steinbok, were forwarded in 1874 to the Lisbon Museum 
by M. d’Anchieta. 
The only example of the Steinbok registered in the Zoological Society’s 
Catalogues is a female specimen presented by Sir George Grey, K.C.B., then 
Governor of the Cape Colony, in 1861. We are not aware of any other 
examples of this Antelope having been brought to Europe. 
Our figure of this species (Plate XX VII. fig. 1) was put on the stone by 
Mr. Smit from a drawing by Wolf prepared under the directions of the late 
Sir Victor Brooke. The drawing is now in Sir Douglas Brooke’s possession. 
We regret to be unable to state from what specimen it was taken. 
The National Collection contains a pair of mounted specimens of this 
Antelope obtained by Wahlberg in Cafferland, and several skins without 
exact localities. A skull from Port Elizabeth was obtained by Mr. F. C. 
Selous. Further specimens of both sexes with exact dates and localities 
would be highly appreciated. 
December, 1895. 
