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there are also a scalp and skull of a young male of the Roan Antelope 
obtained at Balaga, Beaufort Island, on the Niger, and presented by Capt. A. 
J. Richardson. 
Lastly, we may add that there is a fine young male Roan Antelope now 
living in the Zoological Garden, Antwerp, which is stated to have been 
received from Senegal, and, if so, would probably belong to the subspecies 
now under consideration. 
As regards the name to be used for this local form or subspecies of the 
Roan Antelope a few words are necessary. Gray, in his ‘Catalogue of the 
Ruminants, published in 1872, proposed to call it “ koba”—no doubt 
because of Whitfield’s assurances that it was the “‘ Kob” or “‘ Koha” of the 
Jolliffs, and, as will be seen by our list of synonyms, several subsequent 
authors have followed Gray’s lead. But we have already fully discussed the 
question of this much-vexed name (see Vol. I. p. 60), and have shown that it 
is hopeless to attempt to refer the “‘ Koba” of Buffon satisfactorily to any of 
the species with which it has been identified. It follows that the Latin 
specific term “ koba,” founded on Buffon’s name, must also fall to the ground. 
Under these circumstances we propose to designate the western form of the 
Roan Antelope Hippotragus equinus gambianus, as being the representative 
of this species in the Gambia. ; 
South of Togo, along the West-African coast down to the Congo and in 
the great Congo valley itself, we are not aware of the Roan Antelope ever 
having been met with; nor is it likely to occur there, as the uniform dense 
forest which covers these districts would be little suited to its habits. But 
when we proceed further south to Mossamedes and the interior of Angola, 
where the country becomes drier and more open, the Roan Antelope is again 
found. Dr. Jentink mentions it in his article on the mammals collected 
in Mossamedes by Mr. P. J. van der Kellen (Notes Leyd. Mus. ix. p. 175); 
and Prof. J. V. Barboza du Bocage includes it in his catalogue of the 
Mammals of Angola, published in 1892, as having been received from 
Golungo Alto in the interior, where, along with the Sable Antelope, it is 
known by the native name of “ Palanca ” or “‘ Malanca” (Jorn. Ac. Sc. Lisboa, 
2, ii. p. 26). We presume that the Angolan representative of the Roan 
Antelope will be found to belong to the typical South-African form 
Hippotraqus equinus typicus. 
The specimens of the Roan Antelope in the British Museum consist of a 
