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O.-Afr. p. 184 (1895) ; Sel. P. Z. S. 1896, p. 506 (Zomba) ; Thos. P. Z.S. 1896, 
p. 797 (Nyasaland) ; id. P.Z.S. 1897, p. 939 (Zomba) ; Trouess. Cat. Mamm. 
fase. iv. p. 952 (1898). 
Aegoceros niger, var. kirkii, Gray, Cat. Rum. B. M. p. 35 (1872) (Zambesia). 
Ozanna nigra, Brehm, Thierl. il. p. 227 (180). 
Aigocerus harrisi, Harris, Wild Sports of S. Africa, (ed. 1) pp. 261 & 378 (1839). 
Vernacutar Names :—Sable Antelope or Harris-buck of English; Zwart Wit Pens of 
Dutch ; Potoquane of Southern Bechuanas ; Qualata inchu of Bamangwatos and 
Makalolos; Umdtjiele of Matabilis; Pala-Pala of Makalakas; Impengo of 
Masubias; Ookwa of Makubas; Svlupe of Masaras (Selous). Inguarato and 
Marabulla of Mashoonas (Darling). Mbarapi of Ajawa; Mpala-Mpala of 
Anyanja, Angonis, and other Nyasa races (Crawshay). Palla-Halla in Swahili 
(Matschie). 
Size rather less than in the Roan Antelope; adult male about 52 inches at 
the withers. General colour a rich glossy black, at least in adult males, only 
relieved by the white of the face-markings, of the inner surface of the ear, 
and of the belly. Centre line of face black, outside which there is a white 
streak reaching from the bases of the horns to the muzzle, succeeded again on 
the cheeks by a black band. Lips and region of lower jaw white. Ears of 
ordinary length, their tips not pencilled. Mane well developed, the hairs 
directed backward. <A throat-mane present. Belly and back of hams sharply 
defined white. Limbs black, the inner sides of the thighs white. Whole of 
tail black. 
Skull-dimensions of an adult male from Nyasaland :—Basal length 15-7 
inches, greatest breadth 6°55, muzzle ‘to orbit 11. 
Horns much longer than in /H. equinus, compressed laterally, their longi- 
tudinal much greater than their trazisverse diameter, heavily ringed, boldly 
curved backward. In length they are often 43 or 44 inches long round the 
front curve, the record being 46 inches. 
Female. Similar to the male, but more or less brownish in colour; horns 
(just as in H. equinus) more slender and smooth, less curved, and rather 
shorter than in the male. 
Hab. Eastern Africa, from the Northern Transvaal to German East Africa. 
The distinguished traveller and sportsman Sir William Cornwallis Harris: 
whose works we have so often quoted in these pages, was the discoverer of 
