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1 have said before, many natives will not touch the flesh of this beast, as it causes them 
great pain in the mouth and gums.”’ 
We have already mentioned the fact that a living pair of the Lesser 
Kudu was received at the Chateau Beaujardin, Tours, from Somaliland, by 
Mons. Cornély in 1884. In April 1886 Mons. Cornély was kind enough, 
having lost the female of a pair of these Antelopes then in his garden, to part 
with the solitary male in favour of the Zoological Society of London. ‘This 
was the first specimen received in England; but in April 1889 a second 
example, likewise a young male, was presented to the Society's Collection by 
Mr. George S. Mackenzie, F.Z.S. In July 1898 a third young male was 
obtained by purchase. But none of these individuals, we regret to state, can 
be said to have done well in the Regent’s Park. We are not aware of any 
specimen of this Antelope having been received in any of the many 
continental Gardens. 
In the British Museum, besides the old stuffed specimen received from the 
Kast Indian Museum, which may be considered the real type of Blyth’s species, 
there is mounted in one of the large glass-cases in the Gallery the young 
male presented by Mons. Cornély to Sclater and figured in the Zoological 
Society’s ‘ Proceedings,’ as already mentioned. This was subsequently 
presented by Sclater to the National Collection. In the same glass-case 
there are also mounted a fine adult male from Somaliland, presented by 
Mr. R. McD. Hawker, and a female from British East Africa, presented 
by Mr. Rowland Ward. There are also skins and skulls in the Museum 
presented by Sir John Kirk, Col. Paget, Capt. Swayne, and other donors. 
Our drawing of this beautiful Antelope (Plate XCVII.) was put upon the 
stone by Mr. Smit from .the sketch made for Sir Victor Brooke by Wolf in 
1875, of which we have already spoken. 
April, 1900. 
