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LIST OF THE SPECIES AND SUBSPECIES OF ANTELOPES DESCRIBED 
AS NEW DURING THE PROGRESS OF THIS WORK. 
Genus BUBALIS. (Vol. I. p. 5.) 
BUBALIS NEUMANNI. 
Bubalis neumanni, Rothschild, Ann. & Mag. N. H. ser. 6, xx. p. 376 (1897). 
Mr. Rothschild has based this species upon two skulls with horns, of male 
and female, and parts of a skin obtained by Mr. A. H. Neumann on the east 
shore and to the north-east of Lake Rudolf. He describes it as follows :— 
“The horns of this species differ widely from those of Bubalis major (Blyth), 
of West Africa, and B. buselaphus (Pall.), of Northern Africa and Arabia, in 
being slenderer and in their tips being inverted, instead of pointing outwards 
or straight behind. The nearest ally seems to be B. tora (Gray) of Upper 
Nubia, Abyssinia, and Kordofan, which, however, has more slender horns, 
with more distinct rings, reaching almost round, a broader forehead, and a 
generally paler coloration. The horns also diverge much more in B. tora, 
as shown at a glance by the distances between the tips of the horns, as 
recorded in R. Ward’s ‘ Horn Measurements.’ 
“The horns of B. newmanni measure as follows :— 
“Circumference at base, ¢ 273 millim., 2 183; total length along the 
curves, ¢ 420, 2 345; tip to tip, ¢ 206, 2 249. 
“The rings of the horns are not very prominent and do not reach all round. 
‘ Breadth of skull at forehead, ¢ 100 millim., ¢ 80; length of skull from 
base of horn to upper lip, along the side in a straight line: 3 430, 
2 403 millim. 
“Colour of hair fulvous fawn, much richer on the back, where there are 
also some darker spots, which may be stains or natural; below very much 
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