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far as we know, have not been confirmed, and we have never seen specimens 
from this locality. 
On the whole, therefore, we consider Mpyceros melampus to be a wide- 
ranging species, extending from Bechuanaland in the south throughout 
the eastern side of Africa to British East Africa on the north, and perhaps 
reaching even to the White Nile. But over all these districts there is a 
certain amount of variety amongst the specimens, and we are not, therefore, 
at present inclined to recognize, even as subspecies, what have been designated 
as suara, johnston, and holudi, although future researches may lead us to a 
different conclusion. 
So far as we know, the Pallah has been brought to Europe alive on two 
occasions only, and in both instances the animals were imported by Mr. C. 
Reiche, of Alfeld, from the northern part of the Transvaal. The first specimen 
(in 1890) went to the Zoological Garden of Berlin and the second (in 1893) 
to the Zoological Garden of Vienna. Both were young males, and generally 
of a reddish colour, with the horns shghtly developed. They did not live 
long after their arrival in the Gardens. 
The Pallah is represented in our National Collection by a mounted male 
from Kilimanjaro shot by Mr. F. J. Jackson and by a mounted head from 
Lake Elmetaita presented by Captain Lugard, the horns of which are amongst 
the longest of known specimens. ‘There is likewise a mounted head from 
the Zomba highlands presented by Sir Harry Johnston and representing the 
short-horned race which inhabits the mountain-districts south of Lake Nyasa. 
Besides these there are skulls, skins, and horns from various districts in South 
and East Africa. 
Our illustration of the Pallah (Plate XLVIII.) has been put upon the stone 
by Mr. Smit from a water-colour drawing by Wolf prepared for the late 
Sir Victor Brooke and now belonging to Sir Douglas Brooke. The drawing 
is noted on the back as having been taken from a head belonging to 
Mr. Selous and a loose skin. It represents an adult male in two positions. 
The female, as already stated, is absolutely hornless. 
The woodcut (fig. 47, p. 23), which gives a front view of a good head of 
the Pallah, was drawn by Mr. Smit under Sir Victor Brooke’s directions. 
August, 1897. 
